southern food

Peas and Greens Soup

January 10, 2012

Facebook is such an incredible thing. The brainchild of some wonderfully bright college students, it has grown in just a few years into the major social media site on the internet today. Facebook is great for keeping up with all the comings and goings of your family and friends, but what I like best is [...]

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Sweet and Sour Meatballs

November 4, 2011

Pin It It’s still football season around here. As a matter of fact, it’s UGA‘s homecoming this weekend. Our Bulldogs will be playing New Mexico State at 12:30 tomorrow and we’re hoping for a big win! Whether you’re having folks over to watch the game or tailgating in Athens, I’ve got another great game day [...]

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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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Egg Custard Pie

October 17, 2011

It seems that I’ve been on a roll lately with the “heritage” recipes. That delicious lacy cornbread last week and now today I have one of my favorite childhood desserts for you – Egg Custard Pie. I’m not absolutely certain that this pie is strictly a Southern heritage recipe, but it seems so to me. [...]

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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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Glazed Pumpkin Pound Cake

September 13, 2011

Pin It I’m trying to think if I’ve ever known a person who didn’t like pound cake. Hmmm…nope, can’t think of a single one. Because really, what’s not to like about pound cake? It’s rich. It’s buttery. It’s just delicious. Pound cake got its name from the old method of using a pound of butter, [...]

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Country Ham with Red-Eye Gravy

September 9, 2011

I’m putting my country roots in full view today. Yes, I’m reaching way back into the past for this post. Back to something that was an ordinary, every day part of life when I was growing up – Country Ham and Red-Eye Gravy. I would be willing to bet that there’s no one who grew [...]

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Bacon and Cheese Frittata

September 6, 2011

We finally got some rain! Thanks to Tropical Storm Lee, our little piece of the Earth isn’t quite so parched any more. It had been a long time since our last rain. I think we may have had two small showers in August but it had been since sometime in July that we’d had a [...]

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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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Apple Pies – Baked not Fried

April 26, 2011

One of the classics of southern cooking is fried fruit pies. Usually either apple or peach, these little individual pies are a treat that once tasted are never forgotten. I think the most famous fried pie maker in our family was probably my Aunt Bernice (pronounced BUR-niss in true southern fashion). Aunt Bernice was a [...]

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Sunshine Salad

March 4, 2011

You knew it had to happen sometime. It was inevitable. I mean, really, this is primarily a Southern food blog, right? What am I talking about? Why, congealed salad, of course. Something that every Southern cook “of a certain age” has in his or her repertoire. And not just one or two recipes, either. I’m [...]

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