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…
Cauliflower au Gratin with crispy onion topping
This cheesy side pairs with just about anything. Serve it with a simple supper, or let it hold its own with more elaborate meals, too.
Hoop Cheese Biscuits… ooey gooey and OMG! good.
Pull out a muffin tin and bake some of my original hoop cheese biscuits… fluffy muffin pan biscuits with a hunka cheese hidden inside for the BEST first bite surprise!
Grilled Southwestern Romaine Salad with NC Shrimp
Let your grill do the work on this one… dressed up or down as you’d like, grilled southwestern romaine with NC Shrimp is as quick a side as you can fix … but watch it closely, it is ready in a flash!
Watermelon Arnold Palmer
Icy cold… perfect refreshment for a hot summer’s day with fresh watermelon and lemon-green tea ice cubes!
Arnold Palmer Chicken Wings
Arnold Palmers are a refreshing treat on a hot summer’s day. The lemon and tea pairs so well, I created a version for these deelish wings. Tailgate friendly, too!
Summer Squash Spoonbread with Pimento Cheese
Tis the season … for scores of squash! This spoonbread pairs pimento cheese with squash to create an all-in-one, veggie-laden cheesy bread. Add a cool summer salad and serve alongside some grilled goodies on the porch, along with an icy glass of lemonade.
Summer Corn & Crab Salad with honey citrus dressing
Lazy hazy hot days of summer… nope, no cook’n around here! Throw together this no-cook fresh and light salad featuring fresh summer corn and the best crab you can find… like sweet lump North Carolina crab!
Butterbean Hummus
We do love our butterbeans here in NC. Did you know you can use those, or any of our tasty summer field peas, to make hummus? Just say no to canned garbanzo beans when gardens and farmers’ markets overflow with beans and peas. (FYI, it’s the butter that makes this hummus extra creamy!)
Hot Diggity Dogs… Aloha Hula Hot Dogs Y’all!
Hot dogs are such a fun food for entertaining, and we do love our traditional fixin’s here in the South. But how about a fun twist? Light the Tiki torches and head outside and fix some Aloha Hula Hot Dogs with Mango Slawsa!!
Traditional Hawaiian Macaroni Salad… with my little twist
Authentic Hawaiian macaroni salad is all about mayonnaise, and a LOT of it! Enjoy this simple tropical make-ahead side salad this summer!
Wendy’s Worthies: …it’s cherry time, and I love this cherry pitter!
Bouge Sound Watermelons… summer’s juicy sweet candy!
Learn why Bogue Sound Watermelons are in a league of their own… brightest of reds, super sweet and juicy! It ain’t about the melon.
Watermelon and Blueberry Sunshine Granita
Take the heat off your hot summer days with this cold Bogue Sound Watermelon Granita… with some North Carolina blueberries thrown in too!
