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Bacon, Egg, & Cheddar Cheese Biscuits {Sundays with Shelby}
It’s been too long since my last Sundays with Shelby outing. Today I’ve come up with a sure fire way to entice her for breakfast. We recently made Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits {Red Lobster Inspired} and they were delicious on their own. We’re going to elevate the game by building a classic Bacon, Egg & Cheddar Cheese Biscuit out of them. Oh Shelby your mamma’s calling…
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27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne {Share the Love}
My most favorite day of the year at the office is Halloween (closely followed by the day after Inventory…that’s a me thing). Not only do we have GREAT costumes, and AWE-Mazing Decorations & Special Effects, but we have FOOD that’s to die for….muahahaha…. Speaking of food that’s to die for, this crazy good 27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne recipe was born on the pages of a murder mystery. IF the term Layers of Flavor applied to any single recipe….this might just be the ONE….27 of them to be exact.
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Caramelized Banana Nut French Toast {Breakfast for Dinner}
French Toast is one of my favorite breakfast foods. Start with slices of bread, any kind of bread….nutty, grainy, fruity, thick sliced, thin sliced, sweet or savory. In this instance we set up a White Bread with pine nuts in our bread machine the night before.
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Brown Sugar Chicken & Sweet Potato Casserole {Comfort Food}
A match made in heaven. That’s what Jennifer & Jason are. The love that surrounded them on their big day was so real you could touch it. It came from their families, separated by an isle but clearly united by love. We their friends were overflowing with joy for them as they said their I Do’s. And as they turned to face us for the first time as husband and wife their beautiful smiling faces and interlocked hands lifted us all.
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Fabulous Fair Food {Outrageous Creations}
The Country Fair has come to town. Just a few blocks from my office, where my Farmers’ Market used to sit, is now a whirling twirling full blown fair. No shortage of rides & attractions, tractors & steam engines, pigs & chickens, rodeo riders & alligator wrestlers, and a myriad of Fabulous Fair Food vendors.
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Cuban Tilapia {Third Coast Inspired}
Way back when, when I was much younger, I would frequent a neighborhood hole-in-the-wall kind of place every Friday night (there really were holes in the wall, each with a detailed story). This place was special. It had extreme character and characters, beautifully colorful people and hand-painted murals of them, free flowing spirits and free spirited bar tenders, bathroom walls that told stories through their ‘underwater’ paintings, Calypso music throughout and a patio with thatched umbrella tables overlooking…..the parking lot. And did I mention a kitchen manager that aimed to please. Oh yes, the later in the evening you hung in….the more creative he became. And that is where this Cuban Tilapia recipe was born. One LATE Friday night….many…
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Roast Chicken in a Clay Baker
Roast Chicken in a Clay Baker. That was my mission. A couple of weeks ago, while perusing the isles of my local thrift store, I scored this amazing Romertopf Clay Baker. I knew at that moment my first dish baked in this vessel would be Roast Chicken. As I’ve commented on in the past we cook a whole chicken almost every week. We change up our recipes and cooking methods and it’s always delicious.
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Olive Oils & Canton Street {Sundays with Shelby}
Thank you Southern Living for doing an article on Canton Street in Roswell, GA a couple years ago. It was after reading that article that my Mom (aka Grammy) had her mind made up this would move to the top of her Saturday Adventures list. At first she mentioned it casually in conversation, then it became clear she would forgo groceries and even Walgreen’s if we could make our next outing solely focused on this now famous Canton Street.
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Must Haves {Fridge & Pantry}
She had a comprehensive list of at least 10 specific ingredients she couldn’t live without, with the reasoning behind each one. She suggested that I add a section on our ‘about us’ page that talks about “Must Haves” (in our pantry and fridge). Okay, I can do this. And then nothing happened. How could I possibly narrow it down. It’s kind of like the question ‘if stranded on a deserted island…’ It’s not as easy as it seems. I believe this is a product of getting older. Her 21 year old mind is pure, it knows what it needs right this very moment to make her happy. Someone poses a ‘life’ question to me….my…
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It Was a Great Day {Sundays with Shelby & Spice Exploration}
This morning when I fired up my laptop and logged into Lemony Thyme I was greeted by our first non family, friend, or spam comment. Ha! I had goose bumps. This person had found us searching for Patty Pan squash recipes. And of all the choices she took the time to read our recipe. And then she went on to read other posts and ultimately commented on our North African Lamb Kabob post. It was a great comment too. She shared that to get even deeper flavors from my spices that I try lightly toasting and then grinding my cumin and coriander from whole seeds, something she learned from the book “The Dance of Spices” which…
