Side Dishes

Turnip Green Dip

January 27, 2012

Pin It With the year’s biggest football game just over a week away, I thought it might a good time to start sharing some game day recipes. One of our favorites for game day, or any day really, is this delicious Turnip Green Dip. Turnip greens, you say? In dip? For real. Just think of [...]

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Classic Macaroni and Cheese

November 8, 2011

Pin It There are just certain recipes that everyone needs to have in their recipe box, aren’t there? You know those recipes that are so basic that you can make them into hundreds of different things? Like a basic tomato sauce, or a basic recipe for mashed potatoes, or even a basic vinaigrette. You can [...]

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Apple-Pear Salad and a Birthday Celebration

October 25, 2011

Pin It Last Saturday my sisters and I had the honor and privilege of celebrating the birthday of one of the two most influential people in our lives – our mother. It was an afternoon full of fun, laughter and good food shared with Mama and many of her closest friends. Enjoy the photos! Oh, [...]

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Braised Cabbage

October 20, 2011

Pin It I admit that this is not the most beautiful recipe I’ve ever posted. And it’s certainly far from being complicated. So, you’re wondering, why are you posting this Braised Cabbage? For one reason only – because it’s delicious! Cabbage is one of those lowly vegetables that people tend to overlook in the produce [...]

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Lacy Cornbread

October 14, 2011

Don’t know whether you noticed, but in the last post I wrote…the Sausage and Kale Soup…there were a few little pieces of cornbread on the side of the bowl. Oh, you missed that? Well, let me tell you about it. That is what we in my little corner of the South call “lacy cornbread.” Now, [...]

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Herbed Roasted Potatoes

September 1, 2011

It’ s almost Labor Day weekend! Are you planning a cookout with friends or family? Maybe you’re going to just sleep in and rest. Cooking out or staying in – whatever your plans are - these easy to make Herbed Roasted Potatoes will fit right in. My calendar says that summer is coming to a close, but the thermometer disagrees. At [...]

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Hoppin’ John {Secret Recipe Club}

August 29, 2011

When I got my assignment for this month’s Secret Recipe Club, I have to admit that my first thought was, “Oh, my gosh. What in the world am I going to do with this? ” That’s because my assigned blog was called We Heart Vegan and as y’all know I’m about as opposite from a [...]

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Tomato Aspic

August 5, 2011

Okay, go ahead and call me old-fashioned. I can take it. Really. Yes, I’m going way back in time today with this recipe for Tomato Aspic. It’s one of those classic recipes that you rarely see any more, but one which I wish more people would serve. I remember many, many ladies luncheons, bridal showers [...]

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Cowgirl Beans

August 2, 2011

Here we are in the hottest part of the summer. Daily temperatures are hovering around 100. Humidity is through the roof. And what do I do? Why get out my pots and pans and cook up some beans. Yeah. I’m weird like that. Admittedly, this is more of a fall or winter kind of recipe, [...]

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Tomato-Zucchini Tian

July 27, 2011

It’s that time of year, folks. Yep, it’s zucchini season. Isn’t is amazing how one little seed so innocently and hopefully planted in the Spring grows into a monster plant covering at least twice as much area as you estimated? And producing more dang zucchini than you and your family can possibly eat? And you [...]

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Roasted Potato Salad

July 8, 2011

I know what you’re thinking. “Another potato salad? Seems like recipes for potato salad are popping up everywhere just because it’s summer.” Well. If you’re thinking that this is going to be just another potato salad recipe, you’re wrong. So wrong. There are so many different kinds of potato salad! There’s the traditional Southern style [...]

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