Grab your favorite fresh fruit and toss them with a deliciously sweet and zesty fruit salad dressing, made from honey, lemon, and cinnamon. Today I'm sharing a simple but sparklingly flavorful fresh fruit salad recipe with you. The fresh fruit of your choice is tossed in a light honey lemon dressing (with cinnamon), which brightens those flavors even more. Honestly, you'll be amazed at how ... Continue Reading
Salisbury Steak Meatballs in the Crockpot
If you're looking for a deliciously filling and easy weeknight supper, this crockpot Salisbury steak meatballs recipe is for you. It's slow-cooked in a creamy mushroom gravy sauce and served with pasta. If you're a Salisbury steak fan, you're going to love this slow cooker Salisbury steak meatball recipe. It's one of my favorite comfort food dishes because it's so simple and easy to make, ... Continue Reading
Vanilla Wafer Cake
Densely loaded with soft vanilla wafers, sweetened coconut flakes, and chopped pecans, it's no wonder this old-fashioned vanilla wafer cake has been a popular Southern dessert for decades. Today y'all I'm adding Mama Reed's vanilla wafer cake recipe to the list of recipes I worry about what your life will be like without! This cake is the kissing cousin of my apple dapple cake. They come from ... Continue Reading
Apple Pound Cake
This old-fashioned apple pound cake recipe is tender and just bursting with that sweet fresh apple and cinnamon flavor. This is an old-fashioned cake recipe that really has the texture and taste of a pound cake with delicious apple-y goodness tossed in. Although the traditional ingredients for pound cake aren't there (there is far less sugar and no butter), you'll still get the feel and ... Continue Reading
Patriotic Punch Bowl Cake
With layers of fluffy cake, vanilla pudding, whipped topping, and fresh blueberries and strawberries, this delicious patriotic punch bowl cake recipe is simultaneously light, creamy, and sweet. The beloved trifle is destined to be a hit at your 4th of July gathering. I have a sweet tooth big enough to take over my entire mouth, but I can't eat sugar (at least not in anything other than small ... Continue Reading
Chewy Pear Bars
These sweet yet perfectly spiced chewy pear bars are densely loaded with brown sugar, juicy fresh pear pieces, and graham cracker crumbs. Trust me, they'll disappear from the kitchen counter in seconds! Now, I'm no stranger to cooking with apples. There are many, many apple recipes across Southern Plate. But today I'm turning my attention towards pear, which isn't baked quite so often (although ... Continue Reading
2 Ways With Broasted Potatoes
Whether you deliciously season or smother them, everyone needs this simple and easily customizable broasted potatoes recipe in their arsenal. Hey, howdy, hey! Good to see ya again! Today I'm sharing a simple recipe that should be in everyone's arsenal: broasted potatoes. These little gems are a breeze to make and are infinitely customizable with the seasonings or toppings of your choice. All ... Continue Reading
Homemade Peach Ice Cream (No Eggs Needed)
This easy homemade peach ice cream recipe uses only 3 ingredients (and no eggs). The sweet and juicy peaches and cream flavor makes for the perfect summer treat. I've had a lot of folks ask for homemade ice cream recipes lately and there are a few already floating around on Southern Plate. This includes no-fry fried ice cream, no-churn cherry vanilla ice cream (do we sense a pattern?), ... Continue Reading
Pineapple Poke Cake
This pineapple poke cake recipe is reminiscent of a fruit cocktail cake. It includes a deliciously moist and tender homemade sheet cake soaked with a sweet creamy sauce, with chunky bits of juicy pineapple in every bite! Whipped cream is the perfect finishing touch. We're no strangers to poke cakes around here. There are several on Southern Plate, including strawberry poke cake, s'mores poke ... Continue Reading
Cookies and Cream Cookies Using Cake Mix
What do you get when you combine a fluffy cake mix with cream cheese, crushed Oreos, white chocolate chips, and milk chocolate chips? These quick and easy cookies and cream cookies that are, basically, to die for. Anyone who has followed me for a length of time knows my son is an Oreo cookie nut. As a result, I feel like I've incorporated Oreos into just about every recipe imaginable. From pie ... Continue Reading