The other day I cooked fried catfish fillets, cilantro lime rice, and a simple salad.  I had quite a bit leftover. My next job was to repurpose that meal.  The new dish is fish and rice tacos Cut up the fillets and add 1/4th of that amount of rice. Mix well, taste, add fish seasoning…

Sometime back, I received a request from my childhood friend Willie, who asked me for a tea cake recipe. I think he is trying to impress a couple of sisters at the Baptist Church.  Here ya go Willie. Tea cakes are semi-sweet bread that tastes and looks like a cross between a fluffy cookie and…

This is another one of my grandmother’s special recipes. Pour this dressing over slivered raw cabbage and dandelion greens. It’s even better over a BLT Salad. BLT Salad: iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, chopped boiled eggs, crumbled bleu cheese, and croutons. 8-10 slices of bacon, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup raw honey, 3 teaspoon cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon…

I had lunch at the Red Lobster earlier this week.  I love those Cheddar Bay Biscuits.  I had so many biscuits I brought the lunch I ordered home.  Here is my easy breezy Cheddar Cheese Copy Cat Biscuit recipe. EASY BREEZY COPY CAT BISCUITS 5 cups self-rising flour, 2 cups buttermilk, 2 cups shredded cheddar…

It’s the second day of summer, the high-temperature today will be 91 degrees. I know it’s hot outside, but I love soup. I will enjoy my day with a good book and a bowl of soup, I just started reading Unstoppable by Cindy Trimm. BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP 3 lbs. butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut…

SWEET POTATO OMELET 1/2 stick butter, 5 small sweet potatoes, 2 green onions, minced,  1/4 cup Mexican chorizo sausage remove from casing and cube, 3 tablespoons spinach, rolled and thinly sliced,  4 eggs, 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, I Yukon gold potato, 1 teaspoon celery, chopped, 1 teaspoon red bell chopped, 2 teaspoon white onions,…

Today is the last day of Spring. Asparagus is the perfect Spring vegetable. Asparagus or sparrow grass is a perennial flowering species. Asparagus spears are a low-carb vegetable containing approximately 4 grams of carbs per serving, and it is delicious. 1 pound fresh asparagus spears, trimmed, garlic oil, 1 tablespoon salted butter, 1/2 tablespoon extra…

My sign is chicken. Today, I will teach you how to cut up a whole chicken. Get out your cutting board, a sharp knife, and the chicken. Remove the innards ( heart, neck, gizzard) and any extra fat from the chicken. Cut the skin and flesh between the legs and body of the chicken. Bend…

8 cups water, 2 lbs. oxtails, 2 onions, finely chopped, 1 (2 oz.) pkg dry  onion soup mix, 1/2 cup yellow dried split peas, 2 cups spinach, chopped, 1 bunch of green onions, sliced, 2 T. sea salt, 1 tsp. black pepper, 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, 1 celery stalk, chopped, 2 T. red bell…

2 lbs. of salmon with skin, 1 T. garlic oil, 2 T. salted butter, 3 tsp. minced garlic, 2 fresh lemons juiced and zest, 2 T. Italian parsley, finely chopped plus extra for garnish. Add 2 T. lemon juice on both sides of the fish.  Season the salmon with salt, pepper, and granulated garlic.  Rub and…