This recipe is dedicated to my favorite nephew, named Bougie Bam Bam.  As far back as I can remember, Bam has always requested gravy with any and all dishes and meals.  So when writing this recipe, I am smiling from ear to ear and thinking about him. Gravy must be creamy and smooth.  If you…

COUNTRY GIRL EGGS BENEDICT  First things first, let’s make the Hollandaise Sauce: 3 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, 1/2 cup salted butter.  Get out the saucepan, add the egg yolks and whisk vigorously; slowly add the lemon juice. The flame should be VERY low!  Add half the butter continue to stir vigorously until…

FRIDAY CRAB BOIL 2 Dungeness crabs, 7 she blue crabs, 2 pounds large head-on and shell-on shrimp, rinsed and deveined, 2 pounds crawfish, rinsed, 2 pound crab legs, 1 pound Manila clams, rinsed and scrubbed, 1 1/2 pounds andouille sausage, 1 pound smoked sausage, 3 artichoke cut in half, 2 whole garlic heads, 3 corn…

WINNING LAKERS CUSTARD 1/2 cups sugar, 6 eggs, 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk, 2 (13 oz. cans evaporated milk, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon ground mace or nutmeg, 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.  Get out the blender add the eggs blend the eggs until they start to become…

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I am excited and a day early.  The Lakers play Wednesday. Here’s your Tuesday post. The day before the Lakers win cocktail. 1 3/4 ounces your favorite gin, 3 1/2 ounces blood orange juice.  Mix well, pour into a highball glass over ice with an orange twist.

Tonight I will be watching the Lakers play the Warriors. I am a hope-to-die Lakers fan. I will be rooting for the Lakers and eating Fettuccine Alfredo with a couple of friends, and toasting every Laker basket with a sip of Chardonnay. FETTUCCINE ALFREDO 1 pound fettuccine noodles, 6 tablespoons butter, 2/3 cup heavy whipping…

AVOCADO BOUILLON 1(10 1/2oz.) can chicken broth, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup clam juice, 2 avocados, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped, 1/8 cup fresh cilantro chopped. Peel and cubed the avocadoes.  Add the avocados into a bowl.  Get out a saucepan, add the chicken broth,…

I always make rice pudding with leftover cooked rice.  I serve this dish as a breakfast cereal or a creamy dessert. Please let me know how you will serve this dish. Rice pudding is one of my favorite quick desserts.  As a kid, I never had rice pudding my Daddy said it was “just wrong”…

OLIVE OIL DIPPING SAUCE I use this amazing dipping sauce on bread and steamed artichokes 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 garlic cloves, 1/2 tsp. cracked black pepper, 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes, 1/2 tsp. dried rosemary, 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning, 1/8 tsp. lemon juice, 1/4 tsp. extra virgin olive oil, 1/8 cup garlic oil, 1/8 tsp….

GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH Going up, I ate very few sandwiches. I had never had a grilled cheese sandwich.  I was babysitting sitting for my neighbor, Mrs. Knight.  She left me a note of task; one of the things on the list was to give her girls, Cindy and Verna, grilled cheese for lunch. I had…

It’s Taco Tuesday.  One of my favorite tacos is grilled fish tacos. I always use a mild fish such as cod, flounder, grouper,  or orange roughy.  Today I am sharing the special pico recipe I use on my fish taco. Cabbage Pico de Gallo 1/2 cup chopped red onions, 2 jalapeno peppers, chopped,  1 lime, juiced…