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Diva’s Half Marathon Champagne
The perfect refresher for post 13.1 mile runs!
May 22, 20151 min read


Champagne Shots
It’s Champagne Thursday doggie style!
Mar 20, 20141 min read


Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts with Awesome Sauce
Thick-Sliced Bacon (The better your bacon is, the better these turn out. We love to use the black pepper bacon for an extra kick, and I...
Jan 9, 20132 min read


Amazing Lower-Carb Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup (with Shirataki Noodles)
When it’s cold, we always make more soup, and one of our favorites is Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup. By substituting Shirataki Angel Hair...
Dec 18, 20121 min read


Amazing Hot Sauce (Comrade Like Spicy)
My husband and I love this hot sauce. It’s a recipe that my uncle gave us a long time ago. At our Non-Rehearsal Dinner the night before...
Jun 27, 20121 min read


Deviled Eggs – with Bacon!
There’s only one kind of deviled egg recipe in the world that I’ll eat, and it’s this one. I grew up on these deviled eggs, first from...
Apr 29, 20111 min read


Butterscotch Bird’s Nest No-Bake Cookies
When I was a kid, I used to love the Butterscotch Haystacks. This recipe modifies the traditional haystack recipe by shaping it like a...
Apr 26, 20111 min read


Our Fra Diavolo Spaghetti Sauce (Yummy! Spicy!)
I think everyone craves hearty, warm foods in the winter. At our house, we usually cook a lot more curry, stew, and chili. One thing we...
Dec 17, 20101 min read


Sunday’s Skillet Toffee
Rob and I wanted to try our hand at toffee this holiday season (what a great gift for everyone!), so I decided to try this AMAZING recipe...
Dec 15, 20101 min read


Chocolate Kahlua Pecan Pie
For Thanksgiving festivities this year, I made/created a Chocolate Kahlua Pecan Pie. I know some pecan pie lovers are purists and...
Nov 29, 20101 min read


Recipe: Carolina Mimosa
For this week’s ChampagneThursday recipe, I’d like to feature a drink recipe that I made up. And it’s awesome (if I do say so myself)!...
Sep 13, 20101 min read


Porcini Baby Bella Rice
Erin’s new recipe for Porcini Baby Bella Rice is awesome! Generally Porcini mushrooms are used in risotto, but here’s a more flexible,...
Aug 20, 20081 min read


Kansas He-Man Pot Roast
I don’t like to do much cooking in the summer that doesn’t involve a grill. However, this pot roast uses a slow cooker and is easy to...
Aug 12, 20081 min read


Healthy(er) Mega Meat Pesto Pizzas
Erin has contributed a new recipe to the Julepstyle recipe database. It’s for some really yummy pizzas. And even though I’m writing...
Feb 26, 20081 min read


Fried Okra
In farmers markets of South Carolina, Okra is a great vegetable available all summer long. Pick up a, “Mess of Okra,” and serve it fried...
Jun 4, 20071 min read


Chex Mix Redux
I love homemade Chex Mix. I could eat it year round. For reasons of self-discipline, my boyfriend & I restrict our consumption to the...
Nov 7, 20062 min read


Fat Cracker
The perfect hors d’oeuvre for any Champagne Thursday is Fat Cracker. I don’t know the original names for these divine little appetizers,...
Sep 29, 20061 min read


Lowcountry Crab Boil
Saturday night, my family cooked a lowcountry crab boil (aka Frogmore Stew, although sometimes that one doesn’t have crab). It was the...
Apr 20, 20061 min read


Pecan Pilaf
We have another great recipe called Pecan Pilaf. My mom made this for Thanksgiving; it tastes very, very yummy. ·1/2 Cup Butter (or...
Dec 4, 20051 min read


Eli’s P. T. B. (Pecan Toffee Blondie)
(that’s Pecan pronounced pee-can round here) Just in time for your holiday get-togethers, we present: then: 1 can eagle brand condensed...
Nov 30, 20051 min read
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