Here is another super-easy dish - Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Tenderloins. If you follow my recipes, they all are easy, otherwise why bother? It doesn’t have to be fancy to be good. I saw some really pretty chicken tenderloins at Aldi’s. They were about half the size of a regular chicken breast loin, and I saw this recipe calling for buttermilk and ranch dressing. You first marinate the loins (4 … [Read more...]
Cash Crops
I have often said that we grow small gardens not to save money, but to enjoy fresh vegetables. This year, I did both. Thanks to lots of heaven-sent rains and my kids who had my garden tilled and well-fertilized, I would have made money on several crops. Cherry tomatoes, for example. I planted one cherry tomato vine, a golden variety, and it has produced at least 600 tomatoes. I picked 100 just … [Read more...]
An After Labor Day Vacation
I have come to the conclusion that the very best time of all to take a vacation is the week after Labor Day. I first realized this about 15 years ago, when we went to Cherrystone Campground on the Eastern Shore. Our daughter, Laura, would be home from California that week and wanted to revisit the campground. Nancy and I arrived on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and it was a ghost town. Nobody … [Read more...]
It’s Bug Time for Smallmouth
They are not everywhere, but in certain spots the screech of cicadas is piercing the treetops and smallmouth bass are quick to notice, moving in along the banks, hoping for a big fat bug to fall near them. That’s why “bugs”, popping bugs, are doing a number on the river bronze backs. According to Alex McCrickard of the Division of Wildlife Resources, the annual cicadas in Virginia excite fly … [Read more...]
Drumming Up Business
If you were fishing on the Carolina coast last week, odds are you were “drumming” up business, as in catching or trying to catch drum. John Savides of Afton wrestled in a slot size drum from the beaches of Topsail, and anglers on the Outer Banks were caching these powerful fish from piers, from the surf and from nearshore and sound side boats. The best bait was finger mullet, which was flying off … [Read more...]
Ant Watching
I was sitting on the dock at our rental cottage off the Elizabeth River and life was good. I had a cigar in one hand a tall glass of Buffalo Trace Bourbon in the other. I also had a fishing pole baited with fresh shrimp leaning against the rail of the dock. Then I caught a spot, then a croaker. As I said, life is good. Leaning back in my chair I watched the gulls in their aerial ballets and … [Read more...]
Bubba’s Seafood Restaurant
Anytime Nancy and I are in the Tidewater area of Virginia, we manage to find our way to Bubba’s Seafood Restaurant on Shore Drive, north of Virginia Beach. Bubba’s is a family-owned restaurant but started as a small bait and tackle shop over 30 years ago. Located on the water in Lynnhaven Inlet, Bubba’s began offering Crab Cakes and other seafood delicacies to their hungry tackle … [Read more...]
Food Savers: Multiple Uses
Food Savers: Multiple Uses I confess. I do not use Food Saver as often as I should. We throw tons of food away and most could be saved with a Vacuum Sealed Food Saver sheet. Meat, veggies, everything. But I have found even more uses for these heavy-duty plastic sheets. A few weeks ago, I put a package of chicken directly from the store in the bottom of the fridge, and it leaked. … [Read more...]
Shrimp and Grits
2 C milk 3/4 C Chicken Broth 1 C Quick Cooking Grits 1/4 T salt 1/2 C Shredded Parmesan 2 T butter 1 3-oz. pkg. cream cheese 3 T fresh chopped parsley 1 T lemon juice 2 large egg whites 1 lb. peeled and deveined medium shrimp, coarsely chopped Cooking spray Hot pepper sauce (optional) Preheat the oven to 375. Combine the milk and broth in a saucepan and bring … [Read more...]
A Half Loaf of Goodness
They say, “A half loaf is better than none”, but I say a half loaf is actually better than a whole loaf – if that half loaf is Artisan Style Bread from Lewis Bake Shop. It is the best sliced bread I have ever eaten. Recently, I have been seeing half-loaf breads offered in several grocery stores and the idea appeals to me since there are only 2 of us, and we don’t always have bread for toast and … [Read more...]
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