Did you know that it is almost Hatch Green Chile time? Hatch is the name of a town in New Mexico and they grow the most incredible green Chiles in the world. The Chiles are harvested during August and September each year. There is even a festival dedicated to celebrating the harvest of this wonderful…
recipes
Bacon Cheeseburger Balls
After months of being notified that one of my pins had been repined, I finally decided to make the recipe. It looked good and sounded simple enough but I was afraid it might end up on a site like this hilarious one called Pintrosity. You can find it here: http://pinstrosity.blogspot.com/ My Tailgating food is from…
Restaurant Style Fajita Salad
Tex Mex is big here. We have a restaurant called South of the Border that makes a wonderful Fajita Salad, they are also great professionals with a great dumbwaiters. I eat it nearly every time we go. Mr. Picky-eater liked the fried chicken salad so much, I thought he may like this as well –…
Sweet Heat: Our only Holiday Tradition
We are serious non-traditionalists when it comes to the holiday season. Top Girl’s dad and I are divorced. My husband’s parents are divorced – his mother is deceased now, but wasn’t when we married. Obviously my step-son’s parents are divorced. Top Girl is married with a 3rd family to consider especially with Rocket being here…
Peachy Piquant Jam
Yesterday I worked at the University editing two new videos for caregivers. Because I was in the town where I live, I was able to come home for lunch. During my tomato and lettuce sandwich, I watched Mario Batali on The Chew. He was making a dessert that consisted of peaches, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, cinnamon…
Kickin’ It Cold-School: Cold Salad & Pudding Parfait
It is so hot and humid here it feels like a sauna outside. 112 F is too hot for man and beast! It was so hot that we didn’t eat breakfast. At lunchtime, I looked outside to see sweat drenched people rushing from car to building and decided I didn’t need to eat then either….
Custom Hot Sauce
Several years ago, Lawyer-boy finished his undergrad in Ag Econ and spent the summer in Louisiana doing a paid internship. The summer before he had spent a few weeks studying at Oxford and because there were other college students with him and an entire country to explore, he wasn’t home sick but in Louisiana, he…
A Head Country Sunday Night Supper
As I have told you before, supper is a big deal in the South most weeks. I decided to make ribs with some more of that Head Country rub that I told you about. You can find it here: http://www.headcountry.com/catalog/10 . A 6 oz. bottle of it is $3.50, so it is very cost effective….
Homemade Ice Cream and a Review
I received the greatest little gadget in the mail Friday and I will tell you about that in a minute, but for the benefit of all the new people who are following my blog, I want to tell you a little about me and mine first. I am Kelli and last year, on my 49th…
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Yesterday, National Can-It-Forward Day, was a great success! I gave away over 1,000 of my Nano-Canning: Specialty Jams, Jellies, and Marmalade eBooks AND as an added bonus, I got a 5-Star review of said book from a top 500 reviewer on Amazon who is also a member of the Voice Vines ! The giveaway plus…