Milkn’ Cookies are just what the doctors ordered

Left Dr. Cheri Wiggins; Right Dr. Lennox McNearly

Left Dr. Cheri Wiggins; Right Dr. Lennox McNeary

Let medicine be thy food and let food be thy medicine – Hypocrites

The Greek physician Hypocrites was on to something when he made  this statement.

Lennox McNeary and Cheri Wiggins are on to something too.

Who could have imagined that a little cookie could be that medicine for a very important segment of our population – new mothers.  For these ladies necessity inspired invention – and a solution was born. Continue reading

Orange is the new mashed

Move over Mr. Potato Head. There’s a tastier tuber taking over this town.

Sweet potatoes are back with a sizzle. Whether fried or flambé they are rustling russets and leaving them spinning on the cutting board.

These beautiful on the inside, rustic on the outside potatoes are hallowed to me. They were the very first food my mom feed me when I was 6 months old. Mom said she would wrap a sweet potato in alumni foil and bake it in the oven until it was soft. Then she said she would scoop out the center, mix it with a  little Pet Evaporated Milk and that was my din din. She said I loved it. Continue reading

Waffle me this

blue berry waffles

I love waffles and they love me back!

Oh how I love thee my rustic, crispy delights. I love thee in the morning and I love thee at night.

Whether store bought or hot off the griddle, I am in a love affair with waffles and have been since I was a child. I can eat them any time, any place and anywhere.

You see pancakes, though light and fluffy, can’t hold a cup of syrup to waffles, literally. But the little nooks baked into the surface of waffles can cradle the syrup along with butter too. Now that’s what I ‘m talking bout! Continue reading

Kitchen Cassoulet makes the cut

wowAll I can say is wow!

Look what a little, lonely rotisserie chicken sitting in my fridge along with a few other kitchen pantry ingredients can grow up to be – a recipe for an easy Kitchen Cassoulet that is now among the top finalists in the Extended Stay America Away From Home Cooking Challenge!

The challenge was simple: Submit a dish that can be made in the Extended Stay America kitchen. The recipe may contain no more than ten ingredients, and cannot require baking or use of an oven. When I saw the challenge, I entered my recipe. Continue reading