Eggs

I love eggs. Eggs are a super food. They are good for you and taste delicious. There are many ways to prepare eggs and I like them in all varieties: boiled, scrambled, over easy, over hard, poached, and any other way you can prepare them. In my experience, if frying or scrambling, its very important…

Pancake Saturday {Cooking Adventures: Day 6}

Saturdays are for two things: sleeping in and eating pancakes. When I was little, I spent Friday nights at my Me-Maw’s house. Every Saturday morning she made me chocolate-chip pancakes. She would mix up the batter but she would let me help. I would scoot a kitchen table chair up next to where she stood…

Save The Turkeys! Use a Brine {Cooking Adventures: Day 5}

The best way to prepare and cook a traditional Thanksgiving turkey is to use a brine. A traditional brine is essentially a saltwater bath in which the concentration of salt in the bath interacts with the cellular composition of the meat, resulting in a form of osmosis that flavors the meat.  That is my ten…

There are Bakers, and There are Cooks

I’ve really enjoyed the feedback from these previous two posts. I am glad that we can all laugh along with (at?) me and my lack of cooking abilities. However, I would like to point out that these two hilarious stories are actually baking stories. I have come to understand that there is a significant difference…

Some Cooks are Born, Others are Made {Cooking Adventures: Day 2}

As a southerner, folks tend to assume I learned to cook growing up in the family kitchen under the watchful eye of mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers wielding cast iron skillets seasoned with pure lard.  While I do live and die by my Lodge; I do not wield pure lard and I did not learn…

31 Day Writing Challenge

Day 1 – Intro Blog (the one you’re on) Day 2 – Some Cooks Are Born, Others Are Made Day 3 – The Curse of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe Day 4 – There are Bakers, and There are Cooks Day 5 – Save The Turkeys! Use a Brine   I saw a post today…

Confession: It’s Good For the Soul

I’ve dreaded writing this post but the time has come to break the news even if its not good news.  I did not accomplish my weight loss goals as I had hoped to earlier this year. In fact, I did not even come close.  I guess the good news is that I did not gain…

Walters, Party of Three

We just returned from an extra long road trip from DC to Memphis. On our way home we stopped in Strawberry Plains for Cracker Barrel.  Normally we would have hit a Chick-Fil-A Drive through and kept on truckin but when you have a baby in tow stopping at a fine establishment like the Cracker Barrel…

Where is Mary Poppins When You Need Her?

Tomorrow I will be the proud momma of a 9 month old! LucyKate is growing and changing and getting cuter, smarter and more alert by the minute!  I can tell such a huge difference in just the last week.  She is totally out of that “infant” stage and headed full-speed into the world of the…