Side Dish
You’ll Want To Run To The Kitchen To Make This Incredible Side Dish Growing up we were a canned food family. It seems like just yesterday I was opening up our kitchen cabinets to the sight of rows and rows of gleaming cans. Canned veggies, canned fruit, canned soups and sauce. If it was in [...]
A Special Bread Gives A Classic Holiday Dish It’s Perfect Texture Cornbread stuffing, also known as dressing, is a Southern favorite that I personally think is wy better than traditional stuffing mixes. I serve it not only on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holidays, but also for any special family occasion because everyone loves it. This Stuffing recipe is [...]
The Thanksgiving Dish That Cooks In Under 10 Minutes! My grandmother always maintained a fresh herb garden when she was alive. Herbs are actually really easy to take care of. As long as you don’t let ay animals or bugs eat them, all you have to do is give the herbs a little water every [...]
Move Over, Green Bean Casserole! This Is How You Need To Cook Your Beans! I don’t know about you, but I loooove bacon! I mean, I LOVE it. If I can add it into a recipe, I always do. That’s not to say I don’t like to eat healthy foods. Green beans have always been [...]
A Heart Stopping Potato Casserole That Can Bake In The Oven I don’t know about you, but I am no expert chef. One of my favorite dishes is cheesy potatoes au gratin. Unfortunately, you have to make a special cream sauce to make that dish, and I stink at that part! My liquid always separates, [...]
Don’t Try Making These Without Practicing Your Southern Drawl First, Y’All! Everyone who was born and raised in the South knows this secret. Everyone who has ever done any cooking in the South has used this secret to satisfy guests at their table. Everyone who has ever eaten at a restaurant in the South has [...]
Stop Making Boring Thanksgiving Side Dishes! Have you ever wondered why some people have always called this recipe “dressing” while others know the exact same dish as “stuffing?” This can be a regional preference, or it can be localized to just within your own family, as compared to your neighbors, for instance. Here is the [...]
If You Don’t Make This For Thanksgiving, You’ll Get A Slap Upside Your Head From Your Mama! Talk about a classic Southern recipe! This one is practically whistling Dixie! You know how certain foods can just open up the floodgates of your brain and a rush of memories flashes across the movie screen of your [...]
How My Willingness To Try An Unorthodox Recipe Got Me Gratifying Compliments It is often challenging for even a well-seasoned cook to come up with interesting, palate-pleasing side dishes. Most of the effort of meal preparation involves creating an impressive entrée guaranteed to please family and friends. Side dishes are treated like red-headed stepchildren of [...]
A Thanksgiving Classic That Frees Up the Oven! There are certain dishes that are required at Thanksgiving time in my family, apart from turkey. Mashed potatoes with my granny’s famous gravy, for example, or apple pie at dessert. But one thing that we always have to have on the table is creamed corn. There’s something [...]