Shonali Thomas

Shonali Thomas lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband, Eric and 4 year old daughter, Shaiyla. Her love of food and cooking began in her “mud kitchen” as a child and has flourished into the kitchens of many home cooks around the country. She published her first cookbook, “Shonal’s Kitchen;, The Eclectic Home Chef” in November, 2007 and in 2009, she began SplenDishes by Shonali and began selling her gourmet foods at local farmers markets, gourmet grocery stores and through her online store. SplenDishes Gourmet Foods, LLC has continued to flourish with its recipe blog and facebook page and continues to bring a new legion of fellow foodies who follow from and order her creations from all around the globe.

Pimento Cheese & Bacon Boats

Top recipes that will score big at your next tailgate party

Bring on football baby!  The 6 month wait is finally over.  The NFL already has a few preseason games under its belt with 1 week left until the official season starts and kickoff to the college football season starts today. Its game time! I’m a Carolina Panther fan and I can’t wait to find out if the Panthers […]

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Cucumber tea sandwich, Wimbledon recipes

Top classic recipes that will make your Breakfast at Wimbledon a Grand Slam

Breakfast at Wimbledon! ‘Tis time for some tennis and not just any tennis.  This is Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious of tournaments in the tennis world today.  With that history, comes tradition and many of those traditions have stayed in place for the past 137 years. The favorite among that tradition is strawberries and cream. It

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Grilled Peaches with prosciutto

Top grilling recipes that will make your 4th of July party pop!

Summer Grillin’! The summer solstice may have just began last week, but it sure has felt like summer for the last 2 months, weather wise. Sunshine and beautiful weather equal firing up the grill and hanging out with friends! My husband is known on my social media circuit as “The Grill Master”, he can grill

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Recipes for Kentucky Derby party, Pickled shrimp with cucumber

Top 5 recipes that will make your weekend Kentucky Derby party a success

It’s Kentucky Derby time and the Run for the Roses is about to begin!  If you aren’t able to cross off actually attending the most prestigious sporting event in the world, Shonal’s Kitchen can help you plan a fabulous home party.  It may be the most exciting 2 minutes in sports, but let’s make this

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Top 5 recipes that will make your weekend Masters party a success

  Who’s ready for the 2016 Masters?! If you’re lucky enough to experience the Masters Golf Tournament in person, than that’s one thing to cross off the ol’ bucket list. If it’s still on the list, don’t worry, Shonal’s Kitchen has it covered, for all you fans watching at home! Not only is the game

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