NEW! CAJUN PASTALAYA
A flavor-packed Cajun pasta recipe made with sausage and chicken – like jambalaya but made with noodles instead of rice.
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NEW! HOW TO COOK GRITS
A simple recipe for the best way to cook tender, creamy stone-ground or hominy grits from a Southern cook who knows good grits.
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NEW! PERFECT PORK LOIN
The absolute easiest, perfectly cooked roasted pork loin that’s tender and juicy every time with au jus that is deglazed in the oven as the roast bakes.
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BETTER THAN BOJANGLES DIRTY RICE
A copycat recipe for Bojangles iconic Cajun dirty rice, made with sausage and a favorite throughout Southern states, especially the Carolinas!
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CHEDDAR GARLIC MUFFINS
A quick and easy recipe for tender, savory muffins packed with cheddar cheese and garlic. An easy way to put fresh, hot, homemade bread on the table without much fuss!
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SOUTHERN SHRIMP DIP
A party pleasing appetizer recipe with shrimp, cream cheese, Cajun seasoning and tons of flavor perfect on crackers.
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HOMITY PIE
A savory, flavor-packed English pie made with potatoes, onions, leeks and cream, topped with cheese.
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NEW! SHRIMP DELICATE
An easy cajun recipe from Louisiana with shrimp cooked in a silky gravy (much like an easy étouffée) served over rice.
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GARLIC PARMESAN ROASTED BROCCOLI
MAMA'S CHICKEN POT PIE
Classic homemade Chicken Pot Pie with tender chicken in rich, velvety sauce with a double crust that’s flaky and perfect!
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BETTER BROCCOLI CHEESE CASSEROLE
A better recipe for this classic with fresh broccoli, velvety cheese sauce and a buttery crushed cracker topping.
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CRAISIN BACON BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Thinly sliced brussels sprouts sautéed with crispy bacon, toasted crunchy pecans and sweet, tangy dried cranberries!
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PERFECT POTATO SOUP
A thick and hearty recipe for creamy potato soup with hints of smoky bacon perfectly seasoned and layered with flavor.
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APPLE PIE BREAD
Fresh apples grated then simmered with honey until soft, made into a sweet quick bread spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
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FRENCH ONION CHICKEN CASSEROLE
An easy, creamy chicken noodle casserole with French onion soup, topped with toasty buttered bread cubes and crispy fried onions.
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THE BEST HOT DOG CHILI (SERIOUSLY!)
The Coney Island style recipe for fine, tender meaty chili sauce perfect for Chili Dogs!
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CHICKEN & NOODLES
This one-pot recipe for creamy chicken with egg noodles made with just 5 ingredients is the best for comfort food made easy!
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PECAN CREAM DEEP DISH PIE
Brown sugar swirled with warm melted butter mixed with cream cheese, pecans and whipped topping over a simple pecan shortbread crust.
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CAROLINA CHICKEN BOG
A tried-and-true recipe with tender chunks of beef in a thick, savory stock and all your favorite vegetables.
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SECRET INGREDIENT BANANA BREAD
The BEST banana bread recipe made incredibly moist by adding a secret ingredient!
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CLASSIC VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP
A tried-and-true recipe with tender chunks of beef in a thick, savory stock and all your favorite vegetables.
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COUNTRY-STYLE RIBS & RICE
An old-school Southern recipe made with rice cooked in a rich stock made from slowly cooked country-style ribs.
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HOMEMADE
CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS
Tender stewed chicken in a rich stock with soft
dropped dumplings or use the same recipe for rolled and cut dumplings.
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BETTER-THAN-HOMEMADE CORNBREAD
Duke’s Mayo and Jiffy Mix come together to make this quick
and easy cornbread that’s super moist inside and crispy and
golden outside!
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SOUTHERN CANNED GREEN BEANS
Perfectly cooked Southern-style green beans with canned
beans - the beans don’t fall apart but taste like they’ve cooked all day!
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HELPFUL HAMBURGER STROGANOFF
When the kids were little (and we were broke), we ate Hamburger Helper quite
often. The kids loved it and it was cheap and easy, so it became part of our
regular supper rotation. Their favorite variety was the Beef Stroganoff
mix...
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3-INGREDIENT CROCK POT CHICKEN TACO MEAT
I’ve seen at least two dozen recipes for crock pot chicken tacos and they all
have one thing in common: salsa (or Rotel or something similar). While I was
eager for a recipe for easy chicken taco meat, the recipes with salsa always put
me off a bit...
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SMOTHERED BEEF & BEAN BURRITO BAKE
My men-folk are “meat & potato” guys and aren’t too fond of many vegetables.
And even though one is 50 and the other is almost 15, I do just what I did when
my kids were little: I hide, sneak and smuggle vegetables...
