Cease Striving (Or Churning) and Know That He is God
Dear countrymen, lend me your ears. That No Churn Ice Cream recipe all over the Internet is really good, slap your mama if you dared good. And easy! One blender, three ingredients. Trust me, it's way better than dragging out the electric ice cream maker, rounding up the parts, and running to the store for rock salt because you never seem to have any on
Don’t Count Dixie Out
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Cinnamon Apple Crisp
Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen folks. It's fall, y'all and I am digging these cool temps! It makes me think of piles of leaves, big orange pumpkins and apples, apples, apples! My Cinnamon Apple Crisp will have you peeling and slicing more than a few of 'em, but it's worth it! Ingredients: 8 cups apples, peeled and sliced (I like to use a variety
When What You Know Isn’t
Dixie Belle and I had a prayer partner join us on the back porch last week. This will sound heartless, but I fluctuated between thinking of Jesus' message, "He that is not against us, is for us," and planning the intruding worshiper's demise. Yeah, it's that whole bug issue of mine. I'm sorry. I should mention our guest was a Praying Mantis, one of those green stick-like
For the love of the Farm Life
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Sausage Gumbo Bake
Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen folks! It's that time of the year. When the weather starts teasing us with the occasional cool morning certain dishes coe to mind and one of them is my Sausage Gumbo Bake. My gumbo bake is a lot like my big southern family, it's got a little bit of everything in it. And no, I will not
This is No Time to Retire
Something unprecedented happened recently at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York, and it had nothing to do with the record setting history everyone expected. Isn't that life? It's predictably unpredictable. Everyone and their mama had Serena Williams not only competing in the finals, but winning it, to complete a calendar Grand Slam and become the first man or woman to accomplish that feat since
Why you can’t trust spiders
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Roasted Red Pepper Spread
Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen folks! I'm whipping up my Roasted Red Pepper Spread. This is a simple spread I like to serve on crackers or toasted French bread. Let's get cooking! Ingredients: 2 roasted red bell peppers, peeled and chopped 2 cloves minced garlic 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Dash of sea salt You
Who has ears to hear?
My daughter-in-law instructed her oldest two kids to get in the car while she finished packing the vehicle for another of our day long photo shoots. Carey's doing a fabulous job with the photography for my new cookbook, Hungry is a Mighty Fine Sauce, but more on that soon, we have a story at hand. Little Weston and Carey were still inside when six-year-old Emerson stormed