Category Archives: Recipes

Kombucha originated in the Far East around 2,000 years ago, and this beverage is a super food with tremendous health benefits extending to your heart, your brain and (especially) your gut. Because it is fermented, it contains a large number of living healthy bacteria known as probiotics. These bacteria line your digestive tract and supportContinue reading “What Is Kombucha? And Why Should I Drink It?”

In Louisiana, nothing says “FALL” like a big ole pot of gumbo! Let a cool snap come through and it seems that it is the first thing on everyone’s mind. We love our gumbo. This recipe is so near and dear to my heart. My husband will eat it every night of the week, IContinue reading “Louisiana Gumbo”

It feels like a life time ago when I met Pioneer Woman. We met in blog land when she still signed all of her posts “P-Dub” and had not even thought about a Food Network tv show. She had a couple thousand followers, and in the early 2000’s that might as well have been aContinue reading “The Best Iced Coffee”

This pasta salad can be made days ahead, and it should be refrigerated for a few hours before serving, making it the perfect supper to make in the morning, getting all of the work out of the way. Ingredients: 1 box spiral pasta noodles 1 tomato 1 cucumber 1 can sliced black olives 1/4 cupContinue reading “Summer Pasta Salad”

This ice cream recipe has been in my family for years. It is a Paula Deen recipe that my mom found when she first started coming on tv. We have been using it ever since, and I can make it in my sleep, ya’ll. We eat this constantly all summer long, and we have someContinue reading “Homemade Ice Cream”