
We had a wonderful year here at Bountiful and Southern Plate and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed getting to spend time with my Southern Plate family. As we look towards 2010, lots of great things are in store for us, including a Southern Plate cookbook which will be released in the fall [...]

If you’re planning on having a traditional Southern New Years Day dinner, go get your black eyed peas now before they sell out! I mentioned this on the Southern Plate Family page and some readers are already reporting not being able to find any. While you’re at it, pick up some collards or turnip greens [...]

CONGRATULATIONS TO Libby Rouse and Kristeen (of The Gough Inn) on winning the $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook Giveaway! Please email your mailing addresses to me at service@southernplate.com and I’ll get those right out to you! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I know we sure did. My in laws came for a nice [...]
Dec 28 2009 | Posted in
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Merry Christmas to the whole, big, wonderful Southern Plate Family! Thank you for all that you have given me and my family this year. We cherish each and every one of you. I’d love to make this post our family Christmas card for everyone so please “sign” it by leaving a comment. We had a [...]
Dec 23 2009 | Posted in
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Old Fashioned Stovetop Hot Chocolate Ingredients1/2 cup Granulated Sugar 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 4+1/2 cups Whole Milk 1/2 teaspoon – vanilla (optional) InstructionsIn medium saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa and 1/2 C milk. Stir constantly over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Add milk and heat; do [...]

To view a full index of all of the recipes I’ve posted (about three hundred), click here. Thank you so much for visiting! Gratefully, Christy For me, the ultimate Christmas treat (besides anything and everything my mother makes) is fudge! Decadent, rich, and so good you’d best not make it too many other times of [...]

This weekend my family is having their Christmas get together. Although we aren’t an overly large family (about sixteen of us when all assembled at my mother’s house), it isn’t often that we are all able to get together at the same time, usually no more than two or three times a year. With many [...]
Dec 18 2009 | Posted in
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What happened to my Bradybug? I swear he was a baby yesterday and look at him now, growing up before my eyes. Each morning its as if there is a new child waiting for me to meet! Brady hasn’t been on Southern Plate in a while because as he has grown, so has his schedule. [...]

There is something about Christmas that makes a body pull all they hold dear close to their heart. Though it may seem to focus on material things on the onset, most of us quickly see right through the commercial aspects to the underlying motive of just wanting to show someone you love how much they [...]
Dec 15 2009 | Posted in
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CONGRATULATIONS TO PAULA CRAIN and JAMIE WALLACE! Paula won the Red Kettle and Jamie won the Voice Activated Coffee Maker. Both are email subscribers, commented on the post, and Paula also posted on her facebook page. Please email your mailing addresses to service@southernplate.com. Thank you all! Today I’m bringing you a chance to win one [...]
Dec 13 2009 | Posted in
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This stuff is evil. Bad. Horrible. I cannot be left alone in the house with it ~takes a ragged breath and hangs her head in shame~ I love this stuff! Mama and Grandmama both have their own recipes for Chex mix but today I’m bringing you Mama’s because it is the quickest, easiest, and has [...]

If you know someone who has a little girl, please send them the link to this post! I hope y’all will indulge me yet again as I drift away from food and bring you something to thrill the little girls in your life – without breaking the bank! I still have plenty of Christmas recipes [...]

One thing can definitely be said for kids: They keep you on your toes! I haven’t had a speck of dust settle on me since I became a mother ten and a half years ago (wow, has it really been that long?). Last night was no different, of course. As Brady and Daddy were getting [...]

This time of year brings out the absolute best in folks. Unfortunately, the stress and crazed spending also tend to bring out a bit of the worst from time to time as well. With our goal being to enjoy the season and cherish the true spirit of the holidays, I thought I’d bring you the [...]
Dec 7 2009 | Posted in
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Inexpensive, quick, easy, and you may already have the ingredients!

Today I’m bringing you my last puff pastry post for Pepperidge Farm, a flaky and delicious Rustic Apple Strudel. The recipe is based off of one I found on their website, with a few minor alterations, most notably the term “rustic”, which I will explain in just a minute. I call this my “Rustic” Apple [...]
Dec 2 2009 | Posted in
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