My daughter has a birthday that is too close to Thanksgiving. So while still digesting turkey, boom it’s her birthday. So I try to make it up to her by having crab night. ShayLa loves crab legs. My mom, sister, ShayLa and her brood plus my son were in attendence. Popped in a movie and we had a good evening. 18 months ago

Caught the urge to grill/smoke about 2 days ago. Just got up started the fire on a cold morning. Four hours later, the pork steaks were smoked. I also made a lemon herbed whole wheat pasta salad. That was something new from a cookbook. The whole house was permeated with the smell of hickory. Everything was ready by lunch time. Had some for dinner and ShayLa took some to work for her lunch. I had it prepacked and ready to go. 19 months ago

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I’ve talked my neice into hosting for the day. She will have some help. I’m getting too old and tired to do all of the cooking. Time to turn over the reins and let the younger girls take over. I do this with a happy heart and sigh of relief. Trying to think of a nice gift for the hostess. It should be a fun time. 19 months ago

I think I would like to do a seafood themed brunch. Crablegs, gumbo, catfish and maybe try mussels, and sea scallops. That seems like alot of different things, probably will discard some of the items. I love seafood. 19 months ago

Set a tentative date for an old fashion throwdown between my neice, nephew, know it all brother and know it all brother in law. I believe I have the upper hand in this one because my neice will be using an electric smoker. My nephew is a griller and the two know it alls like to use charcoal fluid to start their fires. You can taste the chemicals in their product. Nasty stuff. My nephew will put up a good show. He at least preps his meat and knows how to use marinades. Should be alot of fun. The big day will be August 23. 23 months ago

For the first time, I made gumbo. I actually made two separate dishes. One was sausage and chicken mild. And the other was seafood gumbo with scallops, shrimp, chicken, kilbasa and spicy. Rice was the side dish. It was a nice change of pace. 23 months ago

we had a taco Wednesday brunch. My niece, hosted this one. I was in charge of the drinks. I made strawberry slushees with my new Ninja blender. Wine was added for the adults and the kids had it with juice. I love the way she makes her tacos and burritos. Telia even found a low sodium mix for the ground beef. We had a nice time. 2 years ago

My friend repaired the grill my mom gave me. And I used it. IT WAS PROPANE. That is a no no in my family. No self respecting griller uses propane. That is cheating. Anyway, for burgers and dogs it wasn’t bad and it was very quick. 2 years ago

This time I am going to add a little bit more refinement to the bbq. There may be only one or two kids attending so it should not be that much more work. Just more added thought to the menu and or the serving set up. 2 years ago