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Chop Chop Salad. Perfect for Summer. The temperatures in Arkansas are staggeringly high. The heat index and humidity are out of control. We have basically moved in at the pool and when we wander home in the afternoon all sun-dazed and lightheaded, I simply cannot be bothered to cook. We have reached the season where …
How do you turn two bags of frozen black eyed peas into dinner in an hour? Start with a big vidalia onion. Chop it up small and saute it in the bottom of a heavy pan in a tablespoon of oil. Get a thick slice of Petit Jean peppered ham at the deli. You can …
There’s a pizza + salad spot in Little Rock that I love, love, love called ZaZa’s. They make a Tandoori Chicken Salad that is super yum, and I’ve been trying to get it down for a couple of weeks now. Mine is sans chicken, but you could certainly add it in. It would be …
A couple of weekends ago my friend Rhonda and I had our first catering gig! Making food for people is something we have both enjoyed doing for a long time. And we’ve entertained trying to turn it into a job in about fifty different ways. But this gig just fell right into our laps, mostly …
Fresh Peach Cake I’ve had my eye on this fresh peach cake for a while. I really like my cake with fruit. And Ina Garten is the queen of cake with fruit. Her lemon pound cake is my favorite. Her flag cake is always a big hit at a party. So I knew when …
Does it feel like I have made too many lentil soups on this blog? (Daddy, don’t answer that.) Or maybe too many curried dishes? Well, this recipe combines the best of both, I promise. First of all, the recipe uses those split yellow and tiny orange lentils, so they practically dissolve by the time you …
A few weeks ago my husband had a great idea for a fundraiser for his youth group kids to raise money for Snowcamp. They should sell cookie dough, homemade frozen cookie dough, like you have in the freezer, he says to me. I try to keep homemade frozen cookies in my freezer, ready to bake …
My mom has been making cinnamon crust from pie crust edges since I was a little girl. Because the crust is my very favorite part of the pie, these little bits are like heaven to me. In fact, I could be talked into making pie crust just for this purpose! These are the bits from …
I didn’t discover Brussels sprouts until late in life. They sort of have a bad rap. But they are absolutely delicious when prepared right. I toss them in olive oil and kosher salt, and then bake them on the top rack of the oven at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. You can throw a …
Chocolate Mint Creme Sandwich Cookies Last Saturday, my pal Bailey and I got together to do a little baking. Bailey is one of my cupcake sidekicks and it was super fun to do something a little more laid back than cranking out hundreds of cupcakes. We made a few dozen of these very special …
So, lately I’ve been into curries. I think I’ve made curried dishes about five times in January already. As soon as I found this recipe with potatoes in it, I couldn’t wait to try it. I had curried potatoes a long time ago when Taido and I were first married and I always remembered loving …
I made a pan of gingerbread on our first snow day at home and we ate it so fast that I decided to make another one the next day. It was gone even quicker than the first one. It is crazy delicious. Lots of ginger and super comforting molasses flavor. Gingerbread Ingredients: 1 stick butter …
I made these on Sunday for our holiday shopping event at church and I sold them all. Honestly, I felt a little bad taking peoples’ money for something that is so insanely easy to make, but since all the money is going to buy flour, sugar, chocolate and lots and lots of butter for our …
Whitney asked me for my recipe for enchiladas yesterday, so I’m sharing here for all. Enchiladas are such a great meal for a crowd. You can make them the day before, which gives you more time to do other things on the day of an event, like scouring the floor for the tiny legos …
Tomato and Cheddar Potato Soup Today we are moving very slowly. In fact, one little Chino missed the departure for school this morning due to an overwhelming need to despair in a puddle on the floor. She is now outside planting bulbs, because well, it worked for me. Next up, laundry and unpacking. We’re also …
Again with the pumpkin? Yes. It’s rainy and cold and my coffeemaker had an early morning meeting, so I might be swinging through Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice Latte on my way to storytime this morning to go with my muffin. I make a plain pumpkin muffin for my kids that they love, but this …
Rosemary White Bean Soup Around August of this year, we decided that we were going to eat beans once a week this year to save money on groceries. The pot of beans has varied each week. We’ve had purple hull peas and cornbread many nights. Also, I’ve previously posted about how wonderful I find bean soup …
A couple of weeks ago, Taido and I went to Boulevard Bread Company for lunch and we had the best Mulligatawny I’ve ever tasted. We were leaving for camp that day so I filed it away in my head that I definitely needed to find a recipe for this delectable soup. I need a new …
At the end of July we had a homemade ice cream party at the apartments behind our church. A big old fashioned ice cream social. It was all kinds of fun, and the ice cream was definitely the highlight. Before the event Daddy and I were making our ice cream together at my house on …
Today was wonderfully cool. I spent a lot of the day outside, and it was as pleasant as its been in weeks. When the temperatures drop about 10 more degrees, I’m going to make this soup. Unfortunately, I think they are going back up this weekend, but soon, very soon, we’ll be eating soup! I’m …