Little tea-spiked naked layer cakes, filled with peach curd, frosted with vanilla buttercream, and sprinkled with fruit leather confetti.

Four different fruit-and-veg smoothies to cure summertime sadness and beat the heat.

Two Southern favorites- strawberry and tomato- come together in teensy two-bite galettes made with a simple buttermilk crust.

A Tex-Mex twist on the classic Bloody Mary cocktail made with fresh tomatoes and served in hollowed out cucumber shot glasses.

A crumbly scone version of the classic Whataburger Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit complete with a honey butter glaze.

A simple bread filled with garlic-sauteed collards and sweetened with a touch of sorghum. Perfect for eggs and toast.

Old-fashioned rock candy made with grown-up flavors like Matcha green tea and coffee. A science experiment in your own kitchen!

My family’s favorite breakfast dish, Chocolate Gravy, pairs perfectly with a plate of hot biscuits and a few homemade Texas Valentines.

The simplest stove-top popcorn sprinkled with homemade salty-sweet bacon salt.

Make a batch of this slightly spicy hot cocoa mix and stay warm all winter long. Just add marshmallows.

For all your leftover New Year’s fixings, individual pot pies filled with black eyed peas and topped with a chopped ham cornbread.

A simple winter fruit salad of oranges, pomegranate seeds, and Pimm’s. Just the thing to keep the cold away and the spirits high.