Southern Ham Biscuits

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Ham Biscuits are a Southern hostess staple and should be a part of your entertaining plan.

Jimmy Dean Crumble Rumble Contest Ends Today

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Today is the last day to submit your recipe for the Jimmy Dean Crumble Rumble for a chance to win a trip to the Rachael Ray Show in New York City! How You Enter: Submit two recipes using Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles. One recipe must be a breakfast recipe. The second recipe is up Read More

Turkey Potpie

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Homemade turkey potpie is a perfect way to show your family you love them. No, I’m serious, it’s a simple and delicious recipe that is full of good stuff. Vegetables are in there, lots of ‘em. They are all nestled inside a double blanket of a flaky pie crust with chunks of turkey and a Read More

Turkey Wrap Sandwich Recipe

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This recipe for my favorite turkey wrap sandwiches will make you most certainly want to throw another turkey in oven just so you can make them. Fresh, delicious, and full of flavor, I think these turkey wrap sandwiches might become your favorite too. I love Thanksgiving leftovers and make sure to cook plenty of our Read More

Classic Cranberry Sauce

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Cranberry Sauce is one of the quickest, simplest things I make on Thanksgiving and yet it made the biggest impression on my husband the first time I prepared it as a newlywed. The sound of the cranberries popping as they are heated drew the attention of my husband then and absolutely brings my son to Read More

Giblet Gravy

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Giblet gravy is a must-have dish in my family for Thanksgiving. Even though the southