Five Star Italian Bread
I made this bread to go along with the from-scratch spaghetti sauce. I always buy Italian bread and sliced garlic bread, and I wondered if I could make my own. This bread was AMAZING! Jason gave it five stars and Andrew gave it ten. It was dense but soft and half the loaf disappeared before [...]
Spaghetti Sauce…From Scratch
I’ve always bought spaghetti sauce in a jar, and I really like it. I would add some stuff, like garlic and additional herbs to make it a little more my own, but I’ve never made spaghetti sauce truly from scratch. One of my favorite memories of my grandmother Nuna was going to her house one [...]
Lemon Pie
Lemon desserts say summer to me, and this is my absolute favorite. Something about the sour cream in this pie adds a little something special, and once I start eating, I can’t stop. I have to make this for a special occasion or for a time when we are having people over so it disappears [...]
Another tradition…Memaw’s broccoli casserole
This dish is another staple in our household and one that I’d never really eaten until I met Jason. Now, we seldom have a family get-together that broccoli casserole is not present. The broccoli casserole has always been associated with Jason’s Memaw, and I’m assuming she’s the one that started making this dish. It was [...]
Gettin’ ready for Sunday lunch…pot roast
Roast is one of those meals that I remember eating on most Sundays when I was growing up. My granddad liked his with ketchup and somehow I picked up the habit of eating mine that way too. When Jason and I married, I found out that roast was a Sunday tradition at his Memaw’s house [...]
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