Treats for Santa and his elves available locally in Roanoke, Virgnia! Big chocolate chunks with bits of salty pretzel. Available at The Roanoke Natural Foods Co+op. Be sure to buy some extras for Santa’s little helpers (you) too! Individually wrapped. Santa’s elves love candy! Yummy Comb – Honey Comb smothered
‘Tis the season to serve fancy seafood! It is always a good idea to serve a traditional sauce such as tartar sauce with crab and cocktail sauce with shrimp, but it’s fun and tasty to serve a non-traditional sauce in addition to the tried and true sauces. Here’s some of
After a huge Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, I am ready for some quick, easy dinners on the weekend. One of my favorites is a traditional Italian pasta dish – Pasta with Amatriciana Sauce. What makes it so delicious? Traditionally made with salt-cured pork jowl or pancetta, I make mine with
Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy tried and true recipes, with a few new twists. One of my favorite dishes on the Thanksgiving dinner table is cranberry sauce. I always serve the canned jellied cranberry sauce because that’s what Mom always served for the kiddos at her Thanksgiving table. She
Cheers to the holidays! Enjoy my fabulous holiday mocktail recipes! Full of fun and flavor + some secret ingredients! Remember the Shirley Temple’s that our Mom’s ordered for us when we were children? Now days the craze is “Dirty Shirley’s” – the adult version of a Shirley Temple – with
Fun day at WDBJ 7 on the Here@Home show featuring Virginia-made foods and wine! October is Virginia Wine Month…the perfect time to celebrate Virginia-made wine! Find my recipe for Gingersnap Sangria in the September, 2022 issue of The Roanoker Magazine. Click here. One of my favorite Virginia-made foods is AR’s
Have you ever frozen a whole lemon, then grated it to make zest, pulp and juice to use in your favorite recipes? When you grate the frozen lemon the seeds fall out of the grater, so you can use the entire lemon with little waste. That’s one of my favorite
Boo! Y’all! Are you ready to mix up some fun spooky cocktails for Halloween? Q Mixers offers these autumn cocktails that are perfect for party batches for the spookiest day of the year. Grab your favorite ghost and get to shaking up these delicious and flavor-flavored bevvies!
Let’s celebrate apple cider season! I love this time of year in Virginia – the leaves on our trees are starting to change color to the most beautiful golds and red. Our local orchard sells apple cider and a bountiful array of apples. My spiced apple cocktail is full of
This is a blue ribbon recipe for coleslaw. Creamy and crunchy with a couple of unexpected twists: sweet with just a touch of vinegar from the bread and butter pickles and a bit of zing from the addition of creamy horseradish. When was the last time you asked for a
Grab some bubbly and join me while I show you around. I can’t wait to share my love of southern food, cocktails and champagne with you.
