I was fortunate enough to get to visit Canada a few years back and while there treated to the loveliest vision – my first real live slice of blueberry pie. Until then, I had only seen it on magazine covers and photographs in books. Mama and I used to talk about how good it must [...]
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Valentine’s day at my house is all about family. Just as my mother before me, I like to cook a special meal for my kids and our traditional meal has become heart shaped meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and cinnamon love knots. It may not sound romantic but it sure does sound like home and what could [...]
I’m gonna start out by telling y’all that it is probably not a good idea for me to post today. My normally scattered mind is even more so, thinking on a million different things as I race to finish up my book. I’m trying to make sure my heart is in every story and that [...]
These cinnamon rolls have power behind them – real power. You could pretty much get anything you wanted if you showed up toting a plate of these babies, warm with icing oozing down the side. Regardless of their power, though, I want you to try to use them only for good. Rather than taking over [...]
Today I’m really excited to share with you my very first experience using puff pastry. I’ve always been intrigued by the thought of using it but never really got around to trying it until now. So I thought I’d use my very first experience as a tutorial so you could all cook along with me. [...]
My first memories of apple fritters come from a family trip to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee when I was about seven years old. Up until then, I’d never had them before but it was obvious that my parents were no strangers as they hunted down one particular restaurant just to partake of the treat, [...]
My Grandaddy was a prolific gardener. He had a huge lot behind his house in Huntsville that just seemed to produce on his command. Of course, what seemed effortless to those of us who enjoyed the fruits of his labors surely took hours each day for him to be able to cultivate and care for, [...]
This is a recipe that is always considered a treat at my house, met with the same zeal as a dessert even though it is just a bread. A variation on my Mama’s hoe cake, she often mixed up the same batter and made drop biscuits instead. When I first served hoe cake to my [...]
Yeast breads are intimidating to many people. Having tried a time or two and failed or perhaps just hearing too many horror stories about how difficult yeast is to master, I know a lot of folks who won’t even attempt to make homemade breads or rolls this way. But y’all know if I’m going to [...]
Love Southern Plate? Please tell a friend! I hate to waste food. Now for those of you who have been reading Southern Plate for a while, I am likely sounding like a broken record on this point but I can’t help it, wasting food bothers me. I’ve heard too many stories from my family about [...]
If you enjoy Southern Plate, please tell a friend! This is the second tutorial photographed at my new home. I just love photographing things in the sun room. Yesterday I opened a few windows out there and had the most wonderfully scented early summer breeze flowing through as I prepared this cake and later worked [...]
*Please see letter to readers at bottom of this post (Originally published July 1, 2008) I told my mother I was going to do a web tutorial on how to make buttermilk biscuits, a staple in the south. She said “Oh, you HAVE to do those from Southern Living!”. Now, admittedly, they are awfully good. [...]
Valentine’s Day is often considered a romantic holiday but I like to make it about all of the people I love in my life, most importantly my children. We do this by having a special family dinner with a Valentine’s theme. Heart shaped mini meatloaves, mashed potatoes piped onto their plates in the shape of [...]
This is not a dish you would have seen back in the day in my family. My Great Grandmother Lela never even knew how to make what we all call “loaf bread”. Having a hard life of working in the fields from the time she was old enough to pull a cotton sack, Lela, like [...]
Hey! I’m having a very busy week with deadlines and Mama duties. I thought I’d bring you a post that was very well received from a little over a year ago. You’re going to be surprised at how little sugar is really in them! Be sure to subscribe by email to receive exclusive Southern Plate [...]
If you are visiting Southern Plate from Southern Savers, WELCOME!! Stay tuned for upcoming features of your favorite money saving food blog on SouthernPlate.com! You might also want to check out our Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas here or Featured Southern Favorites here. Thank you! Look at that photo. Is your mouth watering yet? How [...]
I am THRILLED to be able to post this recipe on Southern Plate from Laura over at Real Mom Kitchen! I asked Laura if she would like to be a guest blogger, knowing she’d bring us something wonderful, but I was not prepared for this level of splendor! As soon as she sent me her [...]
I had planned on being a good girl and bringing you another mix yesterday and today, but you know how life can interrupt your plans! I was a wee bit under the weather yesterday and today we had a field trip with Katy’s preschool to Santa’s Village in Huntsville, AL. If you live in our [...]
I love making quick breads to give away. They make the perfect little gift and are always appreciated, especially at Christmas time. A few years back, I decided to try tossing some dried cranberries into our super moist banana bread recipe and this was born. My mother instantly fell in love and it has been [...]
These pecan pie muffins have been a huge hit on Southern Plate. I’ve had so many readers email me singing their praises that I thought they’d make the ideal gift mix for the holidays! For this packaging, I went for a more “retail” type look and had a good bit of fun making the tags! [...]
I don’t know if pumpkin is a southern thing. You always hear of pumpkin pie on Southern tables at Thanksgiving and such, but no one in my family has ever made a pumpkin pie to my knowledge. I had never tasted anything at all with pumpkin until about three years ago. While on a quilting [...]
When I was a little girl, we didn’t have CD’s or even cassette tapes. This will come as no surprise to all of you but my nine year old simply can’t comprehend it. I imagine he envisions us sitting on the front porch with a washboard and set of spoons as our only means of [...]
I hope my mother doesn’t read this post anytime soon. See, she has this cookbook that she uses. She has used it for years and years. She writes everything down in it and pulls it down for just about every meal she makes. Well, I’m writing a food site now and as you can imagine, [...]
I got an email from a reader, Terri (Who is originally from Georgia -Go Dawgs!) telling me she made world famous cornbread. I was intrigued. Then she told me that her husband said she made better cornbread than his MAMA. I was stunned. THEN she told me that her cornbread recipe included TWO CUPS OF [...]
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 Orchard. As a child, I remember riding home in the back of the truck, munching on all varieties of fresh [...]
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 moved out if there was cooking going on for them like there was in my house! I have never known [...]
