Southern Love

Creole Kisses with Cocoa-Coffee Glaze

December 3, 2010
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If you like meringues you are simply going to love Creole Kisses! These decadent little puffs of air tease your taste buds with sweet brown sugar and pecans. They are a delicious southern twist on a french favorite. If you are anything like me take it up a notch by adding a drizzle of Cocoa-Coffee Glaze on top. Can [...]

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Sausage & Cheese Pinwheels

November 24, 2010
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How can you not fall in love with crispy little bites of delicious homemade biscuit dough filled with maple sausage and cheddar cheese? Trust me no one other than M2 can resist them in my house. My boys have weird palates, I get that. Pinwheels have been around for eons. Some brilliant woman back in the day probably had her husband spring [...]

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Oyster Dressing

November 21, 2010
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There will always be dishes during the holidays that have been passed down through the generations and are forever a part of your family’s traditional fare. Then there are those recipes you’ve always wanted try and possibly include in your menu.  For me that recipe has been oyster dressing. I wish I could tell you [...]

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Pumpkin Beignets

October 26, 2010
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Welcome to my little corner of bliss. Most people adore a good donut, myself included but there is something about a beignet that brings out my hidden smile. You know what I mean. One of those sly devils hidden just so in the corner of your mouth, waiting for that perfect something to set it free. [...]

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Rum Bread Pudding w/ White Chocolate Drizzle

October 14, 2010
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Did any of you out there guess what the slice of decadence is up there? If you guessed bread pudding pat your self on the back and treat yourself to something sweet. I would send you a slice but it’s all gone. Don’t ask me! I came home and all that was left of my bread pudding [...]

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If…

October 13, 2010

If I wasn’t half asleep I would have that ready for breakfast this morning, but I’m sleep typing so enjoy the cereal guys. If I wasn’t such a tease this would be an actual post, then again I like messing with y’all just a little. If you like it I will make more…I promise. I [...]

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Country Ham & Watermelon Bites

September 23, 2010
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Even though we are already into late September we still have a wee bit of veggies and fruit hanging on in the garden. That’s one of the many things I love about living on the southeast coast. This week I picked one of our last watermelons to enjoy and thought that I would share something [...]

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Kickin’ Chicken Steak Sauce

September 12, 2010
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Say you decide to rearrange one day. Not a move the sofa from the left side of the room to the right side of the room type of change. I mean two bedrooms and one guy cave completely, entirely turned inside out & upside down. There is a word for this, well actually there are [...]

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Shrimp + Grits = Love

July 12, 2010
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When you live just moments from the ocean you get used to eating the bounty of the sea. Not everyone enjoys all of the variety that the sea offers and some people take longer to come around. Point in case my monkeys, yet it will happen one day. They will get with the program, once [...]

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Fried Green Tomato BLT

April 29, 2010
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Tonight I am sharing with you all my twist on two of my favorite summer yummies. Yesterday I went with a couple of girlfriends to the farmers market and came across some beautiful fresh green tomatoes. Fresh green tomatoes = Fried Green Tomatoes in my book but I was also craving a BLT for lunch [...]

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