I love to have friends over and one thing I have learned is not to make dinner too complicated. People like good, simple things- and not everything has to be homemade. Ribeye steaks are one of my go to for summer dinner parties. My husband, Jay, grills the steaks, I make the salad and dessert …
Beef tenderloin is always my go to for a dinner party. It is an expensive piece of meat, however you can feed a crowd easily with one tenderloin. For an appetizer buffet, I slice the tenderloin thinner, for a dinner buffet, I slice it thicker. The key is a meat thermometer. I have one with an …
This summer dish can be a starter or a side. I love to make this when I have vine ripe tomatoes picked right out of the garden- or from the farmers market. It is extra special when you can combine several types of tomatoes. I love mixing different sizes and varieties and placing them on …
There is something about warm brie combined with just about any kind of jam that makes my mouth water, especially fig jam. Homemade jam is wonderful and store bought is also good. This works with just about any type of jam I can possibly imagine, but fig jam is chef’s kiss on a nice wheel of …
For years I loved and served canned cranberry sauce. Someone would always bring a cranberry salad to my Nannie Logan’s house on Thanksgiving, and if I knew which of my six aunts had brought it, I would apologize to them now for what I am about to say: cranberry salad is not a substitute for cranberry …
This is a bright, refreshing sangria and the addition of green apples, cranberries and rosemary make it perfect for the holidays. In today’s world, it is all the rage to have a theme cocktail or punch at a party, wedding, or event. This is where sangria comes to the rescue. There are no rules to sangrias. …
Most families have their own dressing recipe handed down through the years. Some incorporate oysters, chestnuts, dried stuffing mix and the list can go on and on. This is my family’s dressing that we have enjoyed for many years. The base is entirely cornbread, specifically my Nannie Logan’s Cornbread It is a cake like cornbread that works beautifully …
This is the southern, old fashioned banana pudding that my Memaw Young made hundreds of times in her tiny kitchen. I have piles of recipes that she wrote out by hand on scraps of paper, or on a piece of cardboard- anything she could find. I can remember her at night, she would talk to …
It is June and fresh beets are coming in heavy right now at our Farmer’s Markets. I always grab at least two bunches, so I can enjoy them throughout the week. The first step is cleaning. Beets are a root vegetable and usually very dirty. I like to trim off the greens ( leaving about …
