Read Kitten Kaboodle (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 20) Online
Authors: Kathi Daley
My family spent a week every summer in Sunset Beach, NC, where one of the meals we all enjoyed was the Low Country Boil, with shrimp we got fresh off the fishing boats. We always used an outside cooker with a 7–8-quart stockpot, but you can do it inside with a big pot. There is a lot of steam involved, so outside is really convenient.
Bottle of white wine
Old Bay Seasoning 1 tbs. per quart of water
3 lbs. small potatoes, left whole
3 lbs. smoked sausage (we prefer andouille), cut in 3–4" pieces
6–8 ears corn, cut in half (we used Darke County Ohio corn brought from home)
3–4 lbs. shrimp, unpeeled
Fill the stockpot about halfway with water and add the bottle of wine. Bring to boil. Add the seasoning and let simmer for a few minutes.
Add the potatoes to the pot and allow the water to return to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add the sausage and cook for 15 more minutes. Add the corn and cook for 10 more minutes. Check the potatoes to make sure they are done; if not, cook another minute or two before you add the shrimp. Add the shrimp and cook for about 3–4 minutes until pink—depending on the size of shrimp you use, it can take a little more or less time—you need to watch it when you add the shrimp and watch until they turn pink.
Drain in a colander and discard the cooking liquid.
Put on a big platter or line a picnic table with butcher paper and dig in.
Serve with a crusty loaf of bread.
Serves 6–8
This has the southern flavors of bananas and peaches. It can be modified using pineapple or pineapple-orange preserves for a tropical bar cookie. These banana and peach bar cookies were created while we were staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Atlanta, GA, using family pantry items.
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1 cup peach preserves (divided in two ½ cup portions)
1 egg
½ tsp. vanilla
In mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the ½ cup preserves, egg, and vanilla to the creamed mixture; mix well.
⅔ cup all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. baking soda
⅛ tsp. salt
1 very ripe small banana, mashed (¼ cup)
½ cup flaked coconut
Thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into creamed mixture. Blend in the mashed banana and coconut; mix well. Spread in greased 9 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees until cookies test done, 23–25 minutes.
½ cup peach preserves
¼ cup chopped almonds
Spread warm cookies with the remaining ½ cup preserves. Sprinkle with the chopped almonds. Cool cookies thoroughly; cut into bars.
Makes 24
Note: Use peach preserves. Jelly does
not
work for this recipe.
Come for the murder, stay for the romance.
Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery:
Halloween Hijinks
The Trouble With Turkeys
Christmas Crazy
Cupid’s Curse
Big Bunny Bump-off
Beach Blanket Barbie
Maui Madness
Derby Divas
Haunted Hamlet
Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies
Christmas Cozy
Alaskan Alliance
Matrimony Meltdown
Soul Surrender
Heavenly Honeymoon
Hopscotch Homicide
Ghostly Graveyard
Santa Sleuth
Shamrock Shenanigans
Kitten Kaboodle
Whales and Tails Cozy Mystery:
Romeow and Juliet
The Mad Catter
Grimm’s Furry Tail
Much Ado About Felines
Legend of Tabby Hollow
Cat of Christmas Past
A Tale of Two Tabbies
The Great Catsby –
July 2016
Seacliff High Mystery:
The Secret
The Curse
The Relic
The Conspiracy
The Grudge
Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery:
Murder at Dolphin Bay
Murder at Sunrise Beach –
June 2016
Road to Christmas Romance:
Road to Christmas Past
Kathi Daley
lives with her husband, kids, grandkids, and Bernese mountain dogs in beautiful Lake Tahoe. When she isn’t writing, she likes to read (preferably at the beach or by the fire), cook (preferably something with chocolate or cheese), and garden (planting and planning, not weeding). She also enjoys spending time on the water when she’s not hiking, biking, or snowshoeing the miles of desolate trails surrounding her home.
Kathi uses the mountain setting in which she lives, along with the animals (wild and domestic) that share her home, as inspiration for her cozy mysteries.
Kathi is a top 100 mystery writer for Amazon and she won the 2014 award for both Best Cozy Mystery Author and Best Cozy Mystery Series.
She currently writes four series: Zoe Donovan Cozy Mysteries, Whales and Tails Island Mysteries, Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mysteries, and Seacliff High Teen Mysteries.
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