A Southern Fairytale
Family Recipes, Stories, and Photography from Deep in the Heart of Texas
By Rachel
Do you love Avocados? Do you love dip-able, delicious food? Do you like crispy, crunchy, creamy, mouth wateringly, crave-worthy foods? If the answer is no… why are you here? Obviously, since you’re on my blog, the answer is yes, and I know that you’re going to want the recipe for these ridiculously delicious Avocado Fries. How…
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By Rachel
Whenever we go to the rodeo, the fair, the boardwalk – my kids want funnel cakes. Fluffy, crispy, chewy, sweet, powdered sugar dusted fried swirls of awesomeness. I had no clue that funnel cakes were so simple to make, or so much fun to make… let’s just say that now that I know, there will be lots…
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By Rachel
I adore stir fry. I have a passion for tossing veggies, spices, and meat in my wok until the steamy, spicy, fragrant aroma has taken over my kitchen and the veggies are bright and crisp, the meat savory, tender, and spicy. I could eat stir fry every single day – especially when it’s packed with chili…
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March means it’s Rodeo Season in Houston! Bring on the boots, the food, the music, the food….. When Nathan and I think about rodeo foods, we immediately think of smoked turkey legs. Juicy, fall off the bone tender, crispy, crackling skin, melt in your mouth delicious smoked turkey legs. Have you ever smoked a turkey leg?…
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By Rachel
I’m all about delicious, and easy foods – and this baked brie topped with walnuts, bacon, and honey is extremely easy to make and super delicious, too! Thank you Fisher Nuts for sponsoring this scrumptious appetizer! Have you ever had baked brie? It’s rich and creamy, and lends itself to a number of toppings and…
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By Rachel
This Grilled Barbecue Chicken Pizza and Bacon is the perfect party food! Easy to make and serves a crowd. Thank you Kraft Barbecue Sauce for sponsoring this post. It’s no secret that I love to grill – I’ve shared pictures of our multiple grills with y’all and I share grilling recipes pretty frequently. One of…
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By Rachel
Do you want to build a snowman? No? How about a Bloody Mary? Yes? I knew you were my kinda people. Huge Thank you to Absolut for sending me an incredible complete bar set up, that scrumptious bottle of Absolut Peppar (my favorite) and a gift card to have a Bloody Mary brunch in celebration…
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A Texas Staple; these easy and delicious buttery, pecan filled, powdered sugar coated cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie swap recipe. Thank you Fisher Nuts for sponsoring this recipe Bring these Pecan Sandies to your next Christmas party or cookie swap, and you’re guaranteed to be invited back! They’re buttery, sugary, crunchy, powdered sugar coated…
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By Rachel
For Princess’ 11th birthday last month she spent the evening helping to pack holiday necessity packs at the Houston Food Bank Representatives from Fisher Nuts spent November 18th at Food Banks across Texas donating time, money ($40,000 to Feeding Texas) and raising awareness with their #fishercares #Nuts4Texas campaign. As a Think Fisher Ambassador, I was…
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By Rachel
Spiced Pears baked into a cake in a cast iron skillet. This cake is simple to make, and delicious to eat! This spiced pear cake is rustic, simple, delicious, and makes your house smell incredible.
By Rachel
Bacon, Pecans, and Sugar OH MY! You can’t go wrong with ingredients like those! a huge thank you Fisher Nuts for sponsoring this post I’m not one for jumping on bandwagons, and while I love bacon – I don’t think that every single food out there needs bacon added to it, however… the saltiness and savoriness…
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By Rachel
Last month Fisher Nuts flew all of the #thinkfisher ambassadors to NYC for an event at Butter with Chef Alex Guarnaschelli It was such an incredible experience. It’s been more that 20 years since I was last in NYC, and while I remember NYC being big, I don’t remember it being quite so BIG! The…
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