Nothing But Country

Patriotic Fruit Tarts

Chad and Mary Beth — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:23:42 +0000

Inspired from my latest copy of Food Network Magazine. I used the photo as the inspiration. I did not want to do a rich tart as they called for mascarpone cheese etc. I used a recipe that I previously posted for my eclaires but I also use it when I make Coconut Cream Pies. Ingredients- 1/3 cup sugar 2 tblsp [...]

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Family Pina Colada

Chad and Mary Beth — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:28:36 +0000

Yup– one the whole family can enjoy!!! A different twist- gets all frothy and foamy and delicious. Cinco de Mayo– we enjoy this wonderful drink with our Mexican dinner. The kids enjoyed it. It is a RICH drink so — like real Pina Colada’s 1 (or 2 ) will do ya! Ingredients- (Makes 4) 1 cup ice 1 1/4 [...]

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Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Chad and Mary Beth — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:23:01 +0000

Another family favorite (I seem to say that alot lately but it is true) We have alot of favorites and Chad does a good job of coming up with them! Ingredients- 1 lb of peeled and de-veined shrimp 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil heaping pinch of coarse black pepper heaping pinch of coarse salt 4 tablespoons of garlic powder (again we [...]

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Grilling Oysters

Chad and Mary Beth — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:09:18 +0000

1st of all if you are local- you have to check out www.supremeseafoodretail.com they have wonderful seafood- wholesale to the public. We got 1/2 bushel of oysters (fresh- harvested 2 days ago off the coast of Texas) In Orlando area!! 23.00 for 100 of them. That is 4 meals for us!! Anyways- Grilling Oysters in their shells [...]

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Dirt for Dessert – Earth Day Treat

Chad and Mary Beth — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:33:22 +0000

For our dessert tonight- we had the infamous dirt and worms. All kinds of ways to do this dessert, I just chose to put them in glass tumblers with some gummy worms. But in case you have never seen this– Ingredients- 1 bag of Oreo cookies Bag of candy worms Chocolate pudding prepared according to the box Layer the 1st [...]

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Happy Earth Day 2010

Chad and Mary Beth — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:07:44 +0000

We went all out and had a Earth Day party with the kids. Decorated the house with earth stuff etc. One of the fun things we did was boil eggs, and make them look like planet Earth. Then we stood them up using the top of a soda or water bottle cap. They stood [...]

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Copy Cat – Coconut Yummies

Chad and Mary Beth — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:40:28 +0000

When I see this and taste it I wanna break out into the song “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t!” Chad and I – we love coconut. Almost too much!! Easter coming and going and well- we already miss the “GOOD” Easter candy. So we set out to figure out how to make [...]

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Brooke’s Purple Shake

Chad and Mary Beth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:00:21 +0000

My 5 year old daughter knows that red and blue make purple. She will even request this purple shake over chocolate! Any way we can get more fruits in her diet– I say WHY NOT! She is on a shake kick. If she could- she would drink this every night for dessert. She asked us to [...]

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Chad’s Famously Fought Over Potatoes

Chad and Mary Beth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:52:21 +0000

YUP!! You read it right. It is famous. (Well in our family it is) Anyone that comes over for dinner- scarfs them up, or they request to have them when they come over to dinner with us. Roasted Garlic Potatoes at it’s best!! Ingredients- 5 red potatoes (medium/large) 2-3 tablespoons of Olive Oil 1 tablespoon of Italian Seasoning Extra large...

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Easy Peasy Kielbasa & Kraut

Chad and Mary Beth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:41:40 +0000

We attended a reception a few weeks ago for some special friends. They had their children blessed at church. At the reception- they had delicious food. However this one caught our eye. Because we never thought to bake them together as they did. I don’t know why not- but we were introduced to this easy [...]

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