The cinnamon roll you want on Christmas morning or any morning. From scratch, sweet and comforting, these Chocolate Chip Walnut Cinnamon Rolls are perfect. Make them the night before to make your morning even easier. The holiday season can be tough for anyone. It's 4 weeks of crazy with a bunch of family and wrapping paper involved. So, after a week that has seemed like a ...
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Old Fashioned Soft Molasses Cookies
Old Fashioned Soft Molasses cookies are sweet and tender with hints of the subtle earthiness that fresh molasses brings to anything. Cookies are my weakness. If a cookie and I walked alone into a room, the chances are that only one of us would be leaving that room…and it wouldn’t be the cookie. I’m not even picky about what kind of cookies I prefer to fatten myself up with. ...
Thanksgiving Turkey Roulade
Thanksgiving Turkey Roulade is an impressive alternative to the giant Thanksgiving bird. Sweet and savory filling surrounded by juicy turkey is a wonderful centerpiece for a more intimate holiday meal. The holiday season is upon us once again. It's the time of year that we begin to contemplate just what will be gracing the table and no dish is as important as the ...
Easy Rocky Road Candy
Easy Rocky Road Candy is a quick, fun gift from the kitchen that can be made in a flash! Perfect to make with your kids and as a gift for teachers and friends! I'm always astonished to find myself at the beginning of October thinking about the impending holiday season. It always sneaks up on me. You would think that after nearly 40 years on this Earth I wouldn't be ...
Traditional Southern Easter Dinner
When it comes to Easter in the South, we southerners like to pull out all of the stops. Just as big and carb-loaded as Christmas or Thanksgiving, but with a more of a nod to the Spring season, a Southern Easter dinner is something to look forward to. Here's a list of what you can find on our Easter table pretty much every year. What are your favorite Easter dishes? Easter ...
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 ...
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 ...
Braised Herbed Turkey Legs in the Crock Pot
One of the most overlooked best buys in the grocery store has to be turkey legs. Turkey legs are usually only seen on the dinner table connected to the rest of the bird during the holidays, but they are available year round in the meat department. They are usually very cheap and are a wonderful change from chicken or beef. Braised Herbed Turkey Legs in the Crock Pot makes your ...
Traditional Holiday Glazed Maple & Brown Sugar Ham
Grandma's Traditional Holiday Glazed Maple & Brown Sugar Ham is a perfect centerpiece for your holiday table. This ham is easy to put together and only has 5 ingredients! When it comes to holidays, I'm a traditionalist. I will never have a hot pink tree. I will never leave Santa tofu bars and soy milk, and I will never serve fish for Christmas dinner.Yes, when it comes ...
Turkey Cranberry Sliders
Let’s be honest. Thanksgiving is delicious and all, but the best part is all of the leftovers. If done correctly, the fridge will be full of meals that I don’t have to work too hard for for the majority of the week. The first couple of meals are generally a similar version of the original meal; swap the virtuous Brussel sprouts ...
Gloriously Retro Pineapple Ham Balls
I have a slight obsession with vintage recipes. Just something about the fads and trends of cooking that thought Jello molds and mayonnaise was a good combination fascinates me. I often find myself wondering, what was the mindset of the women (for it was almost assuredly women) who came up with these unorthodox combinations. I think it must have been a little bit ...
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Biscuits are a rite of passage for many Southern women. It’s a skill passed down from generation to generation, a vessel for learning many of life’s lessons. My mother imparted her own wisdom to me through the art of making biscuits. As a small child, Mom taught me to measure the flour, cut in the fat, stir in the milk, be gentle with the dough, and cut your biscuits. There is ...
Wine-y Cranberry Salad
Few things are more controversial in the South than libations. It’s certainly not uncommon for people to be on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to imbibing, and I know convincing people to believe otherwise on the issue is about as effective as digging a hole with a wet noodle. But as this month of thankfulness cruises on, I can’t help but be thankful for wine, no ...
Duchess Baked Sweet Potatoes
The first Thanksgiving meal that I cooked was for my parents in the first apartment that my new husband and I shared. It was just the four of us, but I cooked like I was feeding an army of people. I must have had 10 side dishes plus a ham, and a turkey, and dessert. We ate Thanksgiving for weeks and I think it took me a good 3 days to wash all of the dishes. Since then, I have ...
Broccoli and Greens Gratin
Culinary ruts happen in every household. It’s why there are millions of cookbooks in print, thousands of food blogs written every day, and an untold amount of time-weathered index cards shoved into recipe boxes in kitchens across the world. The “same ol’, same ol’ “ is just part of cooking. It’s no different in this house. I can recite to you the dishes that cross the lips of ...