It has been so hot lately, that I don’t want to turn the oven on. One thing that doesn’t require heat is shopping! I have been selected to be a CSN Preferred Blogger and I am passing on the reward to you. CSN offers many great online shops, but I had my eye on this…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Bacon Pimento Cheese
I told you back in May that I would get around to making some pimento cheese. Imagine my glee when I found I saved a recipe for pimento cheese that included bacon! Thank you Southern Living! I went shopping for some crackers and found these by Ritz. These are perfect for The Givens because we…
Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Bailey’s Ganache
Saturday was my sister’s birthday. I asked her what she wanted me to bake for her: cupcakes or Warm Chocolate Lava Cake. She “oooooo’d” at the mention of lava cake so I had my answer. This is the recipe from the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival (which we are going back to this year-woo…
Peach Crisp
Happy Independence Day! I didn’t bake along with my fellow Sweet Melissa Sunday bakers even though it was dessert with peaches, North Fork Peach Raspberry Pie (sorry Rebecca of Beurrista). I had all of the ingredients I needed for this crisp and decided to bake it to go with our 4th of July meal. Peach…
Classic Hummus
I have grown to love hummus over the past few years. I haven’t found a store-bought hummus that I really love and only a handful from restaurants that I will order again and again. What’s the next step? Make it yourself! This turned out to be really good. I felt something was missing, but I…
White Peach-Ginger Ice Cream
Peaches are in season! Woo hoo! You all know how much I love peaches, especially since I grew up in Peach County. This recipe uses white peaches instead of your usual yellow peaches (you can see by the picture below, that it’s nothing special to look at). Mr. G thought the ginger was too strong,…