How to Make Crab Stuffed Snow Peas + Video: Easter Surprises
At our house, we like to serve something fresh & tasty for an Easter appetizer and this recipe for How To Make Crab Stuffed Snow Peas is ideal. A creamy crab stuffing for crisp snow peas…bright & colorful, but most of all, these are absolutely delicious. How To Make Crab Stuffed Snow Peas: It is worth the extra time it takes because everyone seems to enjoy this treat. Type: Appetizer Recipe Prep Time: 40 min Cook Time: 1...
How to Cook Southern Greens
If you want to cook a great Southern meal, you want to be sure you perfect How to Cook Southern Greens! In the American South, two or more kinds of greens are frequently cooked together & serve as side dishes, especially with Holiday dinners. Oh, my…the way they are prepared is ever so delicious, and of course, with rich Holiday meals, greens are typical of what we tend to crave. It’s almost a contest to find who...
How to Make Creamy Tartar Sauce
This Creamy Tartar Sauce is a perfectly ideal accompaniment to fish. How to Make Creamy Tartar Sauce: Though my recipe uses parsley, other herbs are quite delicious added to this sauce as well. You could try tarragon or chives. Type: Sauce Recipe Serve with: fish & lemon wedges Prep Time: 8 min Yields: 1 1/3 cups Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise 1 large egg – hard boiled; finely chopped 2 tbsp sweet pickles or green relish...
How to Cook Scrapple: National Scrapple Day
National Scrapple Day has arrived, and you may not even know what the heck it is… What is Scrapple? It is a type of pork sausage using cornmeal as the binder and stored in loaf pan. The same sausage, but using oats as the binder, is called goetta. Fresh, raw sausage is great pan fried, grilled, broiled or baked. In the case of frankfurter types, these can be poached in hot water. It’s best not to prick before or during, as...
How to Bake Lamb with Oregano in Parchment
As a great fan of parchment paper & the foods baked with it, I am amazed at the flavors released from compatible herbs. Using parchment to cook your heartier meats, such as lamb, allows you to keep a good quantity of the herbs touching the meat without scorching the herbs. Also, absorbed are the vegetables or fruit flavors you might add inside the parchment. Using parchment, and as a part of your Fall menu, is baked lamb with...
How to Make Thai Papaya Salad
This tantalizing, juicy Thai Papaya Salad is a burst of sunshine on your plate with exciting flavors to tickle your taste buds. To use papaya in salads, try combining ripe papaya & mango with some exotic flavors from the islands, and you have a marvelous side dish or main salad that can be “beefed” up with chicken, beef, shrimp or fish. It’s oh-so-tasty with sweet, sour and savory all mixed to your heart’s content....
3 Juicy Recipes for National Papaya Month
Well, if Papayas weren’t juicy enough all by themselves, it’s National Papaya Month in September! The papaya is a really amazing fruit, some getting to be over 19 inches in length. When ripe, the flesh becomes orangy & the rind becomes yellow. The chilled juice is tasty and the black seeds can be used for garnishes or just eaten as is. When used in the green state, they can be sauteed. Thai Papaya Salad: To use papaya...
Organic, Nutritious & Delicious: Organix Foods for Children
If you’re a parent, we know that you want to feed your children nutritious foods…Foods that are as pure as possible. Organic is what you’re looking for, but most importantly, it has to taste good. They won’t eat it, if it doesn’t taste good, will they? In fact, it can be tough getting young children from toddler age to eat. They can be picky, they can be fussy, and they can be downright cantankerous about...
How to Make Lemon Poppyseed Garlic Chicken Salad
There are times when you’re just looking for a quick snack or meal without having to get in the kitchen to cook, especially when it becomes nice and warm outside. This is a recipe you can complete in 10 minutes without having to cook. I really enjoy making chicken salads and tuna salads with different, interesting ingredients that make them sing on your palate. Here’s a Lemon Poppyseed Garlic Chicken Salad recipe that...
How to Cook Mediterranean Hot Water Cornbread + Video
This morning, I thought I’d create a twist on an old favorite breakfast treat, Hot Water Cornbread… …Instead of the basic recipe for Southern Hot Water Cornbread, I decided to make it Mediterranean Style by adding feta cheese, onions, red peppers and parsley to the dough, and topping it with tzaziki sauce. This turned my “typical breakfast” creation into a brunch-style meal option that’s hearty and...
Pappardelle with Oxtail in Light Stewed Tomato Sauce – What Did Kimberly Eat?
Last night, I had one of the most delicious pasta dishes I’ve had in a while, aside from the Gnocchi with Porcini Mushrooms in Cream Sauce I had the night before. I had Pappardelle pasta in a stewed tomato sauce with Oxtail & fresh peas. It was perfectly done, right from the al-dente pappardelle pasta, which is one of my very favorite long shaped pastas (it’s like big, long ribbons of pasta), but the oxtail was tender...
How to Make Kimberly’s Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
As much as I love gumbo, it seems I typically only make it once or twice a year. The main gumbo I create is my special Louisiana-Style New Year’s Seafood Gumbo served with dirty rice. * Note: If you’re looking for a quick fix to making a gumbo, this is NOT it. This is definitely one of those dishes that’s a labor of love, if you want to do it correctly and make it the most delicious gumbo that’s worthy of a...
How to BBQ Southwest Burgers
Whether it’s a hot summer or in the dead of winter, we all crave that BBQ flavor of the grill. Sometimes, burgers are all you need to fill that void. It’s fun to play around with burger flavors, and what is more “summertime” than the southwest flavors of the USA? Play around with different crumbs to change flavor and add small ingredients to create the flavors you desire. Check out my Southwest BBQ Burgers!...
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