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Archive for: 2011

Simple Party Punch (Can be made Sugar Free!)

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A delicious punch that everyone will enjoy!

Happy Day After Christmas – Our Family Video for 2012

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Video features “Happy Day After Christmas” by Matthew West from his Heart Of Christmas album. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by family and friends (and some good food, too!). This video contains some photos of my Christmas dinner as well as video and photos of our family throughout the year. The song [...]

My Christmas Menu 2011 – and A Post For YOUR Christmas Wishes!

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Please leave your Christmas Wishes for the Southern Plate family in the comments section on this post! Thank you!  MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I hope you are having a wonderful holiday and I hope you all have an abundance of Christmas in your heart! I wanted to send you our Christmas card and share with you what [...]

Icebox Fruitcake

Icebox Fruitcake Ingredients1 box graham crackers (14.4 oz) 1 cup pecans 1 jar maraschino cherries (10 oz) 1 tablespoons cherry juice 1 cup raisins 1 cup shredded coconut, firmly packed 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz) InstructionsFinely crush graham crackers and coarsely chop pecans and drained cherries. Combine all [...]

3-Cheese Tortellini Party Wreath

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An unbelievably quick party entree that is sure to impress!

Big Old List Of Christmas Candies & Gift Mixes on Southern Plate

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  There are around 500 recipes so far on SouthernPlate.com so it can get a bit overwhelming at times. Today I thought I’d pick out a few of my Christmas Candy and Gift Mix posts to make your holidays a bit easier. Feel free to browse through the entire index of recipes on Southern Plate my [...]

My 14 Favorite Things For Christmas – GIVEAWAY

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I went shopping for you!

Fruitcake Bar Cookies

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Dried fruit layered with cinnamon, brown sugar, and just enough flour and butter to hold it all together until it reaches your mouth!

Original Mud Hens

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Chocolate Chip Cookie bars with Brown Sugar Meringue..oh yeah

Chocolate Chip Cloud Cookies

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My nephew came up with the name for these yummy meringue cookies

Happy Thanksgiving Note Before I Unplug

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I’m about to unplug for a few days to focus on my family but wanted to leave you with little note before I do.  Dear Southern Plate Family, This time of year we sometimes find ourselves glancing “over the fence” at the family celebrations of our friends and neighbors with a wistful sigh. Its so [...]

Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas – Plus TV Segment

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  I had a wonderful time at Great Day Houston a few weeks back when I went to film a segment on Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas for Southern Living. Below is the segment if you’d like to see it. After that, be sure and scroll down for easy and inexpensive ideas for some homemade gifts [...]

BLACK FRIDAY GIVEAWAY! Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer & MORE!

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Congratulations to Patti Skaggs! Her comment was chosen using random.org to win this great giveaway. Thank you to everyone who entered. More great giveaways are coming thanks to you! While lots of stores are offering great deals, I’m teaming up with Masterbuilt to GIVE one Lucky Southern Plate Family Member A Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey [...]

Most Popular Recipes Thanksgiving Week

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Some of the most popular recipes this week!

Cranberry Crunch – and Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past

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My mother got this recipe from a lunch lady when she was little…

Win an Entire Set of Calphalon!

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Enter to win this entire set of Calphalon!

Creamy Chicken Skillet

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This just makes your stomach feel good when you eat it.

Coming up This Week!

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If you missed my guest appearance on Paula Deen’s Best Dishes, it airs again today, November 7th at 5:00 Eastern (Please check times in your area) and again November 14th at 12:00 PM Eastern on Food Network. This is gonna be a hectic week, but in a good way! I have to do a little [...]

What Paula Deen Is Really Like (My day with her)

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My day with Paula Deen

Faux Pecan Pie

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A welcome treat for your Thanksgiving, Christmas, or holiday dinner!

Cook The Cover With Me! November 2011 Southern Living

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Come into my kitchen as I cook the cover of Southern Living!

Ma-maw’s Salmon Patties ~From Marla

My Ma-maw used to make these for me every time I went to her for advice when I was a teenager.

14 Favorite Soup and Stew Recipes

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A great collection of soups and stews recipes!

Crispy Breaded Pork Chops with Milk Gravy (and MeMe’s Mashed Potatoes!)

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Crispy Breaded Pork Chops with Milk Gravy Ingredients4 Pork Chops (I prefer thicker, boneless ones but you can use whatever type you like) 1 sleeve saltine crackers 2 eggs Milk Gravy 3 tablespoons bacon grease (optional but sure is good) 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, or to taste [...]

Harvest Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls

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Harvest Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls IngredientsNote: This recipe makes one pan of Cinnamon Rolls 1 loaf frozen white bread dough (such as Rhode’s) 1/4 Cup butter or margarine, softened 1 Cup brown sugar, packed 3 Tablespoon ground cinnamon *Can do less to taste 1/2 cup dried cranberries (can use raisins or dried cherries) 1/2 cup pecans, [...]

Potato Chip Cookies

Potato Chip Cookies Ingredients2 -1/2 oz almonds (Optional, I omit them) 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla 1 cup crushed potato chips 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour InstructionsGrease cookie sheet(s). Cream together butter and sugar, then vanilla. Alternate adding in chips and flour. Add almonds last. The dough will have [...]

The Meals I Crave Most When I’m Away From Home

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There are certain things I always find myself wanting…

These Are My Glasses – Story Time Video

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Today, instead of reading a book, I thought we could sing a song about reading book! This is a great song my Laurie Berkner and I know you’ll love it. So get out your glasses! Check out all of my Story Time Videos below!  The Little Red Hen Click, Clack, Moo! Cows That Type Bark, George [...]

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