By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Best Shrimp Grits Ever! Seriously. This recipe for shrimp and grits is my version of a restaurant main dish we enjoyed while vacationing in Wrighstville Beach and the North Carolina Low Country. “Have you ever had Shrimp and Grits?” We lived in Asheville, North Carolina at the time and the question was constantly being asked […]
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By La Cuisinière | Baked Goods
Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns – Homemade sweet rolls are the perfect way to start the holiday season. At least in this family. While this is definitely not a spur of the moment recipe, make sticky buns just once and you are well on your way to opening a breakfast bakery and the start of a […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Tarragon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing – You’ve mastered the basic vinaigrette and now you would like to prepare another easy variation on vinaigrette salad dressing. Serve with simple grilled meats, I love this combination of herbs on a huge mixed green salad. Here are a few recipes for oil and vinegar salad dressings: Grandmère’s Best Vinaigrette Salad Dressing […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods
Perfectly sized for growing boys, these sausage and cheddar muffins came out of the oven just in time for second breakfast or maybe Elevenses. They are Grandma’s version of Betty Crocker’s Impossible® breakfast muffins using Bisquick®. What would any of us do without a box of Bisquick© on the pantry shelf?? 1 lb Bob Evans® […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods
Festive Fruitcake Cookies – Quick! You have plenty of time to make these easy festive Christmas cookies with candied fruit for one of the many Holiday parties you will attend during the coming week. Today is not National Cookie Day but we can make cookies anyway! Mini Fruitcake Cookies: Just What The Kids Love. Not! […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Time for the best ham bone bean soup! This is how I came to make a huge crock of delicious ham and bean soup. Allow me to set the Thanksgiving Day scene. I was cooking in someone else’s kitchen. While this spectacular kitchen came fully equipped (down to a huge turkey serving platter), the only […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Thanksgiving 2014 – The invitation reads “Shall we all gather at Grandma’s house?” For Thanksgiving 2014, this grandma’s house was a shell’s toss away from sand and surf. It was beyond awesome to have every member of the family gather under one roof, if only for a extended weekend – from the family matriarch […]
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By La Cuisinière | Foodie Favorites
In this family, we have those who love cranberry sauce with their turkey and those who can easily do without. We even have some who prefer whole berry cranberry sauce over the regular jellied cranberry sauce. My cranberry relish mold remains a family favorite at Thanksgiving. However, it’s been years since I found cranberry flavored […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Side Dishes
Easy Homemade Coleslaw Recipe – Coleslaw definitely started as an acquired taste for me. If I remember correctly, my first sample came with a Kentucky Fried Chicken® dinner. It was sweet and not all that tasty. Up until then, the closest I had ever come to coleslaw was a fennel salad – a favorite side […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods
Gingerbread Peach Upside Down Cake – Molasses, Spice, And Everything Nice. Without a doubt, gingerbread cake is an old-fashioned dessert welcome on just about any occasion. Not everyone is a fan of molasses but often the easiest dessert – like old fashioned gingerbread – becomes a family favorite. Minutes out of the old bake oven […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Oven Cook Turkey Wings and make the best turkey wing soup! I was sure winter had arrived early in November. It was definitely cold enough for soup. The temperatures did moderate back into the warm category but I’m sure they will drop back down again. Usually reserved as a post-Thanksgiving meal using the leftover wings, […]
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