Southern Lifestyle + Food
Being from the south grits are just a staple of daily life, as is seafood. Charleston put shrimp and grits on the map, and this recipe adapted from Charleston Receipts is incredibly good. It makes a big batch, so it's perfect for a get together! 1 1⁄4 lbs large shrimp (shell on) 1 bay leaf [...]
One of the staples of our holiday meals is deviled eggs. It doesn't matter if it's Thanksgiving or Easter, Fourth of July or Christmas, we have deviled eggs with our holiday meal. I didn't grow up eating deviled eggs at home - both of my parents are from the North and these are decidedly southern [...]
If you've never had pots de creme before, they are sinful little servings of what appears to be mousse, but it's oh so much more. It's richer than any mousse you can find, and the addition of espresso brings out the chocolate flavor even more. The ingredients are a little more on the expensive side [...]
The other night I was reading one of my holiday magazines and came across a recipe for a stovetop potpourri. One of the ingredients was dried orange sections, so I did a little research and found that it's pretty simple to make. The ingredients list is pretty small.. oranges 🙂 Here's what you do: Slice [...]
It's approaching the end of the growing season for a lot of fruits, so you can find it on sale right now. This weekend I found red raspberries, blackberries and blueberries at a deal, so I decided to make preserves. You could use the same recipe to make jelly by straining out the seeds and [...]
It's been a long week here in Central Florida dealing with Hurricane Irma and the cleanup afterwards. After days of eating dinners cooked on the grill (thankful to have that) or sandwiches, we were anxious to get back to normal. This morning while stocking back up at the grocery store (we lost all of [...]
The other day I was looking around on the Internet for some different ideas for holiday meals. One of the recipes I was reading belonged to Paula Deen, who we all know is an amazing cook. There were links to some of her other recipes, and one of them was baked spaghetti. Now most of [...]
It's Cajun weekend here at the Smedleys. Could you guess? 😉 Last night we had Shrimp Etouffee (see previous recipe) which was so awesome. Tonight it was Red Beans and Rice. If you know me, you know that I've avoided this for a very long time. Not that there's anything wrong with the dish, mind [...]
I haven't made Shrimp Etouffee in years.. I mean, nearly 10 years! I had a small incident with some contrast dye during a kidney x-ray several years ago (if you can call hives a small incident), which left everyone thinking I had a shellfish allergy. I had just had Shrimp Etouffee the night before, so [...]
12 small new potatoes 4 tsp butter 4 tsp minced fresh parley or 1 1/2 tsp dried parsley 4 tsp minced fresh chives or 1 1/2 tsp dried chives Peel 1/2 inch strip around the center of each potato and immediately place potatoes into a medium saucepan of cold water Add enough additional water to [...]
Rolling in the Dough 