Three years in a row Gracehill has won TripAdvisors highest 5 star rating. We could not have done it without the very generous reviews that our guests have taken the time to write. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now about Music in the Mountains…..
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 C milk
1 C all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
The above will make about 9 popovers in a “regular” size popover pan, or 12 in a “small” popover pan. You can see the difference in the pans on the below. You can easily double this recipe. The first few times [...]
Deviled Eggs
18 Large Eggs
1/4 C plus 1 Tbsp of Mayo
1/4 C plus 1Tbsp of Sour Cream
1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
1/2 to 1 tsp Lemon Pepper
Garnish with black olives, or green olives and a little sprinkle of paprika.
The amount of ingredients above is not etched in stone. Once you cut the egg in half and plop the [...]
Best Corn I’ve Ever Tasted
Preheat oven to 400°.
4- 8.5 oz Boxes of Jiffy Mix
4 Large Eggs
1 C ½ & ½ or Buttermilk
1- 10 oz Can Rotel (original or mild) Diced Tomatoes &
Green Chilies Well Drained
1- 8.5 oz Can Creamed Corn
16 oz Cottage Cheese
My friends at Sweet Berries Bed and Breakfast in Maryville, TN came to [...]
Corn Cakes
2 ½ cups fresh corn kernels (about 5 ears)
3 large eggs
¾ cup milk
3 Tbsp melted butter
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup yellow or white cornmeal
1- 8oz package fresh mozzarella cheese, grated
2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives
1 tsp salt
1tsp fresh ground pepper
1. Pulse the first 4 ingredients in a food processor 3 to 4 times or just [...]
Both the Smoky Mountain Highland Games, held on the campus of Maryville College, and TroutFest at the Townsend Visitor Center were both rousing successes this past weekend……. Four more baking award come to Gracehill Bed and Breakfast!
Gluten Free Corn Chowder
2 C water
2 C diced peeled potatoes
½ C sliced carrots
½ sliced celery
¼ C chopped onion
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ C butter
¼ C all-purpose flour or substitute 2Tbsp of corn starch for the flour for gluten free
2 C milk
3 C (12ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
2 cans (14-3/4 ounces each) cream style corn
1 can while [...]
10" Tomato Zucchini Tart
1/2 (15-oz) package of refrigerated pie crust, or make your own recipe.
1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced about a 1/2 pound
1-2 tsp of olive oil
2 medium tomatoes, sliced- if using plum, use 3
1/2 cup fresh basil chopped, or 1 tsp dried basil
1/3 cup mayo or light mayo
1/3 cup (about 1.5- oz) fresh grated [...]
Butter Rum Cake
For Cake:
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup butter (2 sticks, softened)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
For Sauce:
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
¼ cup water
1 Tbsp dark rum
My friend and guest, Julie Nafziger, gave me this recipe a good while ago. Got around to making it yesterday [...]
Quiche Lorraine
1 bottom pie crust
6 slices of bacon
1 small onion chopped
4 eggs
1 1/3 C half and half
3 slices of pasteurized Swiss cheese
3 slices of regular hard Swiss cheese
Dash of nutmeg
1 tsp butter
Mix and roll out a pie crust and form on the bottom of a pie shell (my favorite, or use a preformed store bought [...]
Apricot Fruit Dip (and our award winning, blue ribbon, Apricot Bread!)
8 oz package of cream cheese
6 oz of cool whip
12 oz jar of apricot preserves
Softened cream cheese in the microwave. Beat with a spatula until smooth. Add cool whip, beat until smooth. Add preserves to taste, mix, and refrigerate until use.
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Don’t you just hate the expression, “Spring Splendor”? Okay, so maybe “Spring Splendiferous” would be a better choice because that IS what it IS. The weather is unbelievable, and everything is blooming. In this Newsletter issue, we discuss TroutFest and a listing of other spring festivals, the Casablanca “MakeOver”, and give you the low down on Pancakes!
I’ve experimented with a lot of pancakes in my time. One pancake recipe won an award, and I’ve sent off another pancake recipe to enter in another contest. Both of those recipes have a lot of STUFF in them. The recipe here, is simply the best plain pancake I have ever eaten. I bought Gale [...]
