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Bacon Blue Cheese Dip

March 6, 2014 by Kate 1 Comment

You know what’s good? Besides bacon? Bacon mixed up with blue cheese and cream cheese and a few other goodies into a creamy, dreamy dip. And you know what’s even better? Serving it up not with the usual chips and crackers and celery sticks, but with juicy slices of apple and pear. It’s that whole sweet meets salty meets crunchy meets creamy thing that will make you forget all about dinner because you are so perfectly happy with the before-dinner nibbles.

Chicken with Brandy Mustard Cream Sauce

March 4, 2014 by Kate 2 Comments

You know those times when you need to make a dinner that you can completely, totally rely on to come out in a perfect, elegant, delicious way without a lot of muss and fuss? Every single time? Without fail? A dinner that tastes like it has all sorts of fancy exotic ingredients in it when really it doesn’t? Here Is That Dinner.

Horseradish Asparagus Roast Beef Roll-Ups

March 2, 2014 by Kate 1 Comment

There are times when I find myself serving things that really qualify as appetizers to the Southern husband for dinner. Cookie sheet nachos. Scallops wrapped in bacon. And these addictive horseradish asparagus roast beef roll-ups. But hey, they all involve a protein and a veggie of some sort, and as far as I’m concerned if you eat enough of them they totally quality as dinner. Am I right? I think I’m right.

And The Winners Are….

March 1, 2014 by Kate 4 Comments

I had a sneaky ulterior motive for giving away three copies of this completely mouthwatering cookbook. In addition to making three people deliriously happy, I asked for comments telling me your favorite bacon dishes. And amazingly, there were bacon dishes I Had Not Tried Yet! So you know what I will be doing over the next days and weeks…but in the meantime, on to the winners!

Banana Cake with Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting

February 27, 2014 by Kate 5 Comments

Oh, this cake. I love it for so many reasons. I love it because of its delectable banana goodness. I love it because I make it in my blender. I like it because it comes out perfectly every single time. I love it because it is one of those cakes where you only have to frost the top and not the sides (I am never good at frosting the sides. It’s a thing. I don’t know why.) I love it because it it gets made in a springform pan so there is no will-the-cake-come-out-of-the-pan-without-falling-apart anxiety. I LOVE THIS CAKE!

One Bowl Suppers: Steak, Farro and Roasted Tomatoes

February 25, 2014 by Kate 3 Comments

This is my first one of what will become an ongoing series of One Bowl Suppers that feature a mixture of meat or fish or poultry, a whole grain, a roasted or steamed veggie, some kind of greens, and some kind of interesting topping. The Southern husband and I are going to have one of these suppers once a week…it will be like a combination of cleaning out the pantry and freezer and going on an adventure into the land of vegetables that we rarely eat…and I’m sure some of these suppers will will have us running for the pizza delivery number. But I also know some of them will be scrumptious, and this first one definitely was!