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Stuffed Pizza Sticks

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These yummy pizza sticks are sure to score a touchdown!

Top to Bottom Ham and Cheese Bread

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Today I’m excited to bring you a guest post by the guy who I’m pretty sure is my long lost twin

Pulled Pork Sliders for GameDay!

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Pin it 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 [...]

Quick & Easy Beef Stroganoff and Where I’m From

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Growing up, we lived just a few streets over from the Lincoln Park projects in Huntsville, Alabama…

Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken & Rice

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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.

BBQ Joint Stew

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At the first sign of chill in the air, BBQ joints around here start cranking out this delicious stew.

20 Recipes for Ground Beef

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TWENTY of my all time favorite recipes using good old ground beef!

7 Recipes For Slow Cookers (Even Ricky Can Make!)

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Pin itThis is going to be a semi-crazy and very fun week for me. I’m heading out for a week filled with book signings. I’ll be beginning tonight in my hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, and then going to Oxford, Jackson, and Memphis. Click here for more information about where I’ll be traveling over the next [...]

Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken And Rice (The downside of being a Swan Princess)

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Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken And Rice Ingredients4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 large onion, chopped (I use Vidalia) 1 -8 ounce box Zatarain’s Yellow Rice Mix, cooked according to directions 1 cup cheddar cheese 1 – 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup (regular or fat free) 1 -15 [...]

Ham Salad (Recipes SHOULD be easy!)

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Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Ham Salad Ingredients2 cups chopped smoked or baked ham- diced as finely as you like 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish 2 boiled eggs, peeled and chopped 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard pepper to taste (I usually don’t add salt because the ham is salty, but add [...]

Sauerkraut and Weenies (& Your Favorite Po’Folks Food!)

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Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Sauerkraut and Weenies Ingredients2-4 weenies (or polish sausage) 2 Cups sauerkraut Salt and Pepper to tasteInstructionsSlice weenies into small pieces. Place in skillet over medium to medium high heat. Add Sauerkraut. Cook, stirring often, until kraut and weenies brown slightly. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.Google Recipe View [...]

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice – and YOUR Cheering Section!

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Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Ingredients4 chicken breasts (Can use fewer, can use bone-in or boneless) 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 onion, chopped 1 box Long Grain and Wild Rice with Seasonings (I use Uncle Ben’s)InstructionsPlace chicken in bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle chopped onion over [...]

Shipwreck Casserole – ARRR!

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Pin it I’ve had a lot of folks tell me they’ve ordered the Southern Plate Cookbook as Mother’s Day gifts and I’m so tickled about that! Since we have to wait a bit for the pre-orders to ship, I’ve made a printable page with a letter from me to give to your mother or grandmother [...]

Omelet Made Easy

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Pin it Back in my younger days, one of my favorite things to do with friends was head over to Shoney’s on Wednesday nights because that was the night where they served their breakfast buffet for dinner.  To a teenager this was pure bliss – all of my favorite foods and no one had to [...]

Tender Roast and Veggies – We’re Movin’ On Up!

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Pin it Have you ever sat back and thought of what you would do differently if you ever came into some serious money? Mama used to do that a lot when we were little. She’d talk about how, if she ever won the lottery, she’d buy us all a house and a new car for [...]

Simple and Delicious Tomato Soup (Sewanee, How I Love Ya!)

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Pin itSewanee, Tennessee is one of the most beautiful places in the South. Although I’ve only left the South twice in my life, were I better traveled I’m sure I’d say it was one of the most beautiful places in the entire world as well. Every time Mama and I drive through this town or [...]

Simplified Quesadillas – And Chance To Win $75 in Gift Cards from Kraft

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Pin itCongratulations to Janice Winfrey on winning this giveaway! I drew a number at random and she’s the gal! I’m sending you an email to let you know, Janice! Thank you all so much for participating! ~HUGS~ Gratefully, Christy Things are so busy nowadays for families, for single people, for parents, and even for kids. [...]

Grandma Lucy’s Pimento Cheese – It’s a Southern Thang

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Pin it Today I’m bringing you a much beloved recipe from the South. From what I read and hear, it isn’t nearly as popular outside of our little geographic region as it is here, but folks in these parts consider it a staple in every home! Long before the days of snack cakes and convenience [...]

Meatballs Make Many Meals!

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Pin it This past weekend I came across ground beef in five pound packages for $6.25. A few years back I would have considered that expensive but these days it is at least four dollars cheaper than what I normally pay. I did good, though, I only bought twenty pounds. I say that is good [...]

One Slow Cooker Recipe: 2 Different Meals: Both Quick and Easy

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Pin it A member of our Southern Plate Family asked me if I’d put more slow cooker meals on the website with fall coming up. When she posted this on the Southern Plate Family Facebook Page, my wheels started spinning. Who doesn’t love being able to put a meal on the table with a slow [...]

Texas Straw Hat – And Really Big Rabbits!

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Pin itYou can subscribe to Southern Plate by email by clicking here, and receive an email from me each time I post something new . When I was around seven or so , my grandmother Lucille, got to go to Dallas, Texas. This doesn’t seem like much these days but no one in my family [...]

Crunchy Beef Casserole (and my casserole dish collection)

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Pin it Most folks have never had to think about taking a photo of a casserole and I doubt few have spent the time I have wishing they were more photogenic. I guess it’s just a fact of life that casseroles aren’t pretty things, but they sure are good. This recipe came from Granny Jordan’s [...]

Slow Cooked Pork Roast and EASY Peasy Father’s Day Menu

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Pin itI’ve had a lot of people ask how the gardens are doing (you’re so sweet!). Stay tuned to my next post for an update on those and more goings on at Bountiful! This is one of my husband’s favorite meals and mine, too! The pork roast is so tender it falls off the bone [...]

Treasure Found: Granny Jordan’s Chicken Casserole / Salad

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Pin it I’m bringing you a little treasure which I discovered buried among our belongings at the old house this past weekend. This is a recipe of Granny Jordan’s, whom I’ve mentioned here several times before – and if you haven’t tried her frozen cranberry banana salads, you’ve lived a wasted life. (Sorry to break [...]

Waste Not, Want Not French Toast (And How To Freeze It)

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With Memorial day coming up, we’re all liable to have leftover buns. Rather than let them sit on the counter until they finally get thrown away, we’re going to turn them into a WOW dish

Pork Chop Biscuits – Fast Food My Way

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Pin it 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 [...]

Embarrassingly Easy Ham and Potato Casserole

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Pin it And Practically Free! This morning, I was thinking about my great grandmother, Lela, and what she’d think about all of today’s technology. She lived a great deal of her life without electricity. When they needed their kids to come in for dinner, it was just a matter of ringing a bell or calling [...]

Steak Tips Over Rice (and the significance of a doughnut shop)

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Pin it Hang on to your hats for the mother of all tangents. You can bypass it to the recipe below if you like . We just got back from a trip to Nashville with the kids. We had a great weekend, visiting the Nashville Zoo and staying overnight with my Cousin Cindy’s family. My [...]

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