Category Archives: Peanut Free

Chocolate Birds’ Nests

This winter has been brutal. With the massive amounts of snow in the north and a gloomy (spooky!) brown bayou down south, we all deserve spring in our lives. I present to you, spring in Cookie Form! Who doesn’t love chocolate or macaroons? Who doesn’t LOVE Cadbury Mini-Eggs? You have no idea how hard it…Read More

“Just One More” Sweet Rolls

These sweet rolls are spectacular. They make an appearance at every family function, usually made with love by my Nana, her significant contribution to every feast. She makes enough to feed an army… no, two armies! and rarely are there any left in the basket. They go with EVERYTHING. Turkey Dinner. Tomato soup. Ham Dinner.…Read More

Nightshade Free Miracle Chili

Nightshade. Free. Chili. And that’s it. We’re done. Pack it up, move it out, blog’s over. I’m just kidding, of course. But seriously, guys. There’s no way I’m ever going to top this. This chili is… I just don’t even know how this is possible. It tastes almost exactly like tomato chili. With every mouthful,…Read More

Italian Herb Roasted Chicken

Let’s be honest. February is THE WORST. It’s grey. It’s cloudy. If you’re living on the Eastern Seaboard right now, you’ve got snow up to your eaves – and your last nerve. The deep chill has set in, the kind of chill that burrows into your very bones, finding out wherever you're vulnerable and or weak…Read More

Lemon Pepper Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Happy Mardi Gras! The past two weeks have been party central here in Southern Louisiana. Starting in the morning, party buses blasting loud music and the cheers of beaded revellers blare past our house until well into the night. Everyone is excited for Carnival! We’ve eaten our first King Cake (delicious!), caught beads thrown from…Read More

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

I don’t know who I’d be without this recipe for banana bread. I say that quite honestly. Growing up, it was a special treat. There were a lot of us young-uns, and there were ALWAYS bananas in the house, somehow. My mother instituted a ‘one banana a day’ rule, I think out of necessity. Either…Read More

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

So it seems I've settled into a winter food/crockpot rut over the last few weeks. I feel like I'm hibernating like an alligator (apparently they are sleeping now - I did not realize that alligators hibernate). And do you know what? I'm 100% okay with both the sleeping alligators and my delicious delicious crockpot streak. This week's…Read More

Cream of Mushroom Soup

It’s the end of January, and that means winter is setting in. It’s been cold here in Southern Louisiana. A torrential storm has blasted a path across the southern state, so rainy that even though it’s sunny now, I’m eyeing the swiftly moving bayou behind our house, planning exactly what I’ll grab if it creeps…Read More

Honey Garlic Slow Cooker Ribs

When we first (FINALLY) narrowed down my husband’s food allergies, we were living on a tiny island in the Caribbean. When I say tiny, I mean tiny. It's only 13 km2 (about 5 mi2). Groceries were shipped in once a week from one of the larger islands by boat, and if there was a storm…Read More