Recipes
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From Global Inspiration to Weeknight Simplicity
Pumpkins, Sweet Potatoes and Squash – Happy Fall!
WOOHOO! In October, Squash, Pumpkins and Sweet Potatoes are all in season. I’m working with the fun folks at Atlanta & Company this morning to create three fun and different recipes, where any of the three delicious veggies can be used interchangeably! DID YOU...
Cherries, Cherries, Cherries
I love June! It’s all about cherries. Whether you like the dark sweet variety or the beautiful Rainier cherries from Washington State, this is your time of the year. Here are a couple of easy and beautiful recipes that can be made with fresh, (Yey!), or even frozen...
APRIL 15TH, 2016 : Super Easy Chicken Meatballs with Red Pepper Jelly Sauce
No. 1 : Quick Recipe Easy Chicken Meatballs with Red Pepper Jelly Dipping Sauce 20 Oz Lean Ground Chicken 3 TB EACH Minced Onion and Celery 2 TB Minced Carrot 1/4 Cup Whole Wheat Panko Crumbs, plus more as necessary 2 Large Egg Whites 1 Tsp Poultry Seasoning 1/2 Tsp...
Oh yes, the picture above is not from today, this week, or even this gorgeous Southern spring season. It’s simply a fond memory of tomatoes from summers past. Ahhhhh. In my perfect world, tomatoes would be in season all year round. Here above the *gnat line in...
Kicking the New Year Off Right – A Bright and Refreshing Salad Dressing and Ways to Use it!
Happy New Year! If you are thinking about better-for-you eating, I have an incredibly delicious way to get excited about it. The way I see it, the only way to continue past the first few weeks of this resolution time of the year is to make the food you eat absolutely...
Bourbon Sweet Potato Pecan and Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms
It started with a Facebook post... When the offer from Four Roses Bourbon popped up on our Atlanta Food Bloggers page, I knew there was bourbon in my future. If you check out my profile and discover that I'm an Ole Miss alum, I don't have to tell you I'm a bourbon...
A Perfect Appetizer for a Spring Weekend!
Easter Dresses and a fun appetizer? As a girlie girl, I ask you, "Does it get better?" This week's Friday Four recipe was one of a handful of gorgeous small bites we served up at Saks for Lafayette 148 and one of my favorite people, stylist Amy Nelson. Gluten-free,...
Pepper Popped and Roasted Nuts
Its not often that I am prompted write a blog entry and can grab a glamorous picture from Facebook, attach the recipe to it and post it in about 5 minutes... But HALLELUJAH, this is the day. Brenda took the photo and here I am sharing the recipe. Easy peasy, you can...
How to Host a Rose Tasting
Crisp, Clean, Floral, Juicy, Berry Good…words that perfectly describe a fun evening of rose with friends. That’s exactly what we did with a diverse group of friends recently. By diverse, I mean we were all over the spectrum of wine lovers – from our gracious host that...
A Restaurant Worth Reviewing
I know you've heard of Andrew Weil - inventor of the Anti-Inflammation Diet, guru to the stars, advocate of healthy eating AND integrative medicine. I had the pleasure of seeing him in person at a conference a few years ago, and his presentation rocketed him up my...
Roasted Red Peppers Take Over the World!
A PILE of Peppers! Its often the simplest foods that make me happy. You too? One of my simple favorites are Roasted Red Peppers. I feel a little like the Sham WOW guy when I start talking about them:) Wow! they are a snack, an entree, in a soup, topping a pasta,...
Toast is HOT! Sautéed Pears on Warm Goat Cheese TOAST
Who knew? Toast is the next Kale, or at least it is to some of the food-trend-prognosticators that I follow. So imagine my surprise, when presented a menu last week, with an appetizer appropriately named, “Three Toasts”. (Don’t ever tell me Atlanta’s food scene isn’t...
Creamy Shallot and Manchego Soufflés
Soufflés Out of the Oven and Ready to Serve! Let's just admit it. We all like to have our own teeny tiny personal servings of food. I'm not sure where this comes from - whether its that we don't like to share:) OR we like to play with our food. What ever the reason,...
HOW TO Make Delicious Herb Pesto!
Maybe the herbs in your garden are giving their last. looking a little spent, or just a tiny bit tired. Have you opened the veggie drawer in your fridge and found some sad looking parsley or cilantro looking back at you? Don't just toss 'em...make pesto. Pesto...
Pumpkin Hummus with Handmade Pita Chips Tonight!
Sous Chef Lea and I are in Fayette tonight getting ready for a demo this evening - after a busy weekend and a super duper busy week in head of us! I'm standing at the kitchen counter quickly passing on this recipe to you. Its one we've already made a couple times this...
