One of the things I enjoy doing above all others on Southern plate is taking those lost and nearly-lost recipes of days gone by and posting them in hopes of bringing them back from the brink of extinction. This is especially important to me in preserving our food heritage because our most cherished recipes were [...]
Good Morning! I hope y’all are experiencing the first signs of spring wherever you are. If not, I hope you have at least set aside a little room for Springtime in your kitchen. We can always “force spring” by making some of our favorite sunshiney dishes! Today I’m bringing you a video of a brunch [...]
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 [...]
Today I’m bringing you our very favorite recipe for pancakes. My husband and kids have declared these the best pancakes on earth and I have to agree that they are the best I’ve personally ever had, mostly thanks to buttermilk being one of the primary ingredients! I hope you’ll get a chance to try and [...]
I want to live in a barn. I always have. Don’t get my wrong, I dearly love Bountiful (and have already dug in my heels and hung my heart on the wall ), but I have this dream of finding an old barn and completely remodeling it into a big old house, with heavy oak [...]
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 [...]
Back in the old days (a whopping whole year ago) I tried not to let on when I was bringing you a recipe that I developed myself. I was afraid if y’all knew I had made it up, you wouldn’t want to try it! Now that we’ve settled in and become a big old family [...]
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, [...]
I’ll be bringing you a new apple recipe each day this week! I originally published this one Jan 11, 2009 and am republishing it for you today. I do hope you get a chance to try it, it’s one of my all time favorites! Gratefully, Christy 
I first had this cake when I was [...]
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Special thanks to Tina of Mommy’s Kitchen for letting me know that today is National Jelly Filled Doughnut Day! She even suggested I re-post this in honor of such a prestigious holiday. As I am working on a tutorial for tomorrow and didn’t have anything to post today, I decided to take her up on [...]
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 [...]
With few exceptions, I don’t care for fast food. Fast food has no heart to it. Someone gets paid minimum wage to slap a microscopic meat patty on a bun and lower some fries in oil, add in a coke and charge $5. Voila, here’s your meal. Toss in a toy or small bag of [...]
This morning I was making biscuits when my daughter announced that she wanted chocolate for breakfast. Hey, the gal is smart. Even at the tender age of three, she knows what she needs. As I mixed up my biscuit dough, I had one of those light bulb moments – chocolate gravy. Its one of those [...]
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 [...]
Today I’m bringing you another kid friendly recipe sure to please! I don’t know any child who doesn’t love hot chocolate, but very few who have gotten to make their own hot chocolate mix. This is a recipe from my first grade teacher, Mrs. Menotti. We made it as a class when I was six [...]
In the age of outlandish holidays with ever growing price tags, just about everyone appreciates a heartfelt gift personally made for them. Gift mixes are an excellent way of doing this. Baked goods are always well liked, but mixes offer even more time saving convenience on the part of the giver and give the receiver [...]
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 [...]
Alright, I know I always tell you how much I love everything I post here. Well, I decided when I started Southern Plate that if I didn’t love a recipe, I just wouldn’t post it. So I am always telling the truth when I go on and on about how good something is. This is [...]
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 [...]
