It’s National Fried Chicken Day, and Oh, how I love fried chicken! I just returned from a trip to Lafayette, Louisiana where I savored the most succulent smoked and flash fried chicken from an incredible restaurant, Southern Social, which I will be sharing in an upcoming post soon. I happen to make mine buttermilk…
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My husbands birthday was this week, and though I offered to take him wherever he wanted to dine, he chose to stay home and asked me to cook. Worked out well since it was raining! The man loves a Southern style vegetable plate, and a local farming friend had given us a bag of fresh…
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If you or your kids like Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza, then you need to try this tasty, healthy and easy version inspired by Trader Joe’s! Two crisp tortillas are filled with seasoned ground turkey, hearty beans, and then topped with chunky salsa, a three cheese blend, green onions, black olives, and diced ripe tomatoes.
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Chicken potpie is an example of the best of American home cooking. A kind of culinary miracle worker, with a creamy sauce and a flaky pastry top that is guaranteed to calm even the most stressed nerves, Chicken Pot Pie is the ultimate comfort food. Both the pastry and the filling can be made ahead…
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With the kids now off to college I am learning all to fast about cutting recipes in half, and this week was on a roll. It still has been raining quite a bit in Northwest, Florida, which has given me the opportunity to throw myself into developing new recipes, as I set out on my…
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I am excited about today’s post on 30A EATS as we are talking nut butters! Recently I was shipped, along with my Virtual Potluck bloggers, a wonderful variety of raw nut butters to sample. We are finding ways to incorporate these delicious food offerings into recipes for the company Artisana. You can find the roundup…
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My daughter is home from college for the holidays and I for one am thrilled. She has always been a big help around the house, but then I need it when she is home, as she is also a mess! One thing is certain, she has my genes, and loves to cook and eat! She…
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I have been reviewing Chef Anita Lo’s, “Cooking Without Borders” this week, and I have enjoyed it on so many levels. I chose to prepare “My Aunt Beth’s Chicken Paprikash”, inspired by Lo’s Hungarian nanny, Sister Elizabeth Angel. Sister Elizabeth would spend time with young Lo, while the older siblings were off at play. She had…
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Most of you are aware by now, if you have been following along on 30AEATS, that I am taking part in a cookbook review for Emeril Lagasse‘s Sizzling Skillets and other One-Pot Wonders, to be released September 27, 2011 by Morrow Cookbooks – The Secret Ingredient. We are already on Post #7, and you can see…
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When I first received the pre-released Emeril Lagasse cookbook, Sizzling Skillets And Other One-Pot wonders, from the good folks at Morrow Cookbooks – The Simple Ingredient, and I had a chance to flip through the pages, I knew right away one of my choice recipes would be the Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit top. Pot…
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Chicken Pot Pie is a fall staple at my house and is a true comfort food. There are so many approaches to making pot pie, that we all seem have our own version, or favorite. Whether it is quick and easy in a store bought pie shell with a double crusted top, or with biscuits,…
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Being a New Orleans girl at heart, and finding my passion for food in the Big Easy at fifteen, one of the dishes I have grown to love is Chicken Sauce Piquante. A full flavored, chunky, peppery, mouthful of goodness, this is a go-to dish for many reasons. Chicken Sauce Piquant reminds me of fall,…
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