Italian Sausage and Peppers

January 25, 2010
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Do you have recipes that are your “go-to” dishes? Ones that you’ve cooked so many times you could make them with your eyes closed? I do, and this is one of them. Italian sausage and peppers is a long-time favorite in our house. While neither one of us has an ounce of Italian heritage, we are [...]

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Lime Cupcakes

January 22, 2010
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Two lonely limes. Just sitting there in my produce basket. Looking back at me for over a week. Poor little limes. They felt so neglected. I could tell. I’m sensitive like that.
Those limes were originally destined for pico de gallo, or salsa, or something with a southwestern flair. I don’t know how they wound up [...]

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Huevos and Grits, Y’all

January 18, 2010
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 Those of us who really enjoy cooking find recipes in all sorts of places, don’t we? Cookbooks, magazines, newspapers, grocery store flyers, the internet. Sometimes they just come as inspiration out of nowhere. A few weeks ago, I woke up with this one forming in my mind. I must have been really hungry.
At first glance [...]

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Toffee Bars (a.k.a. Redneck Toffee)

January 11, 2010
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If your New Year’s resolution had anything to do with dieting or healthy eating, please be warned. This post is not going to help you keep that one. Just go on somewhere else and forget you ever came here. Seriously. Turn away now!
Still here? Good…me, too.
This is a recipe that I first saw at a fellow [...]

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Bistro Chicken

January 8, 2010
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I found this recipe for Bistro Chicken on the Kraft Foods web site a while back and since I happened to have some chicken breasts on hand I thought I’d give it a try. It turned out to be a keeper! It was simple and quick to put together and uses ingredients that most of [...]

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Red Rice

January 4, 2010
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Another one of BeeBop’s favorites! Red Rice. Based on the famed Charleston Red Rice. Sort of. Well, kinda. It’s similar anyway. If you’re a fan of Low Country cooking, please indulge me. I know this is not the accurate, authentic Charleston Red Rice. It does have one thing in common, however. It’s good!
When BeeBop was [...]

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Traditions

January 1, 2010
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Traditions run deep in southern families. They’re the core of most of our celebrations and family gatherings. And they’re particularly strong during the Christmas and New Year’s seasons.
Today I cooked and ate a meal nearly identical to the same meal I’ve eaten on January 1 for my entire 55 years. A few items may change, [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009
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Twas the night before Christmas, and…
Nana was so busy she could barely take time to write a short blog post!
A and Mag have been here since last Friday. We’ve been baking cookies and other goodies and finishing up last minute Christmas details. We had Uncle J’s two girls over to play all day yesterday — [...]

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Homemade Marshmallows

December 17, 2009
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Over the past few years I’ve seen lots of things in specialty food stores being called “artisan” products. It’s usually a product made in small batches and something out of the ordinary. Like all the different “artisan” breads — olive loaves, rosemary and garlic loaves, focaccia…things like that. In other words, stuff you’d make at [...]

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Bread Pudding

December 10, 2009
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Is it crazy around your house right now? Are the holidays screaming toward you and your unfinished shopping list, decorating list, gift wrapping list, cooking making list and candy making list? Yeah, me too. I have at least 235 unfinished tasks to complete before December 25, so what did I do? I just went right [...]

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