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I'm a deep-fried Southern belle, married to a cowboy boot wearin', Harley ridin’ Texan Prince Charming. I am the always proud and frequently exhausted mom to two 8th generation Texans My childhood was spent at my Granny's side learning to cook with cast iron, butter and that special southern ingredient -- love Today, I share my passion for food, family and photography with thousands of monthly readers on my blog, A Southern Fairytale. I love cute boots, my Canon camera, belly laughs with friends, the beach, my family and ellipses..."
Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 93}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 93}

Happy Monday, y’all!  Hope your weekend was delicious! Ours was filled with celebrating what would have been my Granny’s 95th birthday by trying to perfect her elusive Banana Pudding Recipe – she was famous for it, and I can tell y’all that my neighbors are enjoying the recipe testing of this one. What Southerner doesn’t…

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Granny’s Sock It To Me Cake
Desserts | Recipes

Granny’s Sock It To Me Cake

One of the first cakes that Granny made for Nathan was her Sock It To Me Cake. I’m pretty sure he asked her to marry him after the first bite. Granny would have turned 95 today. Mary Cecil Trew {Granny} April 18, 1920 – April 16, 2014 Granny was everyone’s Granny.  Every single one of…

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 92}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 92}

Happy Monday, y’all – sorry this is running a bit late.  I had an SD card corruption this past weekend and I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to recover the images that I hadn’t yet transferred to my computer.  In order to do that – the software that I found (Wondershare Data Recovery) recovered…

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Avocado Fries with Homemade Ranch Dipping Sauce
Appetizers

Avocado Fries with Homemade Ranch Dipping Sauce

Have you ever had Avocado Fries? Do you love Avocados?  Do you love dippable, delicious food? Do you like crispy, crunchy, creamy, mouth-wateringly, crave-worthy foods? Then these Homemade Avocado Fries are the answer to your foodie heart loving prayers!  If the answer is no… why are you here? Obviously, since you’re on my blog, the…

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 91}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 91}

Happy Monday, y’all! What a delicious and busy weekend we had.  We took the kids to the Shell Houston Open where we laughed, watched super-star golfers, helped donate to some wonderful charities (which is what the Shell Houston Open does), ate some yummy food, talked, made memories and enjoyed some family time.  Saturday, we worked around…

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I Wish You May, I Wish You Might
Family

I Wish You May, I Wish You Might

Never stop wishing on stars, Always believe in magic, and never stop being in awe of the everyday beauty of the world we live in  

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 90}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 90}

Happy Monday! It’s been a crazy, wonderfully full, sports, friends, crawfish boil, sunshine-filled weekend for us; how was your weekend? I love my TimeHop app – and this weekend my heart melted when the picture from 4 years ago popped up! My little Monkey was so small and adorable in his cowboy boots.  He used…

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 89}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 89}

Happy Monday {ish} Hope you’re having a wonderfully, delicious, delightful, and decadent day!  We’ve finally gotten some gorgeous weather down here and it’s had us stretching our legs and lifting our faces to the sun. The grill’s been heating up with spicy grilled shrimp quesadillas, steaks, poblano burgers and more… but what y’all have going has my…

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Easy Funnel Cake Recipe
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Easy Funnel Cake Recipe

Whenever we go to the rodeo, the fair, the boardwalk – my kids want funnel cakes. Fluffy, crispy, chewy, sweet, powdered sugar dusted fried swirls of awesomeness. I had no clue that funnel cakes were so simple to make, or so much fun to make… let’s just say that now that I know, there will be lots…

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 88}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 88}

Happy Monday!  Are you recovering from Spring Break like us, or just starting yours?  We’ve devoured about 4 dozen of these brown sugar chocolate chip cookies over the past week, and it’s time for me to get back into running and working out to make up for it!  They’re so worth it, though. Y’all are…

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Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies
Desserts | Recipes

Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sometimes you just want a perfectly delicious, yet simple – chocolate chip cookie – a crisp around the edges, chewy in the middle, chocolate chip cookie. If you’re anything like Princess – you want one without frills – no additions. no fruit. no silliness.  Just sugars, butter, vanilla, chocolate chips and happiness. A couple months ago…

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Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 87}
Mouthwatering Monday

Mouthwatering Mondays {Week 87}

Happy Monday, y’all.  We’re on Spring Break this week and while the weather isn’t cooperating, my kitchen is. 🙂  We’ve made stir fry,  some incredibly delicious basic chocolate chip cookies (at Princess’ request) I’ll be sharing the recipe this week, and we have grilled up some of our favorite poblano burgers I’d love to hear…

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