Category Archives: Recipes

Pineapple Cheddar Casserole

With the holiday baking season once again upon us, I wanted to share this Easy & Yummy Recipe.  It’s a modified Paula Deen recipe.  Personally, I like  the flavor of the pineapple with a little less sugar and butter to serve as a side dish.  If you want to serve it for dessert, double the […]

I Love Cheese… What About You?

I’m a great lover of cheese.  And with most of the US still in winter’s firm grip, I thought I would repost a couple super easy, great tasting cheesy recipes! Talkin’ Old South Comfort Food… This is it! Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese – Southern Style Preheat oven to 375 degrees 1  1/4  C  Elbow Macaroni 16 […]

Maple Butter Yummmmm!

This recipe is Oh, So Simple and Oh, Sooooo Good!!!  And this stuff is great on just about anything. Spread it on waffles, pancakes, toast, muffins, or homemade doughnuts!  So, do yourself a favor and try it… You won’t be sorry.   😉   On my recipe card this is called Hard Sauce. I’m not certain […]

2014 – Celebrate the New Year, New Moon & Counting My Blessings

First of all, I want to thank all the readers who have purchased my books and I hope many of you took advantage of the Kindle Countdown special pricing of my novels during the Christmas holiday. It’s my sincere wish that everyone will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Secondly, I’m […]

Easy-to-Make Southern Biscuits and British Scones

Biscuits and Scones can be served at any time during the day: breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea time, dinner, supper, and late-night snacking. Wow, they’re the perfect Hobbit food! These unassuming breads are great all by themselves or with butter and jam or honey, (for the purists) or can be stuffed with a fried egg and/or […]

Suger, Spice, and Apple Pies are Nice!

Considering the amount of last-minute shoppers in the grocery stores, and yes, I was one of them – picking up a few things I had forgotten earlier in the week – I thought I would repost these yummy apple recipes.  And I usually don’t bake my pies until the night before, or early in the […]

It’s Peach Season!

  Once again it’s peach season and it’s been awhile since I posted any recipes… So, it’s back to basics. This recipe was sent to me by my good friend, Miranda, and she assures me that it’s good for you.  Well, I’m all for a desert that’s good for me!!! YUMMY PEACH CRISP 5  Cups […]

Mead Anyone?

Since our week of false spring, with highs in the 70s, is over and winter has returned to the Carolinas for the MLK holiday weekend, and with another shot of cold air due on Tuesday (with highs in the low 40s), I thought this would be a fun post. In keeping with the recipes posted […]

Oxymoron – Health Bread

Strange title, huh…  Well, I really couldn’t help myself, because sometimes life is so strange! While we were sitting at the Where Writers Win table this past weekend at the SC Writers conference, the topic of oxymorons came up. (Guess we had too much time on our hands while the workshops were in session.) LOL!  […]

Seahawk’s Sanctuary Recipes: Mama Lil’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese

I know, I know, if the vast varieties that line the supermarket shelves and frozen food section are an indicator, everybody must love Macaroni and Cheese!  But what about a real old Southern style recipe of this beloved pasta dish?  It’s not as hard to make as you may think. Thomas Jefferson loved Macaroni and […]