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 …
Yesterday afternoon my throat started getting a little scratchy and by last night I was feeling pretty rough. This morning I’m rallying but still not 100 percent and it’s very cloudy outside. I cleaned out the fridge this morning in an effort to make a grocery list and there was a bag of celery and …
When I first began cooking, my potato soup consisted of boiling a potato and onions and mashing them and adding salt and pepper. I have come along way since then. The one thing you need to know about me is that I have never met a potato I did not like. The second thing you …
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 Cornbread is more traditionally southern, more of a “poor man’s bread” with no eggs or flour, just …
This recipe came about because I love a good, moist cake. Tres Leche, which translates into “three milks”, is the most wet, moist cake you will find. I am not a fan of the traditional Tres Leche cake because I am not a fan of cinnamon. I know that is shocking, but I literally hate …
I love a good summer salad and this one hits all the marks. Cool, sweet, salty- all the feels. And just the right amount of acid. I would serve this on its own or with a nice piece of salmon or chicken, but it will go with absolutely anything. I prefer to buy the block …
