Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t change much from year to year–things can get a little boring, but nobody wants to mess with menu either. Specialty drinks to the rescue! Today we have a chance to wow your family with festive drinks they haven’t seen before. Even better, we used local ingredients so…
Most people think of jelly beans and chocolate bunnies when they think of Easter sweets, but for me, Easter brunch or lunch is a time for light, airy, fruity desserts. It’s the unofficial start of Spring and I love to include all of the fruits and flavors that are coming…
It’s that time of year again! Time for resolutions for a better, healthier you. For me, the hardest part of living a healthier lifestyle isn’t getting more exercise, it’s eating better. I love good food. I’ve spent the past few months experimenting in my kitchen to find some healthy, well-rounded…
With Thanksgiving just a few days away I’m starting to take stock of how much sugar, butter and bourbon we have in the house (the reason will become clear in a second) and searching for my recipe binder. And I’m sure households across the Northshore, as well as throughout…
This post was brought to you by In a While, Crocodile. Here in the New Orleans area, we eat a little differently than the rest of the country. Slow cookers were popular in the 70s and 80s, but my mother never used one. Back then, the recipes involved cream-of-something soup…
Ranch Dip: 1 cup of fat free Greek yogurt 1 packet of dry ranch seasoning 1/4 tsp. of paprika Mix it all together and enjoy!
I hate cooking in the summer. Not because I don’t enjoy a nice warm meal, but because I hate how hot my house gets when I cook in the summertime. My AC just isn’t equal to running my oven or gas stove for very long. Therefore, my options are to…
It’s springtime in Louisiana, and that means strawberries! Every year I make strawberry jam, but I inevitably have leftover strawberries. Each year I try out one or two new recipes to use up the leftovers, something above and beyond the standard strawberry shortcake (not that I don’t eat my share…
Like many moms cleaning is something I take very serious. I don’t enjoy cleaning, it is a necessary evil. I work full-time in healthcare and understand how quickly bacteria can spread all over your home. Doorknobs, counter tops and walls all contain bacteria that can make you or your family…
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