This is one blog where the photos can do all the talking. I think the Smoky Mountains Pottery Festival, held at the Townsend TN Visitor Center, is my favorite of the 26 area festivals each year. The colors, the glazes, the shapes & styles all just knock your socks off. Only takes an hour to walk through & parking is close. Plan on spending a bit of money, although it was reasonably priced. This years date is Sat, June 2nd, 2012.
Winter Squash, Pumpkin
Each fall, we put up a fair sized seasonal display- pumpkins, gourds, mums, baskets, etc.- at our Townsend TN Bed and Breakfast’s front entrance. While it is lovely, you can thank pesky raccoons for this recipe. They found us a couple of years ago and started nibbling on all the edibles. AND they [...]
Spinach Mushroom Frittata
1 T olive oil
1 clove garlic minced
3 oz fresh spinach
4-6 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
1- 10 oz can mild diced tomatoes & green chilies, drained, I use Rotel
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
12 large eggs beaten
1/2 –3/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
This will serve 4 to 6 people depending on what else you are serving with [...]
It’s that time of year, guys and girls, to be thinking of the one you love. If you’re pressed for time, or would rather just visit the Smokies in the spring instead of February for valentines……., In this Newsletter edition we discuss English Toffee, Chocolate Truffles, and Chocolate Dipped Strawberries. Did you pick up on the theme? For those NOT IN LOVE, I threw in my last bear photo. 
The 6th Annual Townsend TN Winter Heritage Festival kept folks busy for four days. The festival is a celebration of human history and cultural traditions of the Tuckaleechee Cove area including Cades Cove, Townsend and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Sausage Tomatoes Eggs Cheese Crouton Casserole
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 pound bulk Italian Sausage
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 C sliced fresh mushrooms
½ C chopped onion
2 ½ C onion and garlic croutons
8 eggs
1 ½ C milk or half and half
1 C (4oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 C (4oz) shredded cheddar cheese
4 Roma Tomatoes, thinly sliced
½ C grated [...]
2011 Award Winning Blueberry Almond Coffee Cake
For the Filling:
6 oz of almond paste, that has been frozen
2 C of blueberries
1 T flour
the zest from 2 lemons
For the Cake Batter:
2 C all-purpose flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
¼ t salt
1 ½ sticks butter (12T) room temperature
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1 C sour cream
2 T [...]
1 medium onion, chopped
2 Tbsp butter
5 C fresh diced tomatoes or 2 cans (14- ½ ounces each) diced tomatoes undrained
2 cans (10 ¾ ounces each) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
1 ½ C milk
1 tsp sugar
½ to 1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp sugar
½ to 1 tsp paprika
1/8 to ¼ tsp garlic powder
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, [...]
I read one of Dwight McCarter’s books, Lost, several years ago. Since then I have never hiked without a whistle. Furthermore, my guests hike with whistles. Period. If you are too macho to wear a whistle, I send you to Pigeon Forge to shop instead of giving you an overview and map of trails in the Park. After a day in Pigeon Forge, you will happily wear a whistle. Over time, I have populated the entire eastern seaboard with at least a gross of Wal-Mart whistles that my guests have taken home in their glove boxes, dreaming of orange and yellow leaves against the blue skies, rivers and mountains of the Smokies.
A year ago I wrote about the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival held in Gatlinburg. For many reasons including space, they moved this year to Maryville College, re-branded themselves as the Smoky Mountain Highland Games, and there is no looking back. Attendance last year was between 2,500-2,700; celebrating this year, for the 30th annual time, the Maryville, TN inaugural event had over 6,000 in attendance.
Most beekeepers are in it for the honey, although others maintain colonies of bees to pollinate crops, or for the beeswax, propolis, pollen or royal jelly. My brother Mike and his son Kane started beekeeping four years ago, primarily for the pollen and propolis, and secondarily for the honey.
Herb and Wildflower Day, at the Townsend Visitor Center, is one of the many smaller festivals that they host all year long in Townsend, TN, but the participants are no less passionate about their subject matter. Booths were set up under the pavilion representing several of the local Herb and Wildflower Nurseries [...]
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