Showing posts with label Southern goodies... Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern goodies... Show all posts

Monday, May 10, 2010

Grits.. its whats for dinner ;)

One of my best friends bought me the Everyday Food magazine by Martha stewart- its little and comes once a month. This months by far is my fave! i searched high and low for the stinking recipe to give her credit and to no avail. The one i foudn that was the closest was from Southern living. This was SO flavorful! The family loved it! I loved that you poured the sauce over the grits. I like my grits creamy- dry is just.. GROSS!
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds unpeeled, medium-size raw shrimp
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 pound andouille sausage, diced
3/4 cup whipping cream
1/3 cup chicken broth
1/3 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup freshly grated Asiago or Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
Asiago Grits
Garnish: chopped fresh chives
Preparation
Peel shrimp; devein, if desired.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add sausage, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add shrimp, and cook, stirring constantly, 3 to 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Remove shrimp and sausage mixture from skillet.

Add cream, broth, and wine to skillet; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in cheese and pepper; cook, stirring constantly, 6 to 8 minutes or until cheese is melted. Stir in shrimp and sausage mixture. Serve over Asiago Grits. Garnish, if desired.


From Southern living, october 2007



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Also from the Everyday food magazine, there is a recipe for Raspberry- Lemon Whoopie pies- i also searched for this recipe and found this posted by a Chelsea on Wegottaeat.com. She said its from the Everyday living magazine, so you're in luck ;)

These are SUPER EASY to make, yummy and perfect for Spring for a shower, party, or just for fun.

RASPBERRY-LEMON WHOOPIE PIES

from Everyday Food Magazine Add Ingredient Add Divider Ingredients
1 stick Butter (room temperature)
1 Cup Brown Sugar
3 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Grated Lemon Zest
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Coarse Salt
1 Cup Whole Milk
3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
1 Cup Fresh Raspberries Add Cooking Step Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, 1 cup brown sugar, and lemon zest until light and creamy. Add vanilla and egg and beat to combine, scraping down bowl as needed. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk and ending with flour mixture (Scrape bowl as needed). Beat well to combine.
2. Drop batter in 2-tbsp mounds about 2 inches apart, onto two parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until puffed and pale golden around edges, 17 to 19 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cakes cool completely on sheets on wire racks.
3. In a large bowl, whip cream and 3-tbsp brown sugar to soft peaks. In a small bowl, mash raspberries with a fork, then fold into whipped cream. Divide raspberry cream evenly among bottoms of half the cakes, then sandwich with remaining cakes.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Southern Favorites


I've been on a movie kick lately and have the easy ONE CLICK on an account.. one of those MAJOR websites.. was looking for another one of my FAVE southern movies, Driving Miss Daisy and found it for 7 bucks. REALLY?! Who could pass up THAT deal? And so, like a kid on Christmas, i've checked my mailbox EVERY day for it and it FINALLY came today- guess whats on for background noise while i did math and now blogging? Yup- the girls are watching it ;)
Cutest movie ever- and i believe its filmed in Georgia!
About a year ago, my sister in law made me a tomato pie- out of the blue yesterday i remembered it, and i'm a food addict. Once i start thinking about something, i HAVE to get it! I went to the grocery store and bought some fresh tomatoes and made myself one.. dont tell anyone, but i ate HALF of the pie! this pic is taken from the web, but i really wish my picture turned out, because mine looked TEN times better! I used FRESH basil ( about 9 plus leaves) and tore them up and i think it gave it a real kick!

Tomato Pie

*Pie Crust
*Sharp cheddar cheese
*Basil
*3-4 large tomatoes
*salt & pepper to flavor

I thinly sliced my tomatoes, and literally layered them like lasagne in the pie pan. I'd sprinkle salt, pepper, freshly grated cheese and basil on EACH layer. i did NOT use another pie crust, but just added alot of cheese on top-

Put in the oven @ 400 for about 35-40 minutes. I made the mistake of NOT cooking the pie crust before hand and it was Mooshy.. so make sure you cook it first. Seriously.. this is THE BEST ever.. and with all the fresh tomatoes coming up, oh.my.word.. my mouth is salivating just thinking of it!

