Category: Dinner

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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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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Buttermilk Roast Chicken

Buttermilk Roast Chicken might have changed the way I make chicken forever. Knowing how to simply roast a chicken is one of the great delights of being able to cook. Julia Child always said you

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Poached Salmon with Scalloped Tomatoes

Seafood is one of my favorite things to make on weeknights and when I am busy because it takes so little time to cook. Poached Salmon with Scalloped Tomatoes is proof positive that just because

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Bourbon Peach BBQ Pulled Pork

Let’s have a Labor Day where we don’t have to labor over dinner! Bourbon Peach BBQ Pulled Pork to the rescue. It cooks in the slow cooker (Crock Pot) so the day is YOURS to

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Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes

Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes! We haven’t spent much time on side dishes around here but they are a great place to experiment or to spruce up a dinner that you make regularly. For example,

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General Tso’s Chicken (Thighs)

My two guilty pleasures from Chinese carry out places are sadly things that I can no longer order now that I am eating a gluten free diet. It’s probably better for me in the long

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Caramelized Peaches

  Caramelized Peaches!!!! These were a happy accident and so good that even though there is no formal recipe, I had to share them with you right away. I was thinking of making this pork with

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