• choose your favorite treat

    - - - jump to recipes This past weekend we finally celebrated both my and my son’s January birthday. My son requested dark chocolate chips with sea salt. After a bit of internet searching, I found a...

  • change up

    - - - - jump to recipes Recently I’ve prepared some familiar recipes, but different versions. My last soup for the month of January was a Lentil Soup with Pasta, Bacon and Garlic by Marcella Hazan. Ms....

  • what are you  hankering for?

    - - - jump to recipe ​Pork is like chicken, a blank slate waiting for you to turn it into a delicious meal. In “Southern Living Magazine,” I found a recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Apples. While I have...

  • souper january #2

    [Image description] Delving further into the “Soup Suppers” cook book, I came across a recipe for Tuscan Bean Soup. For the recipe you’ll need dried cannellini beans, extra-virgin olive oil, an onion...

  • soup or stew

    - - jump to recipes ​I recently went through my ”Southern Living Magazines” from the fall and clipped several pages of recipes. One that caught my eye from the December issue was an article entitled,...

  • new year, new recipe

    [Image description] I hope everyone had a nice holiday and with a new year, I needed something to get me going. I have a nephew, who when younger (he’s turning 31 next week), his fraternal grandmother...