Southern Lifestyle + Food
Other Yummy Stuff
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 [...]
Y'all!!!!!! It's here!! My Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding recipe! It's rich, decadent, sweet and so good! In the 5+ years we were creating dessert displays for weddings and events, this was THE most requested dessert we've ever made. It's perfect for dessert or if you've got a serious sweet tooth you can serve it [...]
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 [...]
Last week I posted a photo of some shooters I made for a shoot we did for The Food Network a while back. We were asked to create something holiday inspired, so we did a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies inspired dessert table. I was a bundle of nerves for weeks leading up to [...]
Cooler weather always takes me back to when I was a Girl Scout and we'd go on our annual fall camp out. The days were sunny and warm and the evenings were just chilly enough that a campfire and sweatshirt were perfect. We'd always make s'mores for dessert and let me tell you, the first [...]
Here we are in the midst of the fall season when thoughts turn to comfort food and fruits that we forego during the hot summer months. Well for me anyhow. This recipe is one I also used many times for my dessert business with great success. The pears give it a sweetness while the cranberries [...]
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 [...]
I think I mentioned in one of my older posts how to cook pumpkin to use for pies and other yummy stuff. Today I needed to cook the small pie pumpkin that I'd bought a few weeks ago, so I decided to document the process and post it. I normally don't buy the small pie [...]
Looks yummy doesn't it? Let me tell you - it was great! The hubs went back twice for more. And it was so easy to make, I'm not sure why I didn't think about trying it till now. I've made BBQ Chicken a zillion times. Just never gave any thought to shredding the chicken and [...]
I was chatting with my Mom today, and somehow the subject of Chick-Fil-A came up, and more specifically, the Chicken Q sandwich they used to serve. I don't know if you ever had one or not, but they were seriously good. The sauce was more of a honey bbq, and the chicken was shredded just [...]
Rolling in the Dough 