Studio Movie Grill EPICENTER saved my friend–insert air quotes here–from a continued life of crime. “My friend” loves going to the movies. Action is her genre of choice–the more guns, explosions, military close quarters combat (especially with Marines) and Jason Stathum the better. But she has a secret that sometimes makes her paranoid at the theater. She traffics food from [...]
Chicken Cordon Bleu Macaroni and Cheese
April 4, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
I love food holidays. Typically, most people think food holidays are limited to the big three: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Actually, food is celebrated every day of the year. Some of my favorites include: National Mint Julep Day (May 30); National Cheeseburger Day (September 18) and National Drink Beer Day (September 28). Last year for [...]
Braised Pork with Sauteed Onions and Apples
March 1, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
I love Sundays when I don’t have anything going on. After church, I can just chill at the house and enjoy my day watching an NCIS marathon on USA Network. (I can’t get enough of that Leroy Jethro Gibbs.) Or I’ll cut out coupons and organize them in my binder. (I’ve become really lazy with couponing. Now I [...]
Chicken Club Caesar Salad
February 21, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Last week I realized that I need to re-think my approach to Meatless Mondays. I usually don’t jump on bandwagons especially when it comes to my food, but Meatless Mondays sounded like an intriguing challenge. I made Caesar salad for a friend’s bridal shower luncheon–a salad I hadn’t made in almost a year. The guests at the shower loved [...]
Bacon Cheeseburger Soup with Crispy Potato Croutons
February 1, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Every month or so I do a cooking segment on Charlotte Today, a live local entertainment and lifestyle show. My features a recipe for an obscure food holiday celebrated that month. Last week was Soup Week and I thought a bacon cheeseburger soup topped with fried potato cubes would be fun. I’d never made this soup, but it sounded really good in my [...]
Turkey BLC (Bacon, Lettuce and Cranberry)
November 25, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it’s all about the food (and being thankful, of course.) It’s the only time of year when eating is not plagued with guilt and dietary restrictions. Even the self-proclaimed vegetarians of the family race to the table to devour the prized roasted turkey. Thanksgiving is like the Olympics for me–I spend [...]
Citrus-Brined Roast Chicken
November 16, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
For the past two weeks I have been participating in the National Novel Writing Month (aka nanowrimo) challenge, which is writing a 50,000 word rough draft for a novel during the month of Novemeber. I’m always up for a good challenge so nanowrimo seemed right up my ally, even though I’ve never written a novel [...]
Fried Bologna Bistro Sandwich
October 24, 2012 by · 4 Comments
It’s that time of year again…National Bologna Day! Every October 24 bologna lovers across the country pay homage to this all-American deli meat with their classic childhood favorite–the fried bologna sandwich. This year I got the opportunity to take the fried bologna sandwich to another level on Charlotte Today, a live local entertainment and lifestyle show. I wanted [...]
Skillet Chicken Parmesan
September 25, 2012 by · 1 Comment
As of Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 6pm, I am totally in the tank for Food Lion. I was invited to participate in the company’s first Frugal Cook-Off along with serveral area bloggers. I love food competitions because I get a lot of cool free stuff. Just for participating in this cook-off I received a gift bag filled with some [...]
Steak Diane
August 15, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
August 15, 2012 is Julia Child’s 100th birthday and bloggers around the country are honoring Julia’s phenomenal contribution to home cooking by posting their favorite recipes from her cookbooks. I loved Julia Child and she was the premier celebrity chef. She kept it real in the kitchen, and didn’t apologize for cooking food the way she [...]