Back to Basics: Guacamole
By Kelly Bogard What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of food from Texas? For me, it’s not Chicken Fried Steak or BBQ. It is Tex-Mex. And in my opinion, you can’t have Tex-Mex without avocado. Sure, you can have enchiladas and tacos all day [...]
Cinnamon Pie Bites
By Kelly Bogard I love holidays. Other than the obvious significance of the occasion and the opportunity to spend time with my family, it means I get to cook. And when I say cook, I mean cook a lot. This year for Easter, I was tasked with making the desserts. [...]
Ultimate BLT Salad
By Kelly Bogard I wouldn’t touch a salad when I was a kid. I thought it was yucky. No amount of ranch dressing or cheese would make me want to eat it. Nowadays, I can’t seem to get enough of it. Maybe my body is trying to play catch-up to [...]
Back to Basics: Grilled Cheese
By Kelly Bogard There’s just something about a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. It is amazing that something so simple can be so good. Warm melted cheese sandwiched between two buttery slices of crusty brown bread. Just the thought of it makes me feel all warm and snuggly inside. This month is [...]
Key Lime White Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Kelly Bogard I love getting new ideas for the Texas Table Top blog. Sometimes they come from friends or family, sometimes they come from people who have been one of the lucky tasters from previous weeks, and this one came direct to you this week from one of the [...]
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
By Kelly Bogard My mom is an awesome cook. When we were growing up, she was able to figure out the favorite foods for each of her kids. Now, I realize she did this through experimentation. She taught us to always try new things when it came to food. She [...]
BBQ Chicken Pizza Pie
By Kelly Bogard Happy pie day. Boy, are you in for a treat. Oh wait, I think I have something wrong here. It’s Pi, not pie. You know, 3.141592653. Every year since 1988, people have celebrated Pi with pie. We will celebrate with pie. There are all kinds of pies, [...]
A culture of food fear
By Jessica Domel Do you fear your food? Lately, it seems as though every time I log onto Facebook or Twitter, there’s a new post from one of my friends detailing some new food issue that he/she wants the world to know about. While I appreciate my friends' and acquaintances’ [...]
Back to Basics: Buttermilk Biscuits
By Kelly Bogard Some things in life are made to be simple. Unfortunately, sometimes cooking is not that way. Sometimes it is messy. Sometimes it has complicated ingredients or steps. But other times, it can be so simple that it is scary. Such is the case with Buttermilk Biscuits. This [...]
Busting beef nutrition myths
By Julie Vrazel Eating preferences—we all have them. Some choose to be vegetarians, while others pursue the vegan route. Then, there are folks—myself included—who are omnivores. Growing up on my family’s cow-calf operation in Central Texas, there was only one way to eat—a balanced meal that included meat and vegetables. [...]
