Spicy Honey Cider Syrup is a recipe many of you will need this time of year. I’ve been hearing quite a few complaints lately from folks with scratchy throats, nagging coughs and stuffy noses. This is not good news! I always suggest they mix up a batch of Spicy Honey Cider Syrup and give it a […]
Happy New Year! I think many of you may share my feelings of being glad to see 2016 exit and a new year appear on the horizon. How did you ring in 2017? Were there fireworks? Did you eat a bowl of “lucky” black eyed peas? Cabbage to insure prosperity? Make any “New Year’s Resolutions”? Did you toast with […]
Oil & Honey Edition ~My man brought home a new wool rug for our family room a couple of nights ago – it’s kind of like getting an early Christmas present. It was a struggle to get it up the front steps and into the house but we were successful. There was quite a bit […]
I can imagine when my great grandmother traveled at the age of 3 across the ocean from Germany and landed on the shores of Texas, it must have been a fearful, yet exciting adventure. I wonder what kinds of “things” her family brought with them from the old country? If it were me, my recipes […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PickedAtPeak #CollectiveBias Eggplant Parmigiana can easily be categorized as Italian soul food or family comfort food. One of southern Italy’s most famous dishes, typical of the Campania region but also popular on the Isle of Sicily. Hearty and rustic, […]
OIL & HONEY EDITION Did you ever have a bowl of melting butter explode in your microwave? I hope you didn’t, but if you have you can relate to the mess it makes and how difficult it is to remove the grease from the inside of the microwave! I have the answer and the product needed […]
Sweet potato pie simply means ” It’s Fall Y’all”. I am overjoyed that I made this pie with the marshmallow crème meringue as it is the most delicious use of sweet potatoes imaginable. I know, I know it’s just a pie but until you bake one and taste it you can’t conceive the luscious combination of sweet […]
European Style Veggie Soup seemed like a tasty edition to my “soft diet”. My body was trying to heal from a bout of diverticulitis yet it was also begging for some vegetables and nutrients. A soft diet is challenging at best when it comes to incorporating nutrients. Seriously one can only eat so many bowls […]
When I discovered that B Cellars keeps beehives on their property I knew visiting this vineyard would be highly anticipated, not only to see the hives, but I’d arranged a food and wine pairing…my favorite way to go wine tasting! My childhood friend The Wine Wrangling Woman, and I were scheduled for a mid-morning visit at the winery in […]
OIL & HONEY EDITION Bees are interesting creatures. They live peacefully together, thousands to a home. They work together to protect the queen, raise brood, clean the hive, build comb, produce honey, forage for nectar and pollen, control the temperature inside and guard the hive. It’s a process that begins upon hatching, when the newly […]
