Fall Days…. Conjure up Thoughts of Cool Days, Warm Soup, Pumpkins….

FALL DAYS

When I think of Fall I think about making my Dad’s Onion Soup…. I can see him standing in the kitchen slicing up onions, very thinly and then placing the onions in the pan with butter and olive to simmer until they were a beautiful carmelized pan of yumminess. This past weekend, I made Onion Soup and it was delicious….

Chardonnay & Onion Soup on the Porch….
Onion Soup Simmering Away…

Fall Days… are the best days. We get to stop, soak up all the wonderful smells and start thinking about the holidays that are right around the corner….

Autumn Days……..

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Snow Day Baking…

We woke up to a beautiful snowy morning this past Sunday…The snow was coming down covering the yards, homes and rooftops…. Since all of our “littles” are no longer little…. playing in the snow and sledding down the hills were mere memories of days gone by!

However, Teppy was not going to let a perfectly beautiful snow day go by without doing something fun, so I headed to the kitchen and started playing… I really wanted to “smell” the wonderful aroma of homemade bread baking. Here are some pics of the baking process…

Amazing Dough Rising….
Dough Getting Ready to Rise Again… in their Loaf Pans

So while the dough was rising for a second time, I made Mini-Peach Cobblers..

Adorable Mini Carolina Peach Cobblers….

And French 75’s just seemed to suit the day…So I got the Champagne Glasses out since we were celebrating a Snow Day!

French 75’s in Champagne Glasses…. perfectly fitting for a Snow Day….

Well by this time the bread had risen to the occasion and it was time to send the loaves to the oven to bake… my kitchen smelled heavenly…

The Finished Product… Perfectly Baked Homemade Bread….

And so my friends.. that is how a Southern Girl from Mississippi, spends a snow day in South Carolina… Living, Loving Life in South Carolina….

Let me know if you are interested in any of the recipes….. or all of the recipes…. Enjoy!!

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Wednesday Night Lasagna….

Tried a Tep’s Original Lasagna Recipe Wednesday Night… Delicious!!

So I wanted to “amp” up my lasagna recipe yesterday… and it was delicious! I made a few changes, like adding portabella mushrooms to my “tomato sauce”, as well as using my normal hamburger meat, green onions and garlic… Then I thought about my Cannelloni recipe… I always use chopped spinach in the Béchamel Sauce.. so I thought why not??? I added the spinach to my ricotta cheese and eggs as well as some of the Costco Pesto…. And yes it was delicious!!!

Here are a few pics of the cooking process….

Let me know your thoughts…. Would you try Tep’s New Recipe?

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Living & Loving Life in the Carolina’s……

It is hard to believe we have lived in South Carolina for 2 years now….. 2019 seems like a distant memory….. but now we are finally settling into our new home…It has been so much fun making memories, creating living spaces…. Check out our little garden…

Gardening in the Carolina’s Teppy Style….

Our squash plants are looking great… and our tomato plants are growing so fast… we have some baby squash and baby tomatoes..