Paula Deen shared her tips for making a delicious orange coffee cake on the Today show with Al Roker.  I love coffee cake (even though I don’t drink coffee) so it’s always nice to see a new take on this classic treat.  There was a bit of a fiasco in the kitchen when a man was found hiding behind a counter but then things quickly got back on track.
Paula used canned biscuits in her recipe along with sugar, orange zest, nuts and cream cheese.  It looked really simple to make!  I would have never thought of making a cake this …read more

I love Paula Deen.  I think there’s something so down-to-earth and fun about her but, of course, her food looks really good as well. 
Now she’s come out with a book called Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunchbox Set so that she can offer some great meal ideas for kids.  I think it’s great because we adults sometimes are so rushed that we have to grab something quick but children usually don’t have that luxury.  Plus, it’s so much better to plan ahead so that they can have something nutritious to eat.
With Paula on the Today show, some kids made …read more

Despite the fact that they usually look really high in calories and fat, I always end up drooling over Paula Deen’s recipes.  They look so delicious and rich (and, of course, bad for you!) but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the occasional splurge…
On the Today show, she created a lemon-flavored coconut cake (get the recipe!) with homemade icing.  She suggested that people in a hurry can use a lemon cake mix but, if time permits, she recommended getting a yellow cake mix and adding fresh lemon flavoring to it.  YUM.  I can already taste it!  I love lemon …read more

Chef Paula Deen is one of my favorites on the Food Network.  She makes down-home southern food and my mouth is watering just thinking about it.  Paula joked that their sofa is as hard as her arteries (funny but scary!).  Joy Behar joked that Jenny Craig thinks Paula is a terrorist (ha ha!). 
I just adore how candid, honest and self-deprecating she can be because it puts you immediately at ease.  She’s the sweetest, funniest lady.  The hilarious stories just kept on coming and included snippets about how she found her husband, the time Kathy Griffin slept over at her …read more