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Ombre Roasted Vegetables

Ombre Roasted Vegetables, a beautiful display of fading orange-colored vegetables, carrots, sweet potatoes, and butternut squash that have been tossed with flavorful herbs, avocado oil,  and honey then perfectly roasted. The past weeks have been making me hungry for all the flavors of fall.  Don't you think sweet potatoes and butternut squash scream fall?

Roasted Bacon and Sage Wrapped Peaches ~ Celebrating the End of Peach Season

Roasted Bacon and Sage Wrapped Peaches, a delightful appetizer or snack that will wow your Southern guest.  There are only four ingredients, bacon, sage, and luscious peaches drizzled with a balsamic honey vinegar.  The perfect dish to celebrate the end of the peach season. I have been wanting to make these roasted peaches for some time and never wanted to heat the oven long enough for them to cook.   The days here in Texas are beginning to cool down, and the peaches are getting fewer in number at the grocery stores, but the stores have started stocking fresh sage.  Now that is the end of one season and the beginning of another, summer and fall.

Chocolate Chip No-Bake Peanut Butter Bites

Chocolate Chip No-Bake Peanut Butter Energy Bites , simple and healthy little no bake bites are a delicious snack, grab and go breakfast, or even a mini dessert. I have been hearing a lot about these no-bake energy bites for a while and had no idea how irresistible they are.   This last weekend I was introduced to these incredible delicious no-bake bites.  They remind me so much of the famous No-Bake Chocolate Cookies .  Now you know how yummy they are.

Fried Okra and Green Tomato Combo

Fried Okra and Green Tomato Combo are two Southern favorites coming together most deliciously. Fried Okra and Green Tomato Combo This recipe for fried okra and green tomato combo is straightforward, featureing garden vegetables cut into equal sizes, coated with a self-rising coating, and fried to perfection.  Bringing it all to an end with a heavy dose of salt and pepper, and a little pinch of cayenne pepper. This is a post to celebrate the bounty of two Southern favorites, fried okra and fried green tomatoes.  Some summers, I don't fry okra or green tomatoes, but only once or twice.  However, this summer, I couldn't get enough of them. Our little local grocery store has started stocking local farmers garden tomatoes and okra.  To make it so tempting, they have the display right in the front door. Homegrown squash, zucchini, new potatoes, fresh ripe tomatoes, and the most gorgeous green tomatoes.  I just couldn't resist grabbing a few each time I went to the st...