One of the unspoken truths in life is that whenever you make mashed potatoes you will make way too many. I don't care how much you calculate or guesstimate, at the end of any dinner where mashed potatoes are involved you will have a Tupperware dish of homogeneous potato hanging out in your fridge afterwards. Could you just eat them with tomorrow's dinner? Sure, but....day old ...
How to Cook Black Eyed Peas
New Year's Eve was always a big celebration when I was growing up. My set of honorary parents hosted a huge party every year at their house way out in the sticks. There where at least 100 people there with all of their kids and teenagers tagging along. Everyone would come with their signature dish and a 6-pack of beer in their hand. It was always the same group of people. The ...
Asian Braised Country Style Ribs
These Braised Country Style Ribs have an Asian flare with orange juice and soy sauce that pairs perfectly with this low and slow pork dish. Crock Pot friendly too! I'm going to let you in on some cold, hard, facts - the holidays are expensive. I don't care how you slice it, the last two months of the year are so terribly expensive that we have to save up during the other 10 ...
Low Carb Spinach Feta Greek Pie
Being low-carb while the rest of your family isn't can be...trying. It takes some fortitude to resist the pretty much constant temptation to eat all of the carby things. It also takes planning. As with any "diet", failing to plan = setting yourself up for failure. That's why I try my best to keep easy to eat things stocked in my fridge. Things like this Low Carb Spinach and ...
Ranger Cookies with Rice Krispies
I had no idea that Ranger cookies even existed until just a few years ago. We were fortunate enough to walk into the delicious atmosphere of Ambrosia Bakery in Hot Springs, Arkansas during our annual family vacation where, there among the cakes, tarts and trays and trays of confections, was a whole tray of something called... Ranger cookies. Being completely unfamiliar with ...
Creamy Chicken & Potato Chowder
There was once a time, long long ago, that a good hearty soup was a rare appearance on our dinner table. Our two adorable children were dinnertime dictators and refused to let something as easy and cheap as soup cross their lips. There were too many things touching, too many ingredients in one bowl and it was too hot to put your fingers into. Spoons were a utensil that at least ...
How to Make Southern Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch
Learn How to Make Southern Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch with this detailed step-by-step instruction and a handy video! There is just something about a good, old fashioned buttermilk biscuit that will get you right in the feels. The best ones are warm, flaky and soft with lots of comforting, buttery flavor. And that my friends, is what we are going to talk to you ...
Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe
Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing is an easy Thanksgiving side dish that the whole family will love! Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving without Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing. It just isn’t. I've been making the family Thanksgiving dinner and this recipe (my great-grandmother's famous dressing) for nearly 20 years. It’s probably the dish that I look ...
Classic Deviled Eggs Recipe
There is some debate on who exactly invented the "deviled egg". It could be anyone from Ancient Romans, to medieval merchants, to Jacques Pepin's mother. Either way there is no denying that everyone loves a deviled egg. I remember as a child that I had to restrain my self from eating all of them, because my mother had made enough for everyone to have 2 a piece. There were never ...
Spicy Pimento Cheese
I was born and raised in the South and I love being southern. It's such a charming culture full of hot summer breezes, screen doors, grandma's cooking and a pitcher of sweet tea. Whenever I start cooking those traditionally southern dishes, I just can't help but think of my childhood that consisted mostly of climbing trees, playing in the creek and hanging out laundry. Now ...
Quick and Easy Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup
My family is really into mushrooms. We hunt wild morels every spring and we get super excited when the chanterelles start coming in in the middle of the summer. We spent a couple of days a few winters ago inoculating over 100 logs with wild mushroom spores of lion's mane, shitake and 2 different types of oyster mushroom. We are big big fans of fungi. Right now (autumn) is ...
Cast Iron Southern Fried Apples
I would like to talk to you about something near and dear to my heart. Cast Iron. I love my cast iron.It is an unspoken rule of the South that any woman who is about to be married should receive two very important pieces: a deviled egg plate and a cast iron skillet. I got both. Since I have been married I have added a couple pieces to my cast iron repertoire. Another skillet ...
The Best Chocolate Chip Keto Brownies
I am trying for the second time in my life to get my butt back into ketosis. I fell off the wagon this past summer and now that school is back and harvest is over and life has returned to some kind of normal, I am doing my best to get back on my keto journey....and its hard. The hardest part is the sugar withdrawls in the beginning. Typically I am not a big sweets eater, ...
Southern Style Green Beans Recipe
Southern Style Green Beans is a staple recipe here in the South. No Sunday supper or holiday meal is complete with out a steaming pile of tender, flavorful green beans somewhere in the side dish lineup. A bowl of bacon-covered green beans is usually in between the mashed potatoes and the deviled eggs as the one green vegetable that most people are excited to eat. What are ...
17 Apple Recipes to Celebrate Fall
It's apple season and there's no way to ring in the autumn season than with an arsenal of fresh and fun apple recipes. Here are 17 delicious apple recipes to try out this season. 1. Southern Fried Apple Hand Pies These Southern Fried Apple Hand Pies are easy to make using either homemade or store bought pie crust or biscuit dough and the perfect Southern treat! 2. ...