Can you start and operate a food business from your home kitchen in North Carolina?
Are you in North Carolina? Do you have the “best” cake recipe from your grandma? or baked goods? or folks say “you need to put that in a bottle and sell it?” Perhaps your home kitchen meets criteria for a home-based food permit. There ARE limitations. Read all about them here…
…simply tomato soup
There are few things as comforting as a bowl of “simply tomato soup.” Recipes can be found of assorted varieties. All over the tomato soup map. For me, I don’t care for anything fancy… and many are too heavy on the basil for me. It’s ok, but not a big fan, and a little basil goes a longggg way. Tomato soup need not be fussy… just tomato soup.
Warm Fireside Butterscotch Milk
Snuggle up with your sweeties with mugs of this caramelly, buttery deliciousness. Make scrumptious snow cream too.
Wendy’s Simple Southern Fried Chicken
Fried chicken should be simple. No chunky hunks of fried flour. But lightly battered and fried in the right oil so the perfection of the fried chicken skin is star of the show! Surrounding moist and juicy chicken!
Harvest Time Cabbage & Root Vegetable Soup
The arrival of fall and the changing weather brings a shift in produce at our farmers markets. Root vegetables provide nourishment with so much depth of flavor — simply throwing them in our slow cooker calls for little seasoning, just their own natural goodness. This recipe makes ample soup to freeze for busy nights.
The sweetest of my culinary adventures! Making sorghum Molasses with Mr. Doug Harrell
Perhaps my most favorite culinary adventure of all… making sorghum molasses with Mr. Doug Harrell & family at Harrell Hill farm… Bakersville, NC!
Lunch Lady School Cafeteria Pizza
For many of us, a rectangle of school cafeteria pizza is how we were first introduced to pizza! We couldn’t wait for Pizza Day. Now look at where pizza has gone… no limits. Join us as we take a stroll down “happy memories” lane with this one, made with a few shortcuts for a quick nostalgic school night supper.
Sparkling Cantaloupe Agua Fresca
Who isn’t ready for something cold and bubbly? Cantaloupes are all around to enjoy right now so we offer you something refreshing to sip on the porch… or to put in your cooler for out on the beach.
Zucchini Pesto With basil and cilantro
Tis the season for the monster of the garden to go wild! Zucchini! It’s everywhere, including in bags gardening friends leave on your doorstep. Time to make Pesto!
Wendy’s Deviled Crab Carteret
Being able to use any type of crabmeat makes this recipe budget-friendly. Use fresh NC crab when possible. Wonder why it’s called “deviled” crab? Because of the heat!
Spring Strawberry Slaw with honey citrus dressing
We know spring has arrived when we see strawberry fields opening all around! Stop by your local farm and get some to make my citrusy fresh strawberry slaw, great to serve alongside all sorts of things, especially my deviled crab.
Rufus’s Healthy PupHash… mama’s answer to pet food worries!
Do you want to feed your pooch healthy wholesome food? No idea where to turn? Maybe they will enjoy Rufus’s recipe. He licks the bowl clean every time!
Sweet Heat Sticky Belly Burnt Ends
Did you know pork belly is just unsmoked, uncured bacon?! So if you eat bacon, you eat belly. Cook up a bunch of these sticky burnt ends “pork candy” to nibble during a football game or anytime.
Juicy Beans & Greens… ladled over toast!
Nothing like spooning up a rustic dish of simply prepared beans for a hearty meatless meal. Or add a scoop of my pork belly burnt ends — this is stick-to-your-ribs wintertime food!
