by Debbie | Oct 13, 2017 | Arkansas, Kitchen Basics, Kitchen Basics, Salt and Pepper, Sides
Persimmons are ripening fast and furiously around here. The thing with persimmons is once they are ripe, they fall and if you don’t get them quickly, they’re mush. You’ve really got to like dealing with that mushiness tendency if you want the...
by Debbie | Aug 22, 2017 | Sides
My new garden beds have produced amazingly well in their first year, but the summer produce is winding down. Arkansas summers can be brutal. Fortunately, we’ve not experience the terrible triple digits that so often are seen in July and August, but when the...
by Debbie | Jul 29, 2016 | Arkansas, Kitchen Basics, Sides
#letsbreakbread I really don’t spend every hour of every day making jelly and jam even though it must seem that way. It’s just the season, y’all. The berries are coming in; the herbs are bountiful and it’s too dang hot to do much outside. So...
by Debbie | Jul 19, 2016 | Kitchen Basics, Sides
I’m on a roll with berries and fruits lately including cherries which have reappeared at our markets. If I can keep enough of them on hand before Hubby eats them as is, I make this Cherry Habanero Jelly. Our supply that I made last fall using our...
by Debbie | Dec 10, 2014 | Arkansas, Savory Sides, Sips and Small Bites
Needing some easy ideas for make-ahead appetizers? Click To Tweet One of the recipes I featured on THVII This Morning today was the Smokey Cheese Ring from Riceland Foods.* I’ve made cheese rings of one sort or the other over the years, but...
