These Slow Cooker Tropical Ribs are cooked with a sauce containing lots of fantastic orange and lime flavor. Quite different from the usual plain barbecue sauce. There's not much better to this southern girl than pork ribs. We most often have them with a barbecue sauce, but sometimes it's really nice to change that up a bit. Using your slow cooker means that the oven isn't going for hours ... read more
Lemon Olive Chicken
This Lemon Olive Chicken contains lots of flavorful Mediterranean ingredients - ripe green olives, lemon, garlic, oregano - that are all roasted along with the browned chicken to create a bright, tangy sauce. Then the finished chicken and sauce are topped with crumbled feta cheese. I served this with steamed fresh green beans on the side. It's also great over orzo. The weather is starting to ... read more
Blueberry Jello Salad
No traditional Southern meal would be complete without at least one gelatin-based dish on the menu. At potlucks and church dinners, you're likely to find several dozen of these delightful creations on offer. Now in the part of the south where I grew up, we'd be more likely to serve these as a side dish or salad rather than a dessert. It mostly depends on whether there are any vegetables in the ... read more
Cilantro Lime Shrimp
I don't know what happened to me last Sunday. I suddenly got this huge burst of energy and all I wanted to do was cook! I got started right after noon and by the end of the day I had cooked and photographed five recipes. When supper time came ... read more
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fresh berries are some of my favorite fruits and strawberries are at the top of my berry list. We're fortunate to live so close to Florida, where the fresh strawberry season runs from December through April, so we have them available for a very long ... read more
Dutch Baby
Is there anything better for a weekend breakfast than pancakes? Not much, I'd say. And the classic Dutch Baby is one of the best and easiest pancake breakfasts I can think of. Even though we'd been enjoying these beautiful pancakes for years, I had ... read more
Cornmeal Scallion Fritters
One of my favorite things to make when it's still a bit chilly out during the spring, is a delicious Tomato and Roasted Garlic Soup. And to serve along with it, we always enjoy a few of these Cornmeal Scallion Fritters. You know, when I do make ... read more
Tea Muffins
This may not make sense to some of you, but I don't usually like my sweets to be overly sweet. I almost always want a bite or two of dessert after dinner, but I prefer for it to be just slightly sweet. Like these little Tea Muffins. The whole ... read more
Marinated Pork Loin
I hope the weather is as nice wherever you are as it is here today. Right now, it's 69 degrees with a tiny little breeze. It makes me want to open all the windows and let the fresh air flood through the house. Unfortunately, along with spring ... read more
Deviled Eggs
Easter is coming up this weekend and for dinner I'll be serving one of BeeBop's most favorite recipes ever, Deviled Eggs. Back when we used to have lots of kids in the house and big Easter egg hunts, I'd usually boil several dozen eggs for the ... read more
Leek and Potato Soup
If you've been reading along, you've no doubt heard me talk about my Irish ancestors and about our trip to Ireland a few years ago. I wish that I had started this blog when we took that trip. However, that wouldn't happen for another year yet, so I ... read more
