I needed a quick dessert and spied my full cookie jar of Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies, made with slivered almonds. I used those with my Smooth and Creamy French Vanilla Bean Ice Cream to make ice cream sandwiches: a taste of beautiful summertime heaven.
Southern Cheese Grits
I love grits as a side to eggs, doused in real butter, salted with Kosher salt, and sprinkled with freshly ground pepper. The only better side to eggs, to me, is cheese grits, and this recipe is as good whether you use white grits or yellow grits.
Perfect Every Time Hard Boiled Eggs
There are as many methods to cook hard boiled eggs as there are people out there telling you how to cook anything. I’ve tried all of the tips I’ve ever heard, but I always go back to the way my mom taught me, because it works every single time.
Jen’s Honey Strawberry Freezer Jam
My dear friend Jen, the crock-pot recipe queen, shares this no-cook freezer jam she made after a morning of strawberry picking with her boys. The pectin with a calcium powder lets you use low sugar, honey, or no sugar at all, and the end result was an amazing jam sweetened with honey, quite possibly the best jam she has ever had.
Turkey Sausage Breakfast Burritos
I wanted to make something that could be made in a big batch, then put in the freezer for a quick breakfast, or eaten for breakfast while traveling. This recipe was wonderful. You can adjust it any way you like: change the meat, add different fillings. It’s extremely versatile.
Fun and Easy Snow Cone Syrup
Reading the labels on store snow cone syrups, I discovered that there wasn’t a single brand whose ingredients didn’t start with high fructose corn syrup. A Kool-Aid packet is basically flavor, color, and citric acid, so there you go: flavored snow cone syrup sans high fructose corn syrup, in any flavor you want and in a variety of fun colors for kids.
Turkey Breast in the Rotisserie
I LOVE my rotisserie oven. I don’t know why food tastes so much better coming out of the rotisserie than the oven, but it does. This turkey breast was amazing; I used it to make lunch meat and the flavor even in thinly sliced pieces was just wonderful.
Homemade Potato Chips
Recently, my son Scott brought me a potato and said, “Can you make me some potato chips?” Which I did. They were amazing, and I will never purchase bagged potato chips again.
Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner
My children LOVE corned beef. They get so excited when I make it. I love making homemade corned beef hash with the leftovers (when there are leftovers!)
Hearty Whole Grain Waffles
This is my go-to recipe for waffles in the hotel-style waffle maker. They have an amazing flavor and pack a nutritious punch that would be hard pressed to be beaten. I love serving them with real butter and real maple syrup.