I LUV BIG SHRIMP! Happy Memorial Day People! Yes, once again, I am grilling. I love being outside and I love the sun and that means I love a good barbeque. Today is all about my Hot Spicy BBQ Shrimp. You all know Big Goo by now, but what you don’t know is Big Goo…
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More Than a Mouthful Cheesy Cheese Burgers
OH MY! Delicious, cheesy, yummy, cheesy, yes I said cheesy twice. This is more than a mouthful Cheesy Cheese Burgers. Hello people, you know I have been grilling since Mother’s Day. I just realized that I had not made a beef burger on my site since we started this blogging thing. I wanted to create…
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette
If you have been following my site, you already know, I love salads. I know from the appearance of my blog you would think I only eat bacon, butter, more bacon. Not true! Now, although I do love those things, let’s be a little realistic, we can’t eat bacon everyday. I know, sad, huh?…
Mexican Fiesta Fries
I really don’t know what to say about these fries. OK I feel like I have a few words, lol. These fries are delicious! I was at home and looking in the pantry and I saw four potatoes and figured it was fry time. Fry time is when you take some homemade, hand cut fries…
Applewood Smoked Chicken Kabobs
Grilling Time! Grilling Time! I have put my Mother’s Day present to great use. I have grilled everyday and I just love it! I decided that I wanted to grill some Kabobs today. I just bought some new Applewood Smoked Salt and it smells delicious. If you have never used smoked salt, it’s a must…
Tuscan Tomato Soup with Creole Croutons
The Road to Mother’s Day Part III! Day 3 people, of The Road to Mother’s Day! We already created a Goat Cheese Steak Salad with a Tangelo Vinaigrette and Pan Grilled Chipotle Steak and Eggs. Today I decided as a mom, I wanted some nice hearty soup. I love soup and their…
Pan Grilled Chipotle Steak and Eggs
The Road to Mother’s Day Part II! Day 2 of my Road to Mother’s Day. Yesterday I made a nice lite salad, well almost lite, minus the steak I topped it off with. The steaks were so pretty at the market I went back today and purchased more. Herein lies my…
Goat Cheese Steak Salad with a Tangelo Vinaigrette
Road to Mothers Day Part I! It’s that time of year again, Mother’s Day! I decided over the next few days to create a few recipes that can be prepared quickly for the favorite mother in your life. I am a mom, and I love salad so the first thing on my list…
Spicy Pork Tamales
Goodness! Yes, I know Cinco De Mayo ended two days ago. Hey, I can eat Mexican food everyday, and that is why I made these Spicy Pork Tamales. I was going to make them for Cinco De Mayo, but I had cooked so much food, I decided to hold off for a couple of days…
Cajun Short Ribs: Cajun Week Day 5
Cajun Week Day 5! Day 5 people, and yes I am still cooking, and eating of course. But today I have been given a cooking break by none other than my Baby Girl. Yes, she’s 14 but she will always be my Baby Girl. Baby Girl wanted to cook something for Cajun Week and I…
Cajun Andouille Pasta Recipe Cajun Week Day 4
Cajun Week Day 4! It’s Day 4 of Cajun Week with The Creole Contessa and Feed Your Soul Too. I must admit, I am starting to get full with all this great food Feed Your Soul Too and I have been cooking up this week. I guess I can make room for another dish, so…
Cajun Steak with Creamy Mushroom Ragu. Cajun Week Day 2
Cajun Week Day 2 It’s day 2 of Cajun Week with The Creole Contessa, and Feed Your Soul Too! Yesterday was great fun as we treated you to our great southern recipes. I cooked my Creole Fried Corn with Shrimp, which was delicious. Feed Your Soul Too cooked up some delicious Rattlesnack Cajun Pasta. Today,…
Creole Fried Corn with Shrimp! Cajun Week Day 1
Cajun Week Day 1 Hello everyone, great things are happening this week. Creole Contessa and Feed Your Soul Too are both celebrating Cajun Week. For the next seven days, we will be sharing on both our sites, wonderful southern dishes. Creole Fried Corn is a southern staple. Today I decided to make one of my…
Smoked Pork Chops
Can’t Wait Till Summer! I know it’s not officially Summer yet, but it sure does look like it outside today. It’s so sunny I had no choice but to bring out the smoker. I decided to smoke some pork chops and serve them with some Hawaiian macaroni salad. I started with some beautiful bone-in pork…
Pepper Jack Cheese Stuffed Meatballs and Tomato Sauce
MEATBALL LUV! There is a special place in my heart for a good, homemade meatball. I love meatballs over pasta, served alone, stuffed inside a nice, toasted, crusty loaf of bread topped with mozzarella cheese. Just like my famous Meatball Sandwich I made a while back. Well, today I decided I wanted to take my…
Creole Shrimp and Cheese Grits with Andouille Sausage
There’s nothing as Southern as shrimp and grits. My Creole Shrimp and Cheese Grits with Andouille Sausage is as Southern as you can get! I love this dish so much and it’s really a quick eat. You can make shrimp and grits, chicken and grits, but my favorite is andouille sausage and grits. If you…
Chipotle Fish Tacos
Today is a wonderful day, why not fix some of my favorite EATS? Fish Tacos is my favorite way to eat tacos, and I make the best Chipotle batter around. Yes, I said around, because it’s smokey, spicy and hits all the right notes, food notes, that is. Now the key to taking these Chipotle…
Creole Pan Fried Fish with Roasted Veggies
Simple Eats! Who ever said, quick and simple, didn’t equal delicious, has never tried my quick Creole Pan Fried Fish. Today was very hectic and I needed to cook something that was not only quick, but pretty healthy if you can get past the butter. Which, I might add, can all be substituted, for extra…
The Real Mexican Pizza
¡Muy bien! We have all been there, well, at least once. We’re in a rush to eat, no time to cook, so we say, hey, I’ll just stop by the drive through and pick up dinner. Yep, I knew it was not just me who is guilty of doing that sometimes. Well, with rushing, comes…
Creole Sloppy Joes with Sweet Potato Crunch
Growing up Sloppy Joes was something I was not going to eat! First, I refused to eat anything that was coming out of a can, especially a sauce. Yep, even as a kid I was a picky eater. The funny part is Baby Girl is the same way. When she was little, I tried…
