Congratulations to: Jane E Mae, Betty Hourigan, Rhonda Mellon, Chris Staszuk, and Nancy Morris for winning this giveaway! Thank you to everyone who entered and stay tuned for another great giveaway coming up! All winners have been emailed with instructions on how to claim your prize. Gratefully, Christy What I’m posting on Southern Plate tends [...]
I’m glad I got y’all to keep me up to date on important dates and such because if it wasn’t for you, I’d miss half of the big food events in any given year. Today’s example is Vicky, who informed me that there was a big football game this weekend when she asked me what [...]
Don’t forget to enter to win one of 5 prizes valued at over $100 each! Click here and leave a comment to enter- Winner chosen Sunday! There’s been lots going on on SouthernPlate.com in the last two weeks so I thought I’d bring you a digest of what I’ve been cooking up as well as some [...]
Growing up, we lived just a few streets over from the Lincoln Park projects in Huntsville, Alabama…
Family Adventure Days began when my husband and I realized that while we were all together at home on the weekends, we weren’t actually tuning into each other as a family. With the temptations of video games, tv, and the internet at home, we decided to set aside one day each weekend that we are [...]
A fun, easy, and inexpensive shirt to make for the 100th day of school.
Marketing Your Blog by Christy Jordan Quick notes at a glance Food Blog South 2011 Note: I spoke for about an hour and held a question and answer session to address specific needs of the audience. These are my basic notes of things I went over which I feel hold the most importance in building [...]
I’ve lost count of how many of you have tried this icing since I first brought it to Southern Plate back in 2008 on Red’s birthday cake. Our family tradition has us putting it over a yellow cake but the combination of chocolate brownies paired with this old fashioned boiled icing is a whole new level of old fashioned decadence – so much so that I’m devoting a whole new post to it!
Mention Southern food and whats the first thing that comes to mind? Fried Chicken, lard, deep fried everything. We have a reputation for eating what many consider the most unhealthy food out there but I think that is mostly due to tourists stopping over and getting “authentic” Southern cuisine served at roadside diners. Now don’t [...]
There are so many things in my life that I just know, as they happen, I’ll never forget them. I especially love those pinch myself moments where I think “Wow, how did *I* end up here?”. Last night was one of those for me. Now, keep in mind that I still haven’t digested that I [...]
Picnic Chicken Ingredients2 chickens, cut up 2 teaspoon paprika 1 ½ cups flour 1 egg 2 teaspoon Accent (a dry seasoning found near spices) 1/3 cups milk 1 ½ teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoon thymeInstructionsWash chicken, do not dry. Combine dry ingredients. Beat egg, milk and lemon juice in another plate. Roll [...]
There is a restaurant in Disney World located in the Grand Floridian Resort whose specialty is Strawberry Soup. This is the stuff of legends and the legend is so big that it has reached all the way to North Alabama
Being in a mood for Mexican food, I worked up a slow cooker fiesta chicken that’ll have you doing the Mexican hat dance – if you know the Mexican hat dance. Umm, which I don’t.
Blue Ribbon Brownies – From Susan Spencer Ingredients1 cup shortening 4 eggs 4 squares unsweetened baker’s chocolate 2 cups sugar 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup nuts 1 ½ teaspoon salt InstructionsMelt shortening and chocolate together. Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Beat eggs, add [...]
It’s been an odd week here in Alabama. A lot of us have experienced being snowed in for the first time in our life and I think just about everyone (in Alabama and beyond) have kept winter at bay by cooking up a storm in their kitchen! I thought I’d compile a list of what [...]
Last week I asked if anyone had questions they’d like me to answer on Facebook. I got some GREAT questions and really appreciate you taking the time to ask them. I did a series of videos (I think I ended up with seven or eight of them) and I thought I’d bring you a couple [...]
“When you think of me, you must think of me as one who is truly happy. It is true, I want a great many things I haven’t got, but I don’t want them enough to be discontented and not enjoy the many blessings that are mine. I have my home among the blue mountains, my [...]
The following is me answering a question about how I lost weight. I wrote this over a year ago when folks started noticing I was going down in size and started asking me about it pretty regularly. I have had a very busy couple of years and have had to change my eating habits to [...]
Deeply chocolate, moist, delicious, and simple to make!
At the first sign of chill in the air, BBQ joints around here start cranking out this delicious stew.
Snow Cream 
IngredientsDishpan of fresh, clean snow (or shaved ice) 1 can Sweetened condensed milk 1-10 kidsInstructionsCombine snow and sweetened condensed milk. Stir well. Hand over to kids. Discourage snow cream fights because they are sticky to clean up. Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.2http://www.southernplate.com/2011/01/snow-cream.html Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare [...]
They’re saying it’s gonna snow again but here in Alabama we get twenty snow warnings to every snowflake that drops so I’ll hold off on expectations of a winter wonderland. After all, we already had one miracle in the past thirty days. Whether we get snow or not the temperature is still dropping so I [...]
A lot of folks have asked me how my life is changed and what it is like for me right now. Today I finished an interview for a magazine and the writer asked some pretty intensive questions. In answering them, I realized that there are a lot of things I haven’t talked with you about [...]
We just returned from a much needed family vacation. The entire time I was on my book tour, traveling and away from my kids, we were looking forward to our family trip to Disney World, our favorite place on earth to go! In fact, that was what was on my mind the entire time I [...]
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