GO GET YOURSELF SOME INGREDIENTS AND GET COOKING~!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Absolute Beauty

Its on drives like these, i'm amazed i live in such a beautiful place! For those of you that dont know this about me, i've ALWAYS wanted to live in the south and raise a family here.
I would watch fried green tomatoes, and Driving miss Daisy and thought everything about the south was so beautiful. I loved the people, the scenery, everything about it, BUT....i'd never been. We took a HUGE leap of faith and moved to the south, SIGHT UNSEEN!!
People, its EVERYTHING i thought it would be! Look at this picture... as we drove through these trees, i got all giddy inside.Its sights like these that made me yearn to live here. There are small buildings on the sides of the road that once served a purpose... think of all the memories !! There are fruit and vegetable stands everywhere. I feel like there are so many stories and history to everything around here.
I'm happy that my girls are being raised here in the south and that we were given the opportunity to move here. IF you EVER get the chance to visit the south, DO it! ( IF for any reason alone, the food itself is to.die.for)
If you dont.. just pop in Driving Miss Daisy and watch the beauty of the south and the scenery it has to offer!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Something to make you smile

Lil muffin LOVES our neighbor - when he comes home, she yells his name and runs over and gives him a hug. Yesterday, she helped him take his combat boots off and put them on herself-
On top of her hair i brushed out as a joke, the ballerina outfit she wears every other day and the boots, she looks like one HOT mess ;) And that's why i love her.. she wears it all SO well-
Now if you could only see the NON- matching baby legs UNDER the boots.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Bulldog Engagement Celebration

Labor day weekend was super busy for us- we had some friends that had an engagement party- the theme was Georgia Bulldogs- It was at a local golf course- Enjoy the pictures of our little Georgia Cheerleaders!!! *the bride to be!! *
*Sisters*

* One of the 4 tables- thought these cakes were SO cute! Monogrammed, of course, cause that's how they do it in the South!! And on the left a birthday cake for the groom to be!*


*Lil Muffin loves R!! she snuck in during their cake cutting *

*Isnt that little mouth and the smile just SO beautiful!! There will be a post on that story following- this is her typical face- cheesin it up for her daddy! *



*Future UGA girls, maybe?! Who knows- *


*Group picture- the girls just LOVE this couple!!! .. and one last time of wearing the white dress this year *


Wednesday, July 30, 2008

* *In the South * *

When you travel, its always fun to see whats different that you dont have at home. Well, being in the south, i've seen lots of that in the grocery stores and wanted to share What those things are..

* frozen dog treats in the ice cream section- Who would have known that Fido needs a little
treat too?!

* Casserole cheese- so you know how you can buy shredded cheese and it will say: " pizza cheese, mozzarella cheese, mild chedder, etc etc? i go to use the cheese that luke bought at the store and it says casserole cheese........... SERIOUSLY?!!! F-U-N-N-Y!!!!

* Nilla Wafers below the bananas- Banana pudding apparently is a staple of the south, along with the mac 'n cheese that's considered a vegetable here ;0)

* Fried sliced deli meat- yes.. you read that right.. Freakin sick i tell you. i go to the meat section to buy lunch meat and i see that and about toss my cookies. The sound of that, all i can think of is grissle and goo.. nasty.

* Grits in 3 cheese flavors- you know how there is instant packs of oatmeal with like 3 or 4 different flavors? well, folks out here you can get a box o' grits like that with 3 different cheese flavors!! Double Double Y-u-C-k!!

* and of course the STAPLE of the south, sweet Tea- just like we can get any jones soda, or fuze, or a juice, you can get sweet tea in a bottle, ( and at the Mcdonalds)i like my tea unsweetened, but thought i would give it an ol' try.. ZING.. that junk puts kool-aid to shame.. Never again with i sip another sip of that nasty junk.

Stay posted for more southern food novelties...

I was in the Wal*mart shopping yesterday and behold i turn the corner and see the MULLET man.. i looked at him and had to turn the corner. This, my friends is what i think my dad invisions EVERYONE to be like in the south. The dude had a mullet that looked like it was permed.. ha ha... oh mercy.. every day is an adventure!!! I promise there are normal people out here !!