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MEXICAN RESTAURANT-STYLE RICE
My family LOVES to eat at our local Mexican restaurant. They will choose going
there over any other restaurant 9 out of 10 times. And the thing that every
single one of us makes sure to order each time?...
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NO-BOIL NO-BROWN ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PASTA BAKE
I recently saw a recipe for baked ziti using uncooked pasta and thought it
sounded too good to be true - just dump and bake! It was a vegetarian recipe but
I knew if I ever tried it, I’d want to add meat because my family would revolt
if...
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BAKED BLACKENED COD
Growing up, one of my favorite things to eat was Blackened Rockfish. Rockfish is
what we call large striped bass here in my neck of South Carolina and we caught
ours in the Congaree River which starts in Columbia where the...
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CHARLESTON RED RICE
When you’re from South Carolina and take a beach vacation, more often than not,
you seek out the smaller, less popular beaches to avoid the crowds and [cough]
tourists. Growing up, our hidden coastal getaway was Edisto Beach which is...
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CHEESY PIEROGI & KIELBASA CASSEROLE
Other than the pierogi and kielbasa, you probably already have all the other
ingredients you need to make this in your pantry and fridge. And who knows,
maybe you have the pierogi and kielbasa. Maybe you’re awesome like that...
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PECAN CREAM POUND CAKE WITH THE BEST PECAN CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
If you want to win the cotillion bake sale, outshine your sister-in-law at
Sunday dinner or otherwise prove your baking prowess, this is the recipe for
you! If you want to be the one known for THE BEST pecan cream cheese frosting in
six counties...
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SOUTHERN-STYLE CROCK POT CHICKEN & RICE
I have wanted to try cooking a big batch of rice in a recipe like this in a slow
cooker FOREVER! I never did because I was scared since rice can be so
persnickety and who wants to spend a whole day and a bunch of chicken on...
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KOREAN CUCUMBER SALAD
When I tell you this is my latest obsession I am not exaggerating one bit!! The
first time I made this I ATE IT ALL in the span of just an hour or two while the
family watched a movie. I texted my BFF a picture of the empty bowl and
admitted...
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CRISPY CHICKEN FRITTERS (MADE WITH CANNED CHICKEN!)
Oh, 2020, ain’t you something. The only good thing I can say about
this year is that it’s what caused me to create this recipe. And
I
looooove this recipe! When the Coronavirus first hit, the
grocery stores emptied around here...
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EASY ITALIAN SAUSAGE & CHEESE MANICOTTI
I’m going to add personal chauffeur to my list of job skills because I swear,
sometimes I feel like I spend more time driving my kids around than I do
anything else. And they don’t tip! Or give me gas money...
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NO-BAKE MONSTER COOKIES
Husband and our oldest are in Canada visiting family. And I am OVER IT. At first
I thought it would be a fun change of pace for it to just be me and the younger
kiddos for a few days… we’d eat at restaurants Daddy doesn’t like,
we’d...
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CHICKEN SCAMPI with GARLIC PARMESAN RICE
Did you know that scampi is an actual thing? I didn’t! I was doing a little
research before I wrote this recipe post and learned that scampi isn’t merely a
way of cooking garlicy shrimp but it’s actually the original crustacean
used...
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SPIFFY JIFFY CORNBREAD
I grew up eating Jiffy cornbread, which we referred to a ‘sweet cornbread’. We
also made a more rustic, homemade cornbread that wasn’t sweetened, which we just
simply called ‘cornbread’. Jiffy is made with flour and cornmeal …
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CROCK POT CHICKEN & GRAVY
I am so completely IN LOVE with this recipe! It’s taken me several attempts to
get it juuuuust right but now that I have, we eat this all the time! Husband
even asked for it again last weekend, which is saying a lot since he
doesn’t…
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THE BEST CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE
This cake is so decadently delicious and sinfully addictive that we call it the
dang devil cake! When you make it you won’t be able to stay out of it because
it’s the devil, I tell ya! The last time Mama brought this over to the
house…
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TACO RICE SKILLET WITH QUESO
A one-pan skillet dinner recipe made with ground beef, taco seasoning and
Mexican style rice drenched in an easy queso cheese sauce. My baby boy’s
absolute favorite type of food in the world is Mexican. When the family’s
going...
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HAMBURGER & POTATO CASSEROLE
Our house used to be the default party house. Husband and I both love to
entertain and we have a pretty cool backyard for kids (pool, basketball,
trampoline, cornhole, etc.) so everyone always seemed to land at our house on
the weekends...
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IMPOSSIBLE 5-INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE CAKE
I’ve mentioned them before, but we have two families that we spend a lot of time
with. We’ve all sort of become family to each other over the years and it’s
great because none of us has much family in the area. Anyway, we got together
one night to celebrate a birthday and my friend, Amanda, had made a chocolate
cake...
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