Our home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina is a small but very comfortable house. We enjoy the big yard for it has a lot of room for all kinds of fun activities. It has plenty of room for my garden and also for entertaining. My husband decide that this year we are putting in a fire pit for those after hour fun nights. We only live about 1 mile from the Atlantic Ocean. As a matter of fact if you get on the roof you can see the ocean.
Some nights when the wind blows out of the North East for a couple of days you can hear the roar of the ocean as the waves break onto the beach. There are nights when I can not sleep so I decide to work on the computer. Around three am in the morning you can hear the fishing boats getting ready to make their trip out into the ocean. It is so quiet at that time in the morning that you can hear the roar of the engines form the fishing vessels making there way out into the Atlantic for the day. For some folks here that is a way of life for them. If you go down to the docks when they return for their day of fishing you can buy fish from them. I love it! Fresh fish for tacos, not to mention tuna for the grill. Yummy!! I should also say that they have fresh local produce that is always for sale along side the roads on your way here to the Outer Banks. I always get at least 3 dozens ears of corn to prepare for the winter months here. It really freezes great. I enjoy my garden and every year I try to plant something new. I really enjoy living here on the Outer Banks.

In the month of October the trees begin the dancing of colors of which we all enjoy. We all know the cold weather is soon to be upon us. Here in the south most everyone try to get the last barbecues in before we can not enjoy the outdoor weather. That is exactly what we did this weekend! What great weather we had, the temperature was at 65 degrees. Just right for shorts, which I hate to give up, and pants later in the day. What a great day we had, with family and friends who came to enjoy our wonderful delightful foods from salads to barbecue.

The smells of barbecue ribs and chicken cooking on the grill, along with some fresh homemade salads make a great meal for a afternoon of fun.  The laughing  and story telling can make a afternoon just fly by. We had family and friends that live here locally, along with friends from New York stop by to visit and catch up on what’s happening in our life.  It was a great day all in all!!
Our food menu included Tri-color Cheesy pasta salad, Fresh Spinach – Potato salad along with hot Shrimp/Crab drip and Buffalo Chicken drip. Barbecue chicken and ribs. Special Memphis Style BBQ Dry Rub Chicken cooked on grill to perfection. This is my own personal Dry Rub I have put together and it has been a hit this summer at a few BBQ’s. I enjoy experiencing in using fresh herbs and dry spice to come up with new favors. I hope you enjoy some of these recipes and as always just enjoy life! Enjoy!!

I enjoy cooking! There is nothing like experimenting with new recipes and changing them up. I read a lot of cook books, watch a lot of cooking shows, read a lot of internet recipe and always checking out others blogs and websites. Here are some of my recipes that have been tried and made to eat. Oh did I mention I enjoy food too!!