The Today Show.

I love the Today show.  On the mornings I don't have to drive car pool I clean my kitchen, feed my sweet baby boy and watch The Today Show.  I especially LOVE Thursday's because my salt and pepper crush, Donny Deutsch is on and he always makes me laugh.

Today John Rich co-hosted with Hoda. He was Hysterical!    I loved these baked monte cristo sandwiches Hoda, John Rich and  Gail Simmons made.  Check this segment out, Yummy!

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Garden and Gun's Southern Food Bracket

I have ever posted that Garden and Gun is my favorite magazine?  It has the best stuff in it.  I get their weekly email/blog posts right into my inbox and always make sure to take the time to read.

 Right now they have their version of the March Madness Bracket but with Southern food.

Yummy and Fun!

I filled mine out.  But it was so hard...Who can choose between Mac and Cheese and Collard Greens? It's nearly impossible to pick between Beignets and Shrimp Boys boys?

I had six winners...Is that allowed?

Pulled Pork, Boiled Peanuts, Fried Chicken, Country Fried Steak, Beignets and of course Collard Greens ;)

Portuguese Chicken: bonappetit.com

My Mom has been telling me about this recipe for Portuguese Chicken for a couple of months. Last Friday night we were invited to some friends house for dinner and I thought I'd let them be my testers.  It was a hit. My husband fell in love.  He ate it for 3 nights in a row.

It's a little on the complicated side only because the recipe included things I don't normally stock in my pantry.

 I don't usually have jarred roasted peppers...Is that odd?

I followed the recipe to a t...which is usually not in my nature.  My second picture the colors aren't so great because I lost my sun...oh well..Happy Cooking!

Find it here: Portuguese Chicken: bonappetit.com

Southern Cooking.

I ♥ Southern cooking.   I love fried chicken, country fried steak, collard greens, succotash, black eyed peas, okra, boiled peanuts, grits... I just can't help it.  It's my favorite type of food to eat, mostly because  its what I grew up eating.

I remember when we moved out west my hubby and I were in Las Vegas and we asked for sweet tea, the waitress looked at us like we had four eyes.  Seriously!  She had no idea what we were talking about "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." 

I am getting to my point.  Southern cooking is having a spike in "trendiness" from NYC to Chicago to LA people are on the "grit"wagon and its moving fast. This month Bon Appetit's whole issue is dedicated to southern cooking.  The recipes in here are TO DIE FOR!  Check out this pan skillet-fried chicken...Yummy....Get this months Bon Appetit.  Its worth every penny.

Happy Southern Cooking :)

Pancake Weekends.

My kids and I LOVE pancakes.  We make pancakes or waffles at least  once on the weekends together.  I always sneak in a something healthy just because I can...and it makes me feel like a better Mom.
Here's an easy way....ADD Banana into either your pancakes or your waffles.

Make your batter as instructed, add 1/2 of a banana, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and blend into batter with hand mixer.

I prefer Pamela's Gluten Free Baking and Pancake Mix.  We are NOT a gluten free family but I gotta tell ya...I have tried lots and lots of pancake mix and this one rocks.  Even my hubby (who grew up on Bisquick) loves it.

Not into banana?  Add blueberries, apple sauce or  strawberries instead.

Easy, breezy, Sunday Morning...The kiddos love to help and eat too.