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 have for breakfast than a creamy bowl of oatmeal is one of Mama’s ham and cheese omelets like she used to make me.
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Chicken and Dumplings Ingredients3 or 4 chicken breasts 32 oz Chicken Broth (feel free to use water with bouillon cubes added) 1 can cream of chicken soup 1-10 count can Pilsbury layers biscuits salt and pepper to taste flourInstructionsCook chicken breasts in approx. 4 c. of water until [...]
Pin itOn 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 to thank The Whinging Geezer for his kind words and amazing post. Please go here to read it. He [...]
Pin itGrandmama’s Sweet Potato Pie Add this recipe to ZipList!Sweet Potato Pie IngredientsSweet Potatoes: 1 C sugar 2 Eggs 1 Stick Margarine 1 tsp Vanilla 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) 3.5 oz sweetened flaked coconut Topping: 1 C Brown Sugar 1 Stick Margarine 1 C Flour 1 C Pecans InstructionsPeel and slice sweet potatoes. Place in [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Peanut Butter Balls Ingredients2 C honey or corn syrup 3 C creamy peanut butter 5 C dry milk powder 6 C quick oatsInstructionsMix all together with hand mixer. Form into balls with hands and freeze on waxed paper lined cookie sheets until hardened. Store in freezer [...]
Pin it Peach Cobbler Add this recipe to ZipList!How To Make Peach Cobbler Ingredients4 cups peeled and sliced peaches 2 T. lemon juice 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 t. cinnamon 1 cup milk 1 cup s/r flour 1 cup sugar 1 stick butter or margarine InstructionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt stick of butter in oven [...]
Pin it French Mint Tea 8 regular size tea bags juice of 4 lemons (8T. Realemon) one 12 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate(pulp free) 2 cups sugar handful of fresh mint (2 T. dried mint flakes) In a pot bring to a boil the tea bags, mint and enough water to cover well. Remove [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Squash Casserole Ingredients4 cups sliced yellow squash 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 sleeve buttery round crackers (such as Ritz) 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup milk 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 teaspoon salt ground black pepper to taste 2 tablespoons butterInstructionsPreheat oven to 350. Put [...]
Pin itYou 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 so much more over time, especially once I finally get my cookbooks printed. For now, I love to hand [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Chocolate Cobbler Ingredients1 Cup self Rising Flour 3/4 Cup sugar 2 Tablespoons Cocoa 1/2 Cup Milk 1 teaspoons Vanilla 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup Cocoa 1 3/4 Cup hot tap water 1 Cup chopped pecans (optional)InstructionsMix together flour, sugar, and cocoa. Add milk, vanilla, [...]
Pin it 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 out!”. I mentioned Paula Deen and he quickly let me know that he wasn’t too happy with her [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Pizza Rolls Ingredients2 lbs ground beef, browned and drained 2 Cups Mozzarella 1 Dozen sub rolls 2 – 15 oz jars of pizza sauceInstructionsAdd one and a half jars of pizza sauce to beef in skillet. Stir and cook on medium until bubbly. Slice each bun almost through and [...]
Pin itI 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 ALWAYS do though, is cook large batches at once. I never just cook enough for one meal. I prefer [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Butterscotch Chow Mein Candy Ingredients1 bag Butterscotch chips 1 Tablespoon shortening 1 bag chow mein noodlesInstructionsMelt together chips and shortening. Stir in noodles and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and allow to dry.Google Recipe View Microformatting by ZipList Recipe Plugin1.2 Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on [...]
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 delicious and truly heaven sent!
Pin it 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 Banana Pudding. Instead of pouring it over your Nilla Wafers and Bananas, pour it over a piece [...]
Pin it 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 in their own right and none require a culinary degree, just a few minutes in the kitchen! First off, we’re [...]
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 behind this moist and delicious creation, you’d know what I mean.
Pin itI’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 the rules is that we can’t post the actual recipe, to encourage folks to get the book for themselves. This [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Yellow Cake with Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Icing IngredientsDuncan Hines yellow cake mix, made according to package directions and cooled 1- 1/2 Cups sugar 7 Tablespoons milk 2 Tablespoons Shortening 2 Tablespoons margarine 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 Cup creamy Peanut ButterInstructionsCombine sugar, milk, shortening, margarine, and [...]
Pin itCrock Pot Chicken and Dressing ~My grandmother, Lucille 4 chicken breasts, cooked 2 pans of cornbread or two quarts 2 hamburger or hot dog buns (can use a few slices of white bread) 2 Tablespoons sage 1 medium onion, chopped 2 eggs, hard boiled 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 stick margarine, melted [...]
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Pin itSeptember 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 if the sun had a direct beam spotlighted on each one of us the entire time. WHEW, were we ever [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Homemade Banana Pudding Ingredients1/2 Cup Sugar (or splenda) 1/3 Cup Flour 3 egg yolks 2 Cups milk 1 box Nilla Wafers 5 bananas 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla dash saltInstructionsPlace a layer of Nilla Wafers in the bottom of a medium sized mixing bowl. Slice a banana over the top. Repeat [...]
Pin it Hoe cake seems to be a rather elusive recipe, even among southerners. Apart from my own, I have only one friend whose family still makes it. Even among us though, the variations are vast. His family makes it using corn meal as seems to be the custom among recipes found on the web. [...]
From time to time I run across a person who has never heard of apple butter. When I am finished gasping in horror at the wasted life they have led up until that point, I make it my first order of business to slather some on a biscuit and get it to their mouth as soon as possible.
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Mama Ingredients1 Package Pilsbury Pie Crusts 9-10 apples, two different kinds, one Granny Smith 1/4 Cup Apple Juice 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice 3/4 Cup Sugar 1/4 Cup Corn Starch dash of salt 1 teaspoon Vanilla 1 teaspoon Cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspiceInstructionsPreheat oven to 425. Roll one pie crust out [...]
Pin it Alright, technically this recipe does not fit the usual fare for what I am establishing on this site. However, who doesn’t love those big old cookies we get in the mall? Southerners do, I’m sure! Since I made one last night, why not post the tutorial? This is the quick and easy version. [...]
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Easiest Ever Creamed Corn – Oh My Word Good!
Summer Corn Salad – and THANK YOU for being the “real” reality!
(EASY) Candied Dill Pickles ~ From Julie Hutson
Beefed Up Baked Beans – (and a conversation about nicknames)
Granny’s Chow-Chow ~ From Joyce Bacon
Tomato Mozzarella Melts – and our Hallmark movie road trip
