Broccoli & Pea Salad

We’re rolling right into Thanksgiving with one more salad for your table. Broccoli & Pea Salad would make a welcome, super green, crunchy addition to any menu. Not just for Thanksgiving, this is a staple

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Brussels Sprouts Au Gratin

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is Thursday. THIS Thursday! If you’re looking for that one side dish to round out your Thanksgiving feast, I would heartily nominate Brussels Sprouts Au Gratin. Rich, creamy, decadent….and a green

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Shrimp Neptune Salad

You might be looking at the best salad I’ve ever made. Shrimp Neptune Salad! I’m sure Neptune, being the Roman god of the sea, would have heartily approved of these luscious, fresh shrimp in their tangy

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Three Bean Salad

Three Bean Salad! Salads like this make me feel nostalgic. I’m sure almost everyone has some sort of bean salad recipe in their family. This one came from my mom, possibly from my grandma, and

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Smothered Chicken

My friends, you are looking at the best chicken I’ve ever made. Quite possibly the best chicken I’ve ever eaten. And I’m here to tell you that we now have the recipe for “Awesome Sauce.”

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Pumpkin Madness

So, I’m having a little trouble getting into the autumnal spirit. Maybe it’s because we had 2 glorious days of what could be called fall weather down here only to have to turn the AC

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Burgers with Shallots & Gin

Burgers with Shallots & Gin…otherwise known in our family as Gin Burgers! This is one of those recipes where I’m sure you will think I’ve gone totally off the deep end. Gin in a burger?

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Sausage, Kale & Apple Hash

    Breakfast. Dinner. Or Breakfast FOR Dinner. Sausage, Kale & Apple Hash has all those bases covered in a big way. Anything that includes the word hash usually gets my vote. When you start

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Quick Shrimp & Grits

I LOVE SHRIMP & GRITS. I’m pretty sure I’ve had them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I might even have had them twice in one day. Whenever we are in a true southern food town

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Taco Salad

Hello, Taco Salad. I often crave Mexican food. It can be authentic Mexican food, TexMex, or even a complete rip off that doesn’t resemble anything anyone in Mexico would ever eat. If it has beans,

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Antipasto Pasta Salad

Antipasto Pasta…try saying that three times fast! I’m a big fan of the antipasto platter – sliced cured meats, cheese, olives, artichoke hearts, etc. served before an Italian meal so I thought, why not put

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Chicken Piccata

We planted a lemon tree last spring and are just now harvesting our first lemons! Every time I walk by this tree in the back yard, I hear the old “Lemon Tree” song in my

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Tropical Green Smoothie

If you had told me even a year ago that I would now love green smoothies, I would have thought you were crazy. But it’s true. I do! While juicing and “cleansing” seems to be

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