Fresh green beans full of flavor and soul! Simmered in smokey broth with lots of garlic, onions, and red pepper! Visual learner? Watch me make these Soulful Green Beans from start to finish! My grandmother grew a lot of vegetables in her garden. The variety would change every year but one thing that remained were those fresh green beans! I have fond memories (and she
Visual learner? Watch me make these scalloped potatoes from start to finish! Yesterday I decided to cook some lamb chops, asparagus, and scalloped potatoes for dinner. I went to my blog because this is where I store all of my family, favorite recipes. Yep, it’s true. My entire, extended family pretty much use my blog to snag all of grandma Barb’s and any other recipe
“Learn how to make creamy & cheesy baked macaroni and cheese! No Velveeta just real cheese and simple ingredients. It’s the best of both worlds and a real crowd-pleasing recipe.” Watch me make this creamy & cheese baked macaroni and cheese from start to finish! I LOVE this creamy, stovetop macaroni and cheese. I also LOVE this comforting, Southern-style baked macaroni and cheese. You know
“Learn how to make a flavorful, cornbread dressing made the true southern way! Starting with from-scratch buttermilk cornbread, flavorful broth, onions, peppers, celery, chicken, and spices!” Watch me make this old-fashioned cornbread dressing from start to finish! I really didn’t need another Southern cornbread dressing recipe on this site because you guys seem to be absolutely crazy about this recipe. However, I figured it was
“Southern, soul food collard greens with smoked turkey legs. Simmered with onions, garlic, red pepper flakes and smoked turkey for a robust, flavor!” Ahhhhh southern style collard greens!!! Such a true tribute to my childhood! My grandmother made collard greens just about every Sunday! I’d walk through the house while pinching my nose saying “ewww collard greens again!!!” lol I actually did like collard greens
“Creamy, cheesy, fluffy, buttery and delicious can accurately sum up these baked sour cream, cheddar & chive mashed potatoes! They are the perfect side dish for holidays or family gatherings. “ I think this is the third mashed potato dish I’ve posted on this blog. There’s easy mashed potatoes, cream cheese mashed potatoes and now I give thee baked sour cream, cheddar and chive mashed potatoes! Dare
“Creamy, southern-style creamed corn made with fresh roasted corn, cream, milk, sugar, and topped with smokey bacon” Have your parents ever told you what your first food was? Mine was creamed corn. My mother told me that she gave me a bite of her creamed corn when I was 7 months old and I nearly attacked her entire plate trying to get more. I still
I wish my waist-line loved dinner rolls as much as I do. It CLEARLY does not, but I’m just gonna have to worry about that later because the words for today are: SWEET DINNER ROLLS!!! But not just any sweet dinner rolls people. These uh-maaay-zing homemade honey butter dinner rolls. They. Are. Everything! Everything I tell ya!! Soft, golden, buttery, squishy, chewy, yeasty, sweet, dinner
Ok ok I heard you sheesh! Some of you RAVED about the herb roasted turkey recipe I put up a few years ago and some of you said “uhhh Monique I love you and everything but that turkey is just toooooo much work with all that flipping and basting!” lol. So I thought it was time that I put up a super easy, moist, juicy,
“Learn how to make homemade cranberry sauce using fresh cranberries. A splash of orange and pomegranate juices takes this from-scratch cranberry sauce to the next level! Easy and quick to make!” Watch me make this homemade cranberry sauce from start to finish!! Hey don’t forget the cranberry sauce!!! Thanksgiving is just not the same without it in my family. It really complete the meal to
Growing up, a holiday meal just wasn’t quiet the same without a pan of these southern baked candied yams. Whenever we’d have new people over for Sunday dinner they’d always comment on how delicious the candied yams were. Everybody wanted to know “the secret”. The secret wasn’t really anything major, as with most recipes. It was just slow cooking them in a candied mixture
***UPDATED RECIPE #1*** I created this post in 2009 but updated it with a video. I’ve also update the recipe and you can find that here. If you’ve ever wondered how to make a flavorful, homemade Southern Cornbread dressing, then let me share with you my grandmother’s recipe. This dressing is usually the ONLY dressing I will eat. It is moist, full of that soul
Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese (Soul Food Style) Yes Please! I’m pretty sure you all know how hard it is to find a good, southern, soul food style baked macaroni and cheese recipe right? People tend to keep a tight grasp on their prized macaroni & cheese recipes. Well, imagine my shock when my sister sashayed in on Thanksgiving and casually placed this baked
Southern Homemade Sweet Potato Pie ***UPDATE*** Check out this Southern brown butter sweet potato pie! Yall…….I am sitting here typing up this post while eating a piece of this sweet potato pie and I am seriously wondering how the heck can a sweet potato taste this freakin good! I’ve had a TON of homemade sweet potato pies and made plenty of recipes for them. This
