Make Your Own Butter (Without a Cow)

This is a GREAT activity to do with kids but even adults enjoy the “neatness” factor of making your own butter.

This is a GREAT activity to do with kids but even adults enjoy the “neatness” factor of making your own butter.

Ready for Memorial Day? Here are a few recipes to help give you a head start! Be sure and visit SouthernPlate.com where you can browse through over 500 more recipes I’ve posted! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and remember, it’s not the food but the faces around the table that make the meal memorable. Gratefully, [...]

This is a recipe I’ve wanted to bring you for almost three years but am just now getting to it today.
I hope you’ll enjoy this week’s Quick Fix Supper Video from Southern Living! To get the recipe, be sure and click here to visit the Southern Living Quick Fix Suppers Page “Greeting the morning with a positive attitude gives you the upper hand all day long!” ~Joyce Meyer Submit your uplifting quote or view hundreds [...]

The debut of my new video series on SouthernLiving.com!

You made this day very special for a great many kids.

This is one of my grandmama’s favorite cakes so she often has it sitting under a dome on her counter whenever folks come to visit. It is very moist and flavorful, just the right thing for a hot summer’s day or a picnic.

Growing up, we always loved Mama’s hamburger steaks. There was nothing like coming home and smelling the onions bubbling in there with the generous hamburger steak patties and knowing we were in for a hearty and delicious supper.

Congratulations to the following (names and part of their email addresses included): Mitchi (mvn), Patricia (choirlady), Angel (dadul), JoAnn (oceanmist). They were chosen at random to win the Southern Living Cookbook giveaway! Thanks to everyone for joining in and watching the preview of my new Quick Fix Suppers Series! I’m excited to announce that I’ll [...]

*All of the photos featured in this post were taken from my area of Alabama. Special thanks to facebook friends for allowing me to use them. I’ve received countless emails asking if we were alright after last week’s devastating tornadoes and I’ve tried to respond as best I can. I’ve also received countless emails from [...]