by BenwoodsAdmin | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get Shakin!!! Here we are in the middle of Mardi Gras season and like every year I’m getting the same questions and comments. I wanna make something traditional, and I wanna make something good, but it just takes too long to make, I am not an expert in the...
by BenwoodsAdmin | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get Shakin’ Hope everyone is enjoying those Grand Bal’s, and parades. That’s right it’s Mardi Gras Season here in the south. So far, I have gotten to enjoy the Krewe of Demeter Grad Bal in Mansfield, Louisiana and I’m looking forward to February...
by BenwoodsAdmin | Jan 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get Shakin’ We started last week with Easy King Cakes to kick off the Mardi Gras season. As promised, we will keep it rollin’ every week like a float headed down Main Street from now until Fat Tuesday. This week’s Tips and Tales includes one of my absolute...
by BenwoodsAdmin | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get Shakin!!!! Happy Carnival y’all, starting with our Mardi Gras season what’s better than a great king cake? Well for starters a homemade one by someone who likes to bake and is good at it. That person isn’t me, for those of you that know me and for those of...
by BenwoodsAdmin | Jan 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get shakin’! January 5th was Twelfth night and the beginning of a magical time here in Louisiana. Twelfth Night is a Christian festival on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the Feast of the Epiphany, when the Three Wise Men visited the...
by BenwoodsAdmin | Dec 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Let’s get shakin’ Prosperity, luck, money!!!! Ever since I was a child, I’ve never missed a New Year’s Day meal! Here in the south most people make some version of this traditional meal. Growing up for me it was black eye peas, smothered cabbage, cornbread and ham....