This homemade Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe is created from scratch, right on down to the strawberry whipped cream, and right on time for your Valentine's Day Week preparations. Speaking of Valentine's Day. Do you prefer to stay in or do you get dressed in red and go out? We are team stay in. Our favorite Baton Rouge restaurants are a zoo on a regular weekend, so special occasions are seriously out of the question. I love my husband dearly, but the idea of hanging out with him during a long ... continue reading...
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Andes Mint Hot Chocolate + a Resilient Sprig of Mint
I've been meaning to share this Andes Mint Hot Chocolate recipe with you since the holidays and well, I sort of forgot about it. I packaged the dry ingredients in glass jars and gave away a few as gifts. I noticed, however, that one lonely jar of Andes Mint Hot Chocolate failed to have a recipient and has been hanging out, sorta sad, on my kitchen counter. Last week and 2018, in general, found me needing comfort despite what is shaping up to be a bend but don't break kind of year. Warning: ... continue reading...
Honey Garlic Party Meatballs
Now that the holidays are behind us, we can shift away from all the sweets and get ourselves ready for Bowl Games and the mothership of all football games, the Superbowl! Currently, I'm in Tampa Florida for the Outback Bowl where our LSU Tigers will face the Iowa Hawkeyes. I don't know what the heck a Hawkeye is, but I know that they have migrated to Florida in the masses. They. Are. Everywhere. Their fans that is. Not actual Hawkeyes. Remember, I wouldn't know one if I saw one. I thought ... continue reading...
Chocolate Iced Lemon Cookies
These Chocolate Iced Lemon Cookies may seem like an odd flavor combination, but after one bite, you won't question it long. In fact, if you've had a half and half Doberge cake and some of the chocolate spilled onto some of the lemon side (a half and half cake is half chocolate, half lemon), you'll already know that the flavors merged together do not disappoint. These cookies are my latest for Dixie Crystals so you'll find the recipe over there: Chocolate Iced Lemon Cookies. What I can't ... continue reading...
Shrimp & Cheddar Cheese Grits “Cocktails”
The only thing more delightful than serving my Shrimp & Cheddar Cheese Grits is serving this simple grits dish in individual cocktail glasses making them Shrimp & Cheddar Cheese Grits "Cocktails". Creamy, cheesy and oh so delicious it's comfort food at its finest and the perfect recipe for most celebrations, but especially, a Mardi Gras brunch. Of course, the dish is just as delicious served right out of a baking dish but if you have the opportunity to serve them individually ... continue reading...