My ZTA big sis is and always has been an excellent cook. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad meal, snack, or cocktail at her house or from her kitchen in the 25 years I’ve known her. We used to be neighbors years ago, and that was ahhh-mazing for me. Haha! Anyway, she shared… Read More
Happy 2019!! We spent the first day of this brand new year doing nothing too exciting. The highlight of our day was our traditional January 1st feast. This was our 16th year making this meal, and I finally honed all of the recipes to perfection last year. Ha! Our menu includes pork, hoppin john, greens,… Read More
After gifts were open and breakfast was finished, I helped garnish the pound cake that mother made on Christmas Eve for our Christmas day feast, as we love to call it. You can find my very favorite Lemon Coconut pound cake recipe in this post. It turns out beautifully every time! I sugared cranberries and… Read More
For this year’s neighbor gifts I made both sweet and salty Chex mixes at different times in the last couple of weeks. Daddy O’s Original Chex Party Mix (v4) Since Daddy-O makes us big bags of his special mix every year, I’ve never made it myself. We had a bowl or two and bagged the… Read More
I’ve shared a few banana bread recipes here on the blog over the years. Throw all of those away because this one from Magnolia Table is the last one you will ever need! I think there are a couple of key things here…. lots of real butter, FOUR whole bananas and the granulated sugar sprinkled on top. … Read More
We have these parkerhouse style rolls at least once a week and they are a foolproof favorite! I am calling them part of “Sunday supper” because you do have to remember to take them out to thaw first thing in the morning. The dough comes in a yellow bag in the freezer section of the… Read More
The Magnolia Table Chicken & Dumplings was another big hit around here! It is one of the ultimate comfort foods, in my opinion. I’ve made numerous variations of this dish over the years and this one was our favorite. Now, here is what Jo’s looks like… … and here’s mine. Barf. It looks awful but it tastes… Read More