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Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Butter Pecan Waffles

Chicken + Waffles + Booze = Inhalation

If you’ve not been turned on to the allure of the goodness that is chicken and waffles, now is your chance. Sweet and salty get sweaty in a tryst that goes hard through breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’m talking a slow jam of culinary perfection, with lacy spiced chicken batter playing against the buttery maple goodness of pecan waffles. It’s everything good on a plate, and well worth heating up some oil and firing up the waffle iron.

I like to get my waffle on as soon as possible, so I go with chicken tenders for faster cooking, and a syrup remix that is partially homemade and partially drunk. Yep, booze is invited to the party. You can’t be surprised. It’s my kitchen we’re talking about. Continue reading Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Butter Pecan Waffles

Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Grand Marnier Pecan Crumble

I’ve never loved candied yams with their cloyingly sweet topper of marshmallow goo.  Given all of the glory on the Thanksgiving table, I’ve always felt that they sullied the experience.  My husband would adamantly disagree, of course, given that the marshmallow travesty happens to be his favorite item at Thanksgiving.  What to do other than craft him a recipe that might convince him that the candied yam business isn’t the be all end all of sweet potato majesty. Continue reading Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Grand Marnier Pecan Crumble