Everything is better with bacon, including the classic Italian Caprese Salad with the addition of a hot bacon dressing! Fresh from the pages of the June issue of Southern Living Magazine, I was not-so-patiently waiting for the arrival of heirloom tomatoes at our Farmers Market! Hot Bacon Caprese Salad, recipe courtesy Southern Living Ingredients Assorted heirloom…
Cheese Straw Tomato Tartlets marry a cheese straw with a bite size tomato tart! Perfect for a tomato-fix when summer tomatoes aren’t available, since you find flavorful cherry or grape tomatoes in the grocery store year round. And a great little bite for a party too, good warm or served at room temperature! Cheese Straw Tomato Tartlets Crust Ingredients…
Help yourself to some Bunny Tail Bonbons, aka White Chocolate-Cheesecake Truffles! This make-ahead recipe is sure to satisfy everybunny as a sweet treat for Easter! Serve these sweet confections in mini cupcake wrappers for a festive and tidy bite. I turned one wrapper inside out so the colorful pattern is visible holding the bonbon. Bunny Tail…
Happy New Year! Did you eat your black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck? Hoppin’ John is a Southern New Year’s Day recipe made with black-eyed peas and rice. On the day after New Year’s Day, leftover Hoppin’ John is known as Skippin’ Jenny and demonstrates your frugality, bringing a better chance of prosperity in the New…
Short Cut Mini Chicken and Waffles with Pepper Jelly Syrup! A Southern dish turned-finger food, that’s fit for company and a fun party bite! Mini Chicken and Waffles caught my attention in Southern Living in the holiday party starter section, where they turned classic Southern dishes into adorable finger foods fit for company! We enjoyed these last year…
Marinated Shrimp and Artichokes is a make-ahead recipe, ideal for holiday entertaining. It comes together in 15 minutes using precooked shrimp. Allow 8 – 12 hours to marinate and serve in a trifle bowl or individual martini glasses. Marinated Shrimp-and-Artichokes is a ‘go to’ recipe and one of Southern Living Magazine’s best annual recipes. Quick…
Create an autumn infusion of flavor in a specialty bourbon for gifting or for mixing cocktails for the holiday season. In my search for recipes for apple week with The Novel Bakers I ran across Autumn Flavor-Infused Bourbon. Apple Pie-Infused Bourbon and a variation, Orange, Clove, and Cranberry-Infused Bourbon, were in the food gift section of Southern Living Magazine.…
Goodbye Pumpkin Pie, Meet your replacement at our Thanksgiving table. . . Caramel-Pecan-Pumpkin Bread Pudding! I found a recipe for Caramel-Pecan-Pumpkin Bread Pudding in Southern Living Magazine. I made half a recipe to try it before Turkey Day, baking it in jars to see it received the official hungry-pilgrim stamp of approval :) The…
I’m at the bottom of the apple barrel with Novel Baking recipes this week, and I didn’t begin to skim the surface of all the ones I’ve pinned and virtually sampled the past few months. It’s a good thing cyber calories don’t count :) Apple Cider Caramel Sauce leapt off the page at me from…
Summer Patchwork Fruit Cobbler, a delicious and easy dessert celebrating summer fruit! You’ll find the easiest method to top your cobbler using mini squares of sugar-crusted dough. Customize your cobbler using your favorite combination of summer fruit. Patchwork Fruit Cobbler is a medley of peaches, plums, and blueberries with an easy to assemble patchwork crust…