Recipe Box, The Chef’s Best!

Happy Father’s Day! I know people think I do a lot of cooking, but truth be known I have a resident chef… We have a multi-generational household and he and I tag team the cooking and shopping for meals Sooo… In honor of my chef son, who is one of the world’s greatest Dads, I … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Father’s Day Grits & Greens Pie

My son loves cheese grits on the weekend so I decided to make him this Grits and Greens Pie from the archives for a special Father’s Day treat This makes a great side dish for any grilled meat or chicken First cook chopped bacon until crispy, remove from skillet and drain on paper towels Saute … Continue reading

Holidays, Father’s Day Vignette and Dad’s Favorites

  Last year I made a Father’s Day tree to honor one of my favorite Dads         This year I decided to make a vignette on the kitchen bar         Things that represent this Dad and his loves, boating, fishing, grilling         His alma mater is … Continue reading

Tablescapes, Porky Pig!

        I know a guy that loves to grill         The more grills he has going, the better he feels         The weekly favorite is some form of pork         Spare ribs, pork butt, bacon, so tender all you need is a fork … Continue reading

Holidays, Father’s Day Tree

  Honor Dad this Father’s Day with a tree decorated with his favorite things!       This silver pencil tree stays up year round at the beach house, decorated for special holidays, or seasons         Before I bring out the flags and fireworks for the 4th of July, I decided to … Continue reading

Tablescape, Fishing for Father’s Day

  Happy Father’s Day!         Fishing is a very big deal to some special Dad’s I know         I set a table for them so my love for them could show         It’s full of all kinds of fishy things         Fish plates, … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Annual Friends & Family Weekend

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dads! We are celebrating Father’s Day with our Annual Friends and Family weekend, with our BFFs plus our son who will be without his little sidekicks as they are away at camp My son is the head chef on beach weekends and together we planned the menu, keeping … Continue reading

Holidays, Happy Father’s Day with Freddy

  Today’s the day to announce the winner of the watermelon apron!   But first I want you to meet Freddy   Our “resident” blue heron     He loves to perch on the boat     And he squawks when we show up to use it     I love to watch him   … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Real Men Will Eat this Quiche!

Are you doing anything special for Father’s Day? We had an early celebration last weekend with the 3 generations going on their first red snapper fishing trip Very successful! How my dad would have loved seeing this, his son-in-law, grandson and great grandsons…sniffle sniffle… this brought back one of my favorite memories with my father~ … Continue reading

Happy Father’s Day! Somethin’s Fishy!

The men in my life are crazy for all things outdoors You can’t keep them inside And  they all are CRAZY about fishing You don’t see many recipes for seafood on my blog because I, cough, don’t like fish…  shhh….I know right? But I love to see others enjoy it and the guys do grill … Continue reading