Ingredient: butter

Warming Celery & Potato Soup

Celery may not sound like an exciting flavor for a comforting soup, but this recipe will change your mind!  Smooth, silky, and oh-so-flavorful, celery will...

Super Simple Home Made Turkey Gravy

Turkey.  Mashed Potatoes.  Dressing.  Vegetables.  It’s all requisite on so many Thanksgiving dinner tables.  But what about that one thing that brings it all together? ...

BBQ Grilled Shrimp

I grew up eating all manner of fish from the Midwest.  Bass, perch, pickerel, smelt–I ate them all, and all year ’round, too.  My dad...

Creamy Farmer’s Market Fennel & Potato Au Gratin

Fennel fronds.  Fennel seeds.  Fennel bulbs.  Fennel is everywhere these days.  In fact, right now our farmer’s markets are bursting with these bulbous veggies (yes,...

Farmers Market Vegetable Frittata

Hot days mean easy meals, and few recipes scream “easy” as much as a Farmers Market Vegetable Frittata. Use whatever veggies you may have on...

Overnight French Onion Soup

Love French Onion Soup, but hate how long it takes to make? Well get out that slow cooker and let it do the hard part...

Easy Low Country Shrimp & Grits

Think you don’t like grits?  Well, think again!  When made the “right” way (and I’ve learned that there is a “right” way), with creamy cheese...

Cinnamon Basil Cookies

This time of year, I start craving flavors like fresh basil.  In pasta. In pesto. In omlettes. In anything with tomatoes.  I love the bright...

Breakfast for a Crowd

Holidays. Family reunions. Office potlucks. Church socials. Guests in town. Friends in need.  There are so many reasons we make recipes for a crowd.  Sometimes...