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Monte Cristo Skillet – and Your Cast Iron Memories

Part lunch, part breakfast, part sandwich, part dessert, and all the way good!

Jan 23 2012 | Posted in Breakfast,Main Course | Read More »

Collection Of Dinnertime Bread Recipes

A classic Southern meal in the old days always included bread. Bread was a great meal stretcher and even the poorest of sharecroppers usually had the ingredients to make it thanks to the staples of 25 pound sack of flour provided by the land owners (look for a quote from my Great Grandmother Lela about this at the bottom of this post). Although I don’t have bread with every supper nowadays, more often than not we do. Here are some of my favorite dinnertime bread recipes, some classic and some new fangled. I hope you’ll find at least one or two new ones to make for those you love.

Mar 31 2011 | Posted in Breads | Read More »

Read Across America Week! Free Printables for CUTE Cupcakes

Make your own Wocket cupcakes and enjoy a few stories!

Feb 28 2011 | Posted in Life at Bountiful | Read More »

Double Chocolate Chip Muffins (and Contentment)

Deeply chocolate, moist, delicious, and simple to make!

Jan 12 2011 | Posted in Breads,Breakfast | Read More »

Green Eggs & Ham

Pin it Reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. HAVE A GREAT DAY! Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Tacky The Penguin Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Bark, George YES DAY! Giraffes Can’t Dance Pete The Cat Kiss Good Night Green Eggs And Ham One Fish, Two Fish Wocket In [...]

Nov 10 2010 | Posted in Life at Bountiful,Southern Plate Kids,Story Time | Read More »

Ham Salad (Recipes SHOULD be easy!)

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 [...]

Sep 23 2010 | Posted in Main Course,Quick&Easy | Read More »

Bacon Breakfast Pizza

Pin it I’m working on filling up my bacon grease jar today so I followed my mother’s advice and decided to make her breakfast pizza, starring bacon. In it’s original form, this recipe could feed an army. Literally. Mama made it on those mornings my dad or brother had friends over getting ready to go [...]

Jul 7 2010 | Posted in Main Course | Read More »

Omelet Made Easy

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 [...]

Mar 11 2010 | Posted in Breakfast,Main Course,Quick&Easy | Read More »

Deviled Eggs : A Southern Staple

Pin it Every self respecting Southerner has a deviled egg plate, usually two. We have one for “fancy” company and a travel one which has a handy little lid (in the interest of disclosure, I have three fancy ones and one travel one). Deviled eggs are standard fare at all family reunions, church gatherings, and [...]

Apr 8 2009 | Posted in Side Dishes,Southern Classics | Read More »

Cheesy Scrambled Eggs

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Cheesy Scrambled Eggs IngredientsOne Dozen eggs 1/2 Cup water 1/2 Cup cheddar cheese salt and pepper to tasteInstructionsCrack eggs into a bowl, add water. Beat with wire whisk until smooth. Pour into preheated skillet lined with two tablespoons of bacon grease or vegetable oil. Sprinkle cheese over top and [...]

Oct 26 2008 | Posted in Main Course,Side Dishes | Read More »

How to tell if you can still use those outdated eggs in your fridge…

Pin it From time to time, I like to post little tidbits and hints for all of y’all wonderful people who are kind enough to read my blog. This one has been quite handy for me and is thanks to that $40,000 Home Ec degree I have (which has served me well as wall adornment) [...]

Aug 13 2008 | Posted in Misc | Read More »