Homemade – Spots to Savor

Here’s a tasty lil’ treat that will have your whole family (sugar) buzzin’. Super easy to make and it tastes like Christmas is having a big ole party in your mouth. So whisk up this liquid gold, snuggle up with your fam and take in what’s left of the Christmas spirit!

Ingredients:

4 cups of milk
8 0z. white chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
toppings: whipped cream, crushed peppermint

Instructions:

In a medium saucepan pour in the milk and chocolate chips. Whisk over medium/low heat until the chocolate chips are fully melted. Careful not to let the milk boil or the chocolate stick to the bottom. Take away from the heat and stir in that vanilla and peppermint. Then top that bad boy off with some decor and serve it up hot!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This January weather has me dreaming of springtime and summer where long beach days and backyard parties are in full swing. One of the most fun ways to get your friends together is to have a good old fashioned crawfish boil. If you’re not familiar with this soiree or if you’ve never been to one, it’s the perfect way to have a party and feed all your friends with very little effort or clean up. As long as you have newspaper and some buckets, you’re golden. Start by setting up some tables in your yard (ones you don’t care about) and cover them with newspaper, or any type of thick paper, and set up some plastic buckets beside them. Charleston is the prime location to hold this shindig because of all the fresh supply of these little critters. There’s a bunch of places that can supply them so just do some research and find what works for you. Set up your tables, some coolers, twinkly lights (because who doesn’t love those?) and lanterns, maybe a little fire to gather around when it gets dark and let the boilin’ begin!

Crawfish Boil Recipe:

You’ll need:

around 3 lbs of crawfish per guest
“Louisiana Fish Fry Products” Crawfish Crab and Shrimp Boil seasoning
half a cup of butter
lemons
small red potatoes
whole artichokes cut in half
whole cloves of garlic
sausage chopped into big pieces
small corn on the cob
onions chopped in half
sticks of celery

You can add as much or as little of any of this as you want. You’ll need about 5 gallons of water for each 10 lbs of crawfish. Heat the water in your boiler to a boil and add the spices. Then add all your ingredients except the crawfish. Wait about 10-15 min then add the crawfish. The temperature will drop so bring it back up to almost a boil, but turn the heat off right before it does. Add ice to stop the cooking process. Let everything soak up in there for around 45 minutes, the longer it sits the stronger the kick of the spices. Then dump it all out on the tables and serve it up! Have some bowls of cocktail sauce, melted butter, or whatever you like sitting on the tables for dipping.