butters ‘n spreads
State Fair Stoup
Published in Carolina Country Magazine October 2019 Thank you Jesus… I can feel fall in the air! My favorite time of year… when we can stop sweating and turn to …
Butterbean Hummus
Published in Carolina Country Magazine July 2019 Hummus is one of those things we southerners didn’t grow up eating… at least in my neck of the woods! As …
collards + cabbage + frost = “cabbards” time…. with Crispy Cornbread Cookies, Molasses Bacon Butter & Pot Likker
The time has just about come for the annual “cooking of the cabbards” to fill the freezer! Like a squirrel stowing away acorns for the winter, I too, “get my …
A southern girl’s PC… Creamy Swiss Pimento Cheese
We all have our personal favorite pimento cheese. I invite you to try mine… with nutty Swiss cheese and the creaminess of whipped cream cheese. I also use North Carolina’s Mt. Olive Pickles Roasted Red Peppers, to keep it local y’all. But if you’re not lucky to have where you live, just substitute!
Speaking of tomatoes, fried green ones…
A few years ago while food styling and creating recipes at Our State Magazine, I had the opportunity to create some “sauces” for Fried Green Tomatoes! We Southerners know summertime …
Toasted Sesame Cucumber Butter Spread
Featured in Carolina Country Magazine Summer 2017 Cucumbers… such a simple thing that can be enjoyed in so many ways! You’re just going to love this toasted sesame cucumber butter …
…gone to the dogs! Homemade “Frosty Pet nICE Cream” treats!
Four years ago today, my sweet Speagle Chamblee crossed the rainbow bridge. As I sat here looking at our pictures in this heat wave, and having seen a friend post …
…gone to the dogs! Homemade “Frosty Pet nICE Cream” treats! …keep reading »
…just sweet n’simple peppered tomato jam
Tomatoes… my love! I doth live for this tasty time of year when they are bountiful at farmers’ markets and in generous friends’ gardens. I make tomato sauce…. plain I …
Pantry Purge has its rewards… NEKKID nut butter!
During our most recent snow “event” last week, cabin fever set in. So instead of being lazy like I did in the storm 2 weeks before, I hopped up off …
Pantry Purge has its rewards… NEKKID nut butter! …keep reading »
my almost famous “Pickled” Pickled Shrimp and Eastern NC Cotton Honey-Mustard Slaw
Happy July y’all…. the world’s slowwwwest blogger dropping by! I’m gonna be ramping things up (yes, I know I’ve said THAT before!) since I’ve been doing so many shindigs lately …
my almost famous “Pickled” Pickled Shrimp and Eastern NC Cotton Honey-Mustard Slaw …keep reading »