My Little Texas Garden 2016

I’ve always loved gardening and some of my favorite summer time memories from my childhood were spent in my grandparents garden. Their garden was extensive and full of green beans, turnips, cucumbers, beets, onions, squash, cantaloupe, watermelons, peppers, black-eyed peas, greens, and of course tomatoes.  We would spend early mornings canning, pickling, making jellies, salsa, […]

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Mussels with Spicy Bacon Sausage in a White Wine Sauce

Like most girls I would say I’m a sucker for mussels just not the kind of “muscles” you normally find at the gym. I just happen to like my mussels steamed in a big pot with lots of white wine, garlic, butter and fresh herbs.  Toss in some spicy sausage and a good crusty French […]

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It’s all Greek to me…. Opa!!!

After spending almost 24 hours traveling on Friday I finally made it back to the great state of Texas on Saturday. I took me a day to recover from the crazy jet lag but now I’m back to myself and back in the kitchen. I had a wonderful time in Italy. Rome was a lot […]

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