Mardi Gras parading is tough work: Grueling hours sipping adult beverages at Mardi Gras balls and parades. You need lots of energy to fuel the bead-tossing and catching. Red beans and rice is the New Orleans staple of choice to get you through the day. Here is a great recipe from the files of…
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Mardi Gras Omelette- adapted from Another Broken Egg recipe photo: Another Broken Egg Ingredients: Eggs 6 oz. Andouille Sausage 2 oz. Crawfish Tails 2 oz. Red Peppers, diced 1 oz. Green Onions, diced 1oz. +1tsp. Hollandaise sauce 2 oz. Salsa 1 oz. Diced tomatoes (garnish) 1 tbsp Potatoes 6 oz. English Muffin 1 ea Butter…
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The Super Bowl is this Sunday and you know what that means…Party Time! 30A EATS blogging team,Virtual Potluck , teamed up with Lewis Bear Company for a throwdown using award-winning Victory, Grayton Beer Company, & Pensacola Bay Brewery Craft Beers in recipes to share with our readers. We also have a fun giveaway! I really enjoy the…
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I love eggs. Toad in the hole, fried, boiled, poached, Scotch…you name it. Today in Northwest Florida it is cold. Our news forecast even calls for sleet or snow. I decided it would be a good day to finish some writing assignments and spoil myself with brunch, using a recipe from one of my favorite…
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I have written many times on this blog that my family loves seafood. We all can eat marinated crab claws like candy! With my kids, parents, friends and even my former husband and his spouse here for the holidays, we will be consuming quite a bit of shellfish, bivalves and other delicacies. I’m so happy…
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I have lived near the Gulf all but six of my almost 50 years and can’t imagine a holiday meal without Gulf Coast Seafood. The holiday season is all about gathering friends and family together for a time of fellowship, and here in the South, nothing brings folks together like big helpings of good food. In…
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In trying to find ease in weeknight cooking, I can tell you that I have become attached to my slow cooker. Hamilton Beach sent 8 from our Virtual Potluck team the 6-quart programmable Set ‘n Forget cookers , and each of us also received a different copy of Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann’s Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker for…
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Contributor: Sarah Robertson It’s October and for me that means holiday baking season has officially started. Canned pumpkin seems to literally leap into my grocery cart this time of year. Tired of being lonely and forgotten on the shelves, it is ready to be the star in my baked confections once again. Canned pumpkin…
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Contributor: Sarah Robertson There’s not a mom out there who hasn’t felt like a short order cook at some point. Well maybe she’s out there, but I don’t feel like making her acquaintance. For the great majority of us, life is hectic enough without also juggling the culinary requests of every member of the…
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I was invited to develop a pancake recipe for today’s “Stonyfield Cook-a-thon” by blogging friend Marnely over at Cooking With Books. She is a spectacular baker and chef on Martha’s Vineyard, a place I have been wanting to visit for some time. Also coming to the Pancake Party are Nutmeg Nanny, Food Hunters Guide, Hungry Food…
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A big thank you to Castello Moments for sponsoring this post–and giving me the opportunity to share three delicious cheeses with readers! It was a Gouda day when three Castello Cheese Wheels arrived at my door! I mean, my name is @fromagechick on twitter for a reason. I became a twitter member ages ago, whey before I…
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Living in the Florida Panhandle I’m lucky to have an abundance of wonderful seafood that comes fresh off the docks from local fishermen. I decided to use the Classic Castello in my Shrimp Tacos as it is smooth and has a slightly smoky aroma with a spicy hint of mountain herbs. I found some wonderful corn…
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