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Y’all said you wanted quick and …

Welcome to Southern Plate’s Canning Tutorial, complete with music!
At the bottom of this post you’ll find additional handy recipes for home canning. This video is just another sign that I have an incredibly low threshold …

The first time I remember hearing of a chess pie was as a little girl at my grandmother’s house. There was this pie on their dining room table and my grandparents and their friends had …

*The canning tutorial is being postponed. I will have it up this weekend. I got a spark of inspiration in the middle of the night last night which resulted in me singing Harry Connick Jr …

I created this chart for you all to use as inspiration. It is meant as a handy helper, giving you ideas and a formula to create your own casseroles. My Country Casserole and Cheesy Chicken …

Cheesy sauce, yellow saffron rice, tender chicken and broccoli, this casserole spells comfort food with a capital “C” for me. After a week in Disney, eating out at every meal, I came home longing for …

I need your input!
Southern Plate is growing with every post and adding photographs of each recipe on the sidebar is beginning to make the page very long. Right now, I don’t even have the last …

My mother has always called this Better Than Robert Redford cake. No disrespect to Mr. Redford, but in 2008, I feel its time for a new name. I have often heard it referred to as …

Hi, I’m Donna from Yellow Jeep Blonde and Christy invited me to be a guest blogger today on Southern Plate!” I am so excited!

My website is a fairly new adventure, but …

*This is a continuation of the dinner I am featuring one dish at a time on Southern Plate while I am in Disney World! I do hope you enjoy it!*
Who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? This …

Welcome to another edition of Southern Plate News! Just in case I haven’t said it enough , I’m in Disney World right now! ~stops for oohs and ahhs~. I wanted to go ahead and get …

My next several posts are going to be all from the same meal (I have already posted the salad dressing and the dessert!).
This was one of our “fancier” meals growing up and when Mama made …

You may recognize this as a “trifle” but here in the south, we call them “punch bowl cakes”. Any southern lady worth her weight in salt has at least one pretty glass punch bowl, usually …

If you like Thousand Island Dressing, here is your warning: tasting this homemade dressing will officially ruin you for all other versions.
We eat this on hamburgers, salads (of course), dip carrots in it, celery sticks, …

How many of you remember crumbling up cornbread into a glass of sweet milk and eating it with a spoon after supper?
This was a special treat we ALWAYS did when spending the night with my …

This is one of my absolute favorite meals that my mother made growing up. Tender steak smothered in creamy and flavorful milk gravy, this dish is yet another bit of proof that simple food is …

I had a ball with apple week and I have really enjoyed all of the recipes from Southern Plate readers!
After a week of apple dishes though, I’m ready for a good and hearty meal or …

Hello Everyone! My name is Tina, and I am so excited to be a Guest Blogger at Southern Plate. First off I want to say thank you to Christy for extending me this wonderful invitation …

As promised, I have our two winners of Apple Week! Each winner will receive a Southern Plate prize pack of a Southern Plate Cookbook and an apron made my my mother!
I used Random.org again …

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week as much as I have. Be sure to check out the other great apple recipes I have posted. My final recipe (but by no means the last one in …

This is the recipe I reach for when I want something quick, homemade, delicious, and impressive. They require so little effort and can be made almost as quickly as they disappear!
Tender apples sauteed in butter …

We have a tradition each year which has held since I was old enough to remember. My entire family piles in the car and we drive to Toney, Alabama to pay a visit to Scott’s …

*I am sorry for not responding to comments as often as I normally do this week. I am running apple week on this website as well as my blog for al.com so I am hopping …

We had these ALL THE TIME Growing up. ALL THE TIME,. I tell ya! That right there is proof that young adults are lacking in good judgment. Anyone in their right mind would have never …