Aug 24, 2017 | (What's For Dinner)
I found a delicious recipe from Buns in My Oven on Pinterest recently for a Summer Squash Gratin. By definition “au gratin” is a dish sprinkled with bread crumbs or cheese, or both and then browned. Mother used to make au gratin potatoes and scalloped...
Jul 4, 2017 | (There’s A Party For That), (What's For Dinner)
We hosted our neighbors for a July 4th fish fry. One of the smartest aspects of our outdoor kitchen is the gas burner we installed. It’s perfect for cooking a big pot of beans, a shrimp boil or a fish fry. And, the best part is that the odors of fish stay...
Jun 7, 2017 | (What's For Dinner)
The June issue of Southern Living magazine features a series of recipes where the star is a vegetable. One of my favorite things about this time of year is the plentiful bounty of garden vegetables. Growing up, Mother made stuffed green bell peppers usually with...
Mar 28, 2017 | (What's For Dinner)
This is a keeper recipe I just discovered from Cafe Delites for crispy garlic butter smashed sweet potatoes. There’s a little more effort into these than just baking sweet potatoes, but trust me they are so worth it! As Mr. Bee and I were eating them with our...
Feb 24, 2017 | (What's For Dinner)
Trying to please a picky teen with my cooking lately has become a challenge. Especially since she has been exploring non-meat options. I had an excess quantity of eggs and thought a vegetable quiche might be a good option for dinner. I pulled out my cookbooks and...
Jan 30, 2017 | (Things that are Buzzworthy), (What's For Dinner)
Sunday night Miss Bee and I made a trip to Trader Joe’s to do our meal planning for this week. I saw this chicken in the meat department and thought it sounded good and would be perfect with the bag of fingerling sweet potatoes I picked up in produce....