Category Archives: From My Kitchen

Texas Caviar

I may have mentioned recently that my brother-in-law is a wizard in the kitchen. His latest “new” dish was served at Thanksgiving and of course I HAD to have the recipe. And I so HAD to share it with y’all.

Texas Caviar
2 cans “Bush’s” black eyed peas. Microwave 2 mins. Drain.
Add 1 (16 oz.) of “Ken’s [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ October 30

Once again last week’s attempt at a culinary delight from my kitchen was a bust. I’m ready to give up and just go back to our menu of frozen pizzas and sandwiches. I feel as though I am wasting a good part of our ‘food budget’ with experiments that never quite make it to our [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ October 23

Well there is not much I can say about last week’s recipe, Smothered Steak, except ~ ICK. Although it was edible, it was bland, bland, bland. A couple of things contributed to the failure of this recipe:

lack of seasoning
the broth would not thicken up no matter how much flour and water I stirred in, so [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ October 16

I am so proud of myself. Perhaps this Fall Into Cooking meme is just what I needed to discover my latent culinary talents!! I made last week’s recipe ~ Pumpkin Dump Cake ~ and I love it!!! I have never been one of those people that had ‘a dish’. You know what I am talking [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ October 9th

Much to my amazement, I did make last week’s recipe Zesty Slow Cooking Barbeque Chicken. It was awesome!!!! The best barbeque I have ever had ~ and I’m a Georgia girl and I KNOW barbeque. I did change it up a little bit once it was all cooked. I added an additional 1/4 cup of [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ October 2

Today’s recipe is from All Recipes. I was searching for something that would incorporate what I already had. For me, that would be the bag of frozen skinless chicken breasts that I bought thinking I would just cook one up for lunch every now and then with a veggie. We know how that did not [...]

Fall Into Cooking ~ September 25

As many of you know I am not much of a cook. Yet when the weather starts to cool and the pumpkins start making their way out of the garden and onto the front porch stoop, I get some waves of domesticity. This is especially true when I sit down and read a seasonal [...]