Image Credit: Southern Living I used the Memorial Day holiday as an excuse to try out a few new recipes. In last month's issue of Southern Living magazine, I saw this recipe for Governor's Mansion Summer Peach Tea Punch. It looked so lovely and enticing! So, yesterday I decided to try it out on my BBQ guests. It was a hit. I even heard rumblings that it would make a … [Read more...] about Summer Recipe: Governor’s Mansion Peach Tea Punch
Something New
The Most Excited Student
I just got a special delivery of cookbooks from my friends at Everywhere as a thank you gift. I'm already a fan of cookbooks, but my excitement level shot through the roof when I opened the envelope to find this big (4.36 lbs!), beautiful cooking bible in front of me: 500 photo-filled, glossy pages of lessons, recipes and techniques from Miss Martha herself. In this book, … [Read more...] about The Most Excited Student
Deconstructed Stuffed Peppers
I confess. I totally made this one up. (I thought I was so original - as it turns out, I wasn't - but I was still proud!) But it came out really great!! I came home form work and had to come up with a quick dinner because, as usual, Giggles was "SO STARVING MOMMY!" A quick scan of the refrigerator showed that we had a defrosted package of ground turkey (score!) and my … [Read more...] about Deconstructed Stuffed Peppers
Bagels and Lox
Image Credit: Party Resources I'm trying a new diet and this morning's breakfast called for a whole-wheat thin bagel, lowfat cream cheese, tomato slices and...lox. I'm not a huge lox fan, but past experience has taught me that if I don't eat protein for breakfast, the rest of my day is doomed. So I decided to brave the mushy/slimy texture of the fish - tell myself that it … [Read more...] about Bagels and Lox
