Potato salad is something that I normally pass over at potlucks or parties especially when it’s the yellow mayo-mustardy base. I just don’t love it. I have branched out a little bit over the years in the form of other types of potato salad. Last summer, I posted this Warm Potato Salad with Bacon and…
Sweet & Spicy Marinated Cucumbers
We’ve been experiencing a rare mid-February heat wave – and for my friends in the Southern parts of the US, I really mean it. This isn’t a 40 degree heat wave, over the past weekend we hit 60 degrees! In February. The golf course by my house even opened up for the weekend. Yes. Golfing….
Creamed Corn
I don’t remember when or where we made this recipe first. But I do know husband loves corn and at some point something possessed up to try making our own creamed corn. I printed the recipe we started with from food.com on 10/29/2012 so we’ve been making and tweaking it for almost 4 years. I’d call…
Warm Potato Salad with Bacon and Corn
My husband has been traveling to Denver a lot from work and although I love food and hearing about new restaurants, I have a hard time getting him to tell me in the amount of detail I want about where he went to eat and what the food was like. Then he goes to Earl’s…
Sour Cucumbers
In my hometown of Ely, we like to ‘sour’ things. It can be lettuce, cucumbers, peas and more. Sour food is basically like a simple quick pickle that generally has nothing more than oil and vinegar. I’m not sure what part of Ely’s heritage it comes from or if it just became popular locally. Sour…
Lemon Chive Grilled Foil Packet Potatoes
This is a version of my classic method for foil packet potatoes Grilled Dill Potatoes. It’s one of our favorite ways to make potatoes in the summer on the grill because the foil packet makes it so easy and there is little clean-up to do. We often use the herbs on our deck as a…