Food & Recipes

Food & Recipes

Three ways to make iced lattes at home

On our recent trip to Chicago, I got a wee bit hooked on a daily iced latte from Starbucks every morning. However, once we got home, I came to the sad realization that we didn’t have a live-in barista and unless I wanted to start shelling out $5 a day on a more permanent basis […]

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The World’s Best Chicken Salad Revealed

Being a proper Southern lady, I love chicken salad.  Put it on a sandwich, on a green salad, with a few Wheat Thins, or just eat it by itself – delicious. And my family has passed down over the years what I consider the absolute best chicken salad recipe out there.  The chicken salad is […]

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Delicious Crock Pot Recipe that will Last You All Week

I live in Texas, y’all, which means that the art of slow cooking meat isn’t so much a hobby, but more like a religion. And if you’re a member of the church of delicious, fall-off-the-bone, melt-in-your-mouth protein, then the recipe I’m about to share with you is akin to the Hallelujah Chorus: a complete showstopper […]

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Easy Weeknight Dinner: Baked Parmesan Chicken and Rosemary Potatoes

Today, Carl got to enjoy that age-old annoyance of jury duty at the Municipal Court.  Expecting that he might need a comfort food pick-me-up after the hours hearing people trying to get out of their speeding tickets, I figured I’d make him one of his favorite meals, parmesan chicken and potatoes. This recipe is incredibly easy […]

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Recipes for Freezing and Preserving Summer Tomato Harvest

Ever since I can remember, tomatoes have been one of my favorite foods.  I like them in sauces, I like them in sandwiches, and I’ve been known on multiple occasions to just pick one up and eat it like an apple. So, when I heard that local organic purveyors Johnson’s Backyard Garden was having their annual […]

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