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Roasted Pork Loin with Mustard Crust

Roasted Pork Loin with Mustard Crust

This was a staple growing up in my house as a kid. It is super easy but don’t let easy fool you into thinking it is not tasty.  It is also not very expensive to feed a large number of people because pork loin is […]

Season for Fruits and Vegetables

Do you sometimes wonder why one week you can find asparagus for $1.99 a pound and then 2 weeks later it’s up to $4.99 a pound? Well, the answer is simple. When fruits and vegetables are “in season” they are cheaper. When they are nearing […]

Leftover Chicken? Make BBQ chicken pizza!

Leftover Chicken? Make BBQ chicken pizza!

When I cook, I almost always make more than we can eat in a sitting. I love having the extras around for leftovers, and I also love changing the leftovers into something a bit different. So when you have leftover BBQ chicken, why not make […]

Picnic Food

Picnic Food

When the weather is nice, it’s a great time to pack a picnic and head outside to a festival, concert in the park, or quite spot by a lake. We have a local summer concert series by our house and we often go with a […]

Soft Shell Crabs – fried like my grandma used to make

Soft Shell Crabs – fried like my grandma used to make

My grandma was from Louisiana and that is where she learned to cook all the good Southern delights. She then passed down many recipes to my mother who, in turn, passed them along to me. However, I’m 41 years old and I’ve never had fried […]

How to choose a good melon

How to choose a good melon

Do you ever see people in the grocery store who are holding a melon, inspecting it, closing their eyes and taking a big whiff and wondering what in the world they are doing? Well, they are actually trying to see if the melon is worth […]

Zucchini Crisps with Basil Dipping Sauce

Zucchini Crisps with Basil Dipping Sauce

I had a very large zucchini in my refrigerator that I had bought from my local grocery store. I was looking for a new way to cook it and remembered that I had recently seen something about “zucchini crisps”. Evidently, zucchini crisps are the new […]