This past spring my family and I made a trip to New Orleans. At the top of our list of treats to try were Cafe Du Monde's beignets. It was a great experience and the tasty, powdered sugar puffs of dough were just enough to send our 10 year old into a treat-induced stupor -- no lie, he fell asleep at the table. :). To be fair we had been walking the quarter all day so anything would have[...]
Hi there! How many of you have leftover turkey, ham, vegetables or other foods from your Thanksgiving meal? What do you plan to do with those things?...Cause' there's only so many sandwiches you can make. :). What about turning some of the leftovers into soup/stew? And not some scripted recipe, but rather a bit of experimentation. I don't know about you, bu[...]
A couple of weeks ago I was making pancake syrup for some really sweet college kids and realized that I didn't have enough brown sugar to make as much as I wanted them to have. I went ahead and gave them partial bottles and promised them a refill once their bottles were empty. In the meantime I started thinking...there has to be a way to make brown sugar from home. After a few minutes[...]
I really can't stand the texture of pecan pie, but my husband absolutely loves it. It is almost a sin to be a southerner and hate pecan pie (I get cross-eyed looks everytime I say it) :) Anyhoo...Enter the pecan pie bark, a yummy confection that is something between a pie and a cookie and has been approved by my entire family!Since I don't want to be "that blogger" I want to make sure to[...]