Roast Chicken Ina Garten Style

Roast Chicken

I made this chicken on Saturday night to go with my wife’s black eyed peas, collard greens and carrot souffle for our New Year’s evening dinner. It is out of this world good. Roasting a chicken can seem boring at times, but not this recipe. The sauce is where it’s at so don’t skip it. [...]

Tartar Sauce with a Twist

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Ingredients 3 large egg yolks 1 medium garlic clove, minced 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/3 cup vegetable oil blended with 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup cornichons, finely diced 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons minced parsley 2 tablespoons minced chives 1 hard boiled egg, finely diced 1 medium shallot, minced [...]

Custard Pie

Custard Pie

Pie Crust 1 1/4 c. all purpose flour 2 T. superfine sugar 4 oz. butter, cut into pieces 1 T. water Filling 3 eggs 1/3 c. superfine sugar 2/3 c. light cream 2/3 c. milk Freshly ground nutmeg Whipped Cream, to serve To make pie dough, place the flour and sugar in a mixing bowl. [...]

Hot Chicken Salad

Hot Chicken Salad

Ingredients 8 small chicken breasts cooked and cut up 1 c. celery chopped 1 c. sliced water chestnuts 1 c. rice cooked in chicken broth 1 c. frozen peas 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. garlic salt 2 c. mayonnaise 3 T. lime juice 2 T. onion, minced 2 T. Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp. dry mustard [...]

Corn Souffle

Corn Souffle

Ingredients 3 T. butter, divided 2T. all-purpose flour 1 c. heavy cream 2 T. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground white pepper 4 c. frozen white creamed corn, thawed 5 large eggs Directions Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 1-1/2-quart soufflé dish with 1 T. butter, set aside. In a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven, [...]

Bleu Cheese Coleslaw

Bleu Cheese Cole Slaw

This coleslaw goes great on a short rib slider, a hot dog or as a stand alone side. 1 large bag of premixed coleslaw 3 green onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup of mayonnaise 1/4 cup of buttermilk 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 wedge of Maytag bleu cheese Dash of hot sauce Kosher salt and pepper [...]

Bacon and Broccoli Salad

Bacon and Broccoli Salad

This is without a doubt one of my favorite recipes. It’s really easy to make and has always been a hit whenever we have served it. 4 bunches of broccoli florets, remove as much stem as possible and cut florets very small 1 lb. of bacon cooked and drained 1 c. golden raisins 1 c. [...]

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Let me just get this out of the way first……I Love Pound Cake! This pound cake recipe is in a different league though. My wife made this last weekend and all I can say is Damn! I ate it for dessert, breakfast, snacks……damn, damn, damn. 3 sticks of butter 1 (8 oz.) package of cream [...]

Baked Squash

Baked Squash

This is the original recipe from the old Aunt Fannie’s Cabin restaurant in Atlanta. It’s easy to make and absolutely delicious. 3 lbs. yellow squash sliced 1 large onion chopped 2 eggs 1 stick of butter 1 tbl. sp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1/2 cup bread crumbs Boil the squash with [...]

Company Potato Casserole

Potato Casserole

This is one of my favorites. It is very easy to make but, there is some prep and cooking time involved so factor that in. This can certainly be made in advance, refrigerated and thrown in the oven when ready. The beauty of this casserole is that it can be served at breakfast, lunch or [...]