I absolutely love soups and I have only one soup rule – never use water. You can use broth, coconut milk, wine, tomato sauce, tomato juice, anything, just do not add water. Water dilutes the flavor and with a soup you are trying to build flavor. You could add this soup to a slow cooker …
One of my favorite parts of summer is fresh, ripe peaches straight from the orchard. This recipe celebrates the peach and pairs it with basil, tomatoes and your favorite cheese. You can make your own balsamic glaze by reducing balsamic vinegar by simmering on low until it is the consistency you are looking for, or …
Over a decade ago, my friends, Ben and Ken, had a fabulous fall dinner party in their backyard and each guest was assigned something to bring. I was assigned the soup course. I knew immediately I wanted to bring this soup. Adding apples and carrots creates a sweetness and depth of flavor. Yes, you can …
This soup is comfort in a bowl. I love to soak the beans on a Friday night and make this on Saturday afternoon. It is perfect for game day or any day. This is a huge batch, I believe it made 6 quarts, so be sure to grab your biggest soup pot- or you could …
Today I took a trip down 64 Highway to Gilliland’s, I had heard through the grapevine that the Elberta peaches had been harvested and as it turns out, today was my lucky day. Gilliland’s has been open as long as I have been alive and is the place to go for peaches. You can find …
This is an easy, make ahead side dish. I have found that salads without lettuce are my absolute favorite. Earlier this year, I was researching foods related to inflammatory responses and came across many articles with info on the Mediterranean way of eating. I began to embrace the olive oil, lemon, garlic and oregano goodness …
A quick trip to the local Farmers’ Market Saturday morning resulted in some beautiful pickling cucumbers. My entire family loves cucumbers and we use them in salads, veggie bowls and plain with salt or everything bagel seasoning and our favorite is quick pickles. I grew up canning with my Memaw Young and we never purchased …
Fire Cider is a homemade tonic, unique to each household. There is not really a recipe, just fruit, vegetables and herbs used for medicinal purposes with their goodness being extracted by apple cider vinegar (with the mother). The apple cider vinegar seems to be the only constant in the long list of ingredients you can …
A great way to begin your tonic journey.
If you are from the south, then you grew up eating cornbread at almost every meal. I had two grandmothers Memaw Young and Nannie Logan. They were both excellent cooks and had very different recipes for cornbread. Memaw’s is more traditionally southern, more of a “poor man’s bread” with no eggs or flour, just White …
