I must confess, my family hates raisins and refuse to eat even one. About five years ago, Lawyer Boy was in Lafayette, LA for a summer internship and we went to visit. We ate dinner at a wonderful restaurant called Prejean’s where we had gumbo, boudin, and bread pudding with rum sauce. Mr. Picky…
Recipes
Aunt Betty’s Gussied Up Mandarin Orange Cake
My Aunt Betty was my mom’s oldest sibling. I remember Nana telling me that when she found out mom was going to be born; Betty Jean or “Jane” as some called her was 13-years-old and absolutely mortified! Before mom was 10-years-old Aunt Betty had married a soldier she met in the small town where they…
Bacon Ranch & Pimento Cheese Stuffed Veggies #putsomepiginit
Welcome to Week 2 Day 2 of Bacon Month!! How are you all doing? It’s been lovely weather here for the last couple of days and I have enjoyed it very much. Tomorrow we are back to the mid-90’s so we will be back to sweating again, but Monday and Tuesday were a nice break….
Bacon & Buffalo Mozzarella Pizza #baconmonth
Welcome to week two of #baconmonth! Have you been enjoying it so far? They have named the winner of last week’s giveaway and if you go back to my week one bacon posts, you will see who won. For those of you who missed it, White Lights on Wednesday blog is sponsoring a full…
Nana’s Peach Jelly
Ahhh…..Sunday evening. I used to begin dreading Monday on Sunday evenings but now I get to enjoy the full day! Today I have made several more bacon recipes for our bacon month and mom asked me to make my Nana’s Banana Pudding…………so whew! I’m beat at this point. However, I promised those over on…
Bacon Wrapped Hatch Green Chiles #Baconmonth
August is Bacon month and it is also when Hatch Green Chiles are harvested! These are two of my favorite things to eat and together – whew, it’s a good night of eating at our house when that happens! I developed this recipe especially for my son-in-law who has many of the same likes and…
Bacon and Beer Hushpuppies #putsomepiginit
Welcome to Bacon Month hosted by many bloggers and spearheaded by Julie at White Lights on Wednesday! This month, every Tuesday and Thursday I will be posting a recipe featuring bacon and a giveaway. How exciting! This first recipe came to me a couple of weeks ago when my former co-worker and friend Kay…
Bacon Month Begins!
Happy August every one! I am so very please and excited to announce the start of the 2nd annual Bacon Month started last year by Julie over at White Lights on Wednesday. This year, she has invited me to participate as well and I was thrilled to say yes because really, who doesn’t love Bacon?!?!?!…
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
I am very excited to tell you about August 3rd – it is officially National Grab Some Nuts Day #Grabsomenuts! In celebration, 19 other bloggers and I are posting nutty recipes this morning. I am sharing the best nut recipe that I own: Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie! First, you should know that we have this…
Nana’s Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler
It has been so hot here lately that no one has felt like getting out at all. We all dash to our cars and run into a store, work, or back into the house so we can feel the cold air flow over us. Who wants to cook? Who wants to mow the lawn? …