Article Archive for July 2008
I’m not sure if it is popular or “in” anymore (I’m not sure if anything I do is popular or in anymore…) but I love and adore oatmeal. In fact, the only thing I’d rather …
Chicken and Dumplings, like most southern food, evolved out of necessity and practicality. Back in the day, chicken was a treat and not something offered or even available on a regular basis. Whenever it was, …
On my way home from our little weekend trip, I received the nicest email from a gentleman complimenting my blog and offering up a link to a post he had written about it. I want …
Down south we do love our sweet potatoes. Most restaurants (if they know whats good for them!) serve some form of sweet potatoes as a side dish. Steak houses offer them in place of a …
Great recipe for the kids to help with!
Peanut butter balls were a staple in our school lunchrooms. Word got around fast on the day the lunch ladies were making them and we all looked …
Mama isn’t kidding when she says “fresh” peach cobbler…
This is one of my mother’s recipes and she took all of these photographs. I wasn’t even there for a bite of it! Mama has always had …
This is one of my mother’s all time favorite drinks in the summer. Of course, when you live in the south, anything served over ice quickly becomes a favorite. This drink, however, is different. Think …
I will be the first to admit, I am a recent convert to squash. However, in my defense I would like to say that I never actually tried it until a few years ago. I …
You didn’t even know there was a contest, did ya?Well, I wanted to do something and have been racking my brain trying to come up with a way to give back. I hope to do …
Growing up, we had this probably once a week. I always thought it was because everyone liked it so much but according to Mama, the frequency of this dessert had a lot more to do …
My friend, Michael, called me this week and threatened to put a hit out on me if I keep proliferating our once guarded recipes. He said “It ain’t right you giving all of these things …
Alright, technically, this isn’t a southern recipe in my mind. Then again, technically, if I am a southerner and I reside in the south and I make this - its southern food, right?
The main thing …
I don’t always brown my beef this way, sometimes I use the traditional method of cooking it in a pan and standing over it chopping, stirring, chopping, stirring…yeah sometimes I do that. One thing I …
Today we have our first guest blogger! My son, Brady, has always loved to tinker about in the kitchen. He comes up with fabulous recipes (like when he slices bananas, mixes them with raisins, and …
This is my family’s favorite use for leftover Banana Bread. They will actually avoid eating it the day I make it in order to have some leftover for french toast! This is beyond …
Another great way to use leftover Banana Bread! This is my personal favorite, although the Banana Bread French Toast is my husband and son’s favorite.
Mix up a batch of pudding from the recipe for Homemade …
Grab that leftover loaf of banana bread! As promised yesterday, I am about to give you not one, not two, but THREE things to do with leftover Banana Bread! They are each divine …
Leave it to southerners to find a way to make something delicious out of rotting fruit. Alright so “ripe” bananas aren’t exactly rotting but if you’ve seen the state of some bananas that have been …
I’m a member of a blogging community called “Tuesdays With Dorie”. Each Tuesday we make a specific dish out of Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook and post a photo of it on our blog. One of …
Today, we’re going to do a quick and easy recipe with a big old root system behind it. The cake we’re going to use is just a boxed mix because, well it’s not the cake …
We do dressing differently in the south. Dressing is moist and delicious, served steaming with sides of cranberry sauce and ample amounts of chicken or turkey inside. Often reserved for holidays, my grandmother changed all …
This morning I was making biscuits when my daughter announced that she wanted chocolate for breakfast. Hey, the gal is smart. Even at the tender age of three, she knows what she needs. As I …
I want to preface this recipe by saying that I’ve found bread pudding tends to be rather polarizing – folks either love it or hate it. That having been said, if you are not a …
September 22, 2008
They are serious about the state motto on Florida, it really IS the Sunshine State! We have never been to Disney World when it was this hot before. It was as …
