Oh Paula…

I don’t know about you, but my family LOVES Paula Dean. My Mom has a few of her cookbooks and loves all of them.

One of my favorite recipes of hers is her Baked French Toast Casserole. I love breakfast, and French Toast is my favorite breakfast meal. So this dish is of course my favorite! You can have it for breakfast or dinner because it is so good. Click here to get the recipe.

Another variation of this is made with blueberries and this recipe is by Giada Di Laurentiis, my go to person for amazing Italian recipes. This dish is great for those of you who love fruit (like me). It also a little more healthier than Paula Dean’s ;)

Try these recipes, you won’t regret it!

Your Marylander,

Taylor

Who Says I Can't Cook?

Today is a really lazy day here at the farm-- I had already went out and let the horses in their stalls and did the morning chores, and then I came back in just in time for lunch. Now, usually, my sister does all the cooking when we are home, but she wasn't home today so it was up to me.
I am not known to be the best cook, I usually just fix Chef Boyardee's Ravioli or something like that. But today, I saw canned tuna, and I got inspired by something. I guess because it is such a dark cloudy day and the cooking mood had struck me. Or because I had just finished watching an episode of Top Chef (not a good idea for me to watch).

So anyway, instead of my usual 5 minute tuna lunch, I decided to sear it and add a few more ingredients. I seared it up, put it in a bowl and added my usual mayo and celery seed, but then I also added a pinch of Old Bay (Yaaay for Maryland) and some accent food seasoning that I found hiding in our seasoning cabinet

And then I couldn't help but take some pics. It's not everyday that I make an awesome meal.

                                                                    

Your Marylander Future Chef,
Taylor

Maryland Monday -- Old Bay

Hey, it’s Monday!

Today’s Maryland Monday is on OLD BAY

The famous Maryland seasoning that is used in almost any Maryland seafood recipe! Seriously, you can’t go to Maryland’s Eastern Shore without seeing this seasoning somewhere. It adds a nice bite and tang to seafood. Crab bushels are often sprinkled with this and it just doesn’t taste the same without it. But it’s not just good on seafood…

I LOVE putting Old Bay on my French Fries. But what I really love is heating up Grandma Utz’s Kettle Cooked Chips in the microwave, and then sprinkling them with Old Bay. Delicious!

I encourage you to try this stuff – order it online!

Your Marylander,

Taylor