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olivesandcherries Private Chef & Caterer from Houston, TX. I’ve had the privilege of catering many weddings and events. https://favchef.com/2024/carmen-reddy

Catering to people's diverse dietary lifestyles allows me to dig deep creatively to satisfy everyone's palate.

Buttery Drop Biscuits ♥️🙌🏽♥️This recipe will 8 large biscuits.Preheat oven to 425 degrees.Ingredients:2 cups all-purpose...
15/06/2025

Buttery Drop Biscuits ♥️🙌🏽♥️

This recipe will 8 large biscuits.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup FROZEN butter plus about 2 more tablespoons for finishing.
1 cup cold milk

For best results, you will want to use a food processor to combine the dry ingredients with the butter because the warmth of your hand will melt the butter into the dough and you want to keep it as cold as possible while baking.

Once combined, place in stainless steel bowl and slowly drizzle in the cold milk. Using a fork, mix in until well combined. The dough will be a little clumpy and sticky.

Scoop onto parchment paper lined sheet pan. Each drop should be slightly bigger than a golf ball.

Bake 12-15 minutes until a rich golden color on the tops.

Remove and place a small pat of butter on the tops.

Enjoy!! ♥️♥️♥️

A beautiful heirloom tomato ♥️
11/06/2025

A beautiful heirloom tomato ♥️

Queso!!1/4 c all purpose flour 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter 2 c whole milk (you may need a little more)5 slices Amer...
08/06/2025

Queso!!

1/4 c all purpose flour
4 tablespoons of unsalted butter
2 c whole milk (you may need a little more)
5 slices American cheese
1/2 shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 shredded cheddar jack cheese
1 c my homemade red salsa (see recipe in another post)
2 large jalapeños- sliced with seeds and pan fried in 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Start by making a roux with the butter and flour over medium high heat. Once combined, slowly whisk in milk.

Add American cheese and whisk until melted in.

Add salsa and cheddar cheeses mix until well combined.

Next, add in pan fried jalapeños with the oil. If the queso is not soon enough, add a little bit more milk.

To make the corn chips, you get a stack of yellow corn tortillas and cut into your desired chip size. Pan fry in vegetable oil or you may use peanut or canola oil over high heat. Place chips in a paper towel lined bowl and season generously with salt.

Enjoy!!

Super Fideo!!! Pan fried fideo and jasmine rice with roasted poblanos and black beans ♥️🙌🏽♥️What you’ll need:1 box Qual...
03/06/2025

Super Fideo!!!

Pan fried fideo and jasmine rice with roasted poblanos and black beans ♥️🙌🏽♥️

What you’ll need:

1 box Quality Fideo (in yellow box)
1 c jasmine rice
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
4 c chicken stock (or vegetable stock for a vegan dish)
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tablespoons of minced garlic
1/2 can El Pato Hot Tomato Sauce (yellow can)
2 roasted, peeled and chopped poblanos
1/2 yellow onion - diced small
1 can organic black beans - rinsed and drained
Cilantro - rough chopped to mix in and garnish
Salt & pepper to taste

Heat oil in a deep sauté pan over medium high heat. Add fideo and rice and pan fry until golden brown. Some of the fideo will be darker (this only adds to the flavor - dark though, DO NOT BURN IT). After about 2 min, add the onion and continue to pan fry for about another minute.

Mix the tomato sauce in the stock with the cumin and the garlic.

Now add the stock and the poblanos. Lower temp and cover, allowing to cook the rice and fideo.. give or take about 10-15 minutes.

About midway through the cooking process, add the black beans and cilantro. Cover and allow the flavors to do its thing ♥️

by now, you’re home should smell wonderful.. Garnish with cilantro and serve with warm tortillas.

Enjoy! From my heart to your table ♥️

These were a hit for my son’s end of season soccer game. All you need to do is hit up your favorite donut shop and play...
01/06/2025

These were a hit for my son’s end of season soccer game. All you need to do is hit up your favorite donut shop and play soccer ball rings in the center. Super cute, don’t ya think?! ♥️⚽️🙌🏽⚽️♥️

Soccer Candy Kabobs made with hand-dipped sprinkle coveredGhirardelli White Chocolate marshmallows and all the sweet and...
28/05/2025

Soccer Candy Kabobs made with hand-dipped sprinkle coveredGhirardelli White Chocolate marshmallows and all the sweet and sour gummies ♥️🍭♥️⚽️♥️🍭♥️

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Shrimp & Bacon Tacos topped with a Jalapeño Avocado & Cilantro Aioli served with a side of Chorizo Shiner Bock Beans & R...
19/05/2025

Shrimp & Bacon Tacos topped with a Jalapeño Avocado & Cilantro Aioli served with a side of Chorizo Shiner Bock Beans & Roasted Poblano & Tomatillo Rice.

The shrimp was sautéed in butter & extra virgin olive oil with the juice of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, a few dashes of paprika and 1 teaspoon of ancho chili powder. Salt & Pepper to taste.

The bacon was pan fried separately until crispy.

For the aioli:

One small avocado
A handful of cilantro
2 roasted jalapeños
The juice of two limes
One cup, Mexican crema
1/3 c Hellman’s Mayo
2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
Salt & Pepper to Taste

The beans are actually HEB’s Shiner Bock Beans and I just added cooked beef chorizo. They were delicious!

For the rice:

Three roasted tomatillos, a half of a small yellow onion, medium galic bulb, cut in half, all roasted with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

Add 2 cups chicken stock with everything and blend until it liquifies.

Add 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil to a saucepan over medium high heat add in 2 cups of jasmine rice to lightly pan fry, do not toast. You just want the rice to incorporate the oil and turn slightly opaque. This process should take less than two minutes.

Add 2 cups of chicken stock and roasted poblano and tomatillo mixture with 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock.

Bring to a soft boil over high heat then reduce to low heat, cover slightly and allow to simmer for about 25 to 30 minutes.

The tacos were topped with freshly shredded purple cabbage, cilantro, cojita cheese and the aioli. CHEF’S KISS!

Today was World Cup Day at my son’s soccer game ♥️⚽️♥️🙌🏽♥️ these are the rainbow cupcakes topped with a salted Mexican V...
18/05/2025

Today was World Cup Day at my son’s soccer game ♥️⚽️♥️🙌🏽♥️ these are the rainbow cupcakes topped with a salted Mexican Vanilla Buttercream ♥️🙌🏽♥️

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Mini Cannoli Cups - this recipe will make approximately 50 mini cups ♥️15 ounces ricotta - wrapped in cheesecloth and pl...
11/05/2025

Mini Cannoli Cups - this recipe will make approximately 50 mini cups ♥️

15 ounces ricotta - wrapped in cheesecloth and placed in a colander in a large bowl overnight in the refrigerator to allow any excess liquid to drain.

2 tablespoons Mexican Vanilla (you may also use regular vanilla or even better, vanilla bean pods too!)

The zest and juice of 1 large navel orange

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar plus more for garnish

1/4 c granulated sugar

A few twists of pink Himalayan salt

Mix all of the above and divide in to two parts if you’re making two kinds..

For the pistachio honey cups: you’ll need about 2 tablespoons of partially crushed pistachios for the tops of 25, plus about 1 tablespoon of honey for drizzling. I used Wilton piping tip #32 for the pistachio cups.

For the miniature chocolate chip version, you’ll need to fold in about a cup of mini semi sweet chocolate chips, reserving about a heaping tablespoon for the tops.

I used a Wilton 1A piping tip for the chocolate chip ones but you may certainly use a spoon to fill each cup.

The cups are Athens Phyllo Mini Cups and can be found in the frozen pastries section at most supermarkets. They’re so good! And very inexpensive ♥️🙌🏽♥️

Pan Fried Lemon Butter Shrimp & Scallops tossed in a Linguini Alfredo Pasta For the shrimp and scallops, I browned butte...
03/05/2025

Pan Fried Lemon Butter Shrimp & Scallops tossed in a Linguini Alfredo Pasta

For the shrimp and scallops, I browned butter in a hot skillet over medium high heat and squeezed fresh lemon juice over it while cooking. Seasoned with few twists of pink Himalayan salt and cracked pepper. For the scallops, I lightly coated in flour before cooking the same way as I made the shrimp. Remove after a few minutes and set aside.

Boil pasta as you prefer in extra salted water. We like ours al dente. *Reserve about 1/2 c pasta water

For the sauce:

1/2 c unsalted butter
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 1/2 c heavy whipping cream
2 Cups Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
Finely chopped fresh parsley for garnish
Pasta water as mentioned above
A few twists of pink Himalayan salt and cracked pepper to taste.

Melt butter over medium heat and then whisk in flour to create a roux. Should be a nice blonde color.

Whisk in heavy cream until smooth.

Add a little pasta water to thin it out and allow pasta to “stick”. Season with S & P.

Toss in shrimp & scallops.

Garnish with parsley ♥️

Serve immediately & Enjoy!

Clyde’s Chex Mix ♥️My 8 year old created this recipe for his buddies and so far, it’s been a huge hit!This batch made en...
03/05/2025

Clyde’s Chex Mix ♥️

My 8 year old created this recipe for his buddies and so far, it’s been a huge hit!

This batch made enough for 15 good bags.. you could probably stretch it though or just have a huge bowl of it for a party.

You’ll need the following ingredients (and of course you can add anything you want!)

1 box Chocolate Chex Cereal
1 10 ounce bag semisweet mini chocolate chips
1 10 ounce bag of mini marshmallows
1 box Teddy Grams (we used Honey Grahams)
1 box Chocolate Teddy Grahams (in this recipe, we used Annie’s Chocolate Bunny Grahams though)
1 large bag of M & M’s (we also threw in some mini M & M’s)

Mix all of the above in a very large bowl.

Store in an air tight container or it’ll go stale.

It’ll be a hit! Enjoy!

Chicken & Waffles ♥️ Both recipes can be found on this page for you to try and enjoy! These were a HIGE hit at a baby s...
30/04/2025

Chicken & Waffles ♥️

Both recipes can be found on this page for you to try and enjoy! These were a HIGE hit at a baby shower ♥️🙌🏽♥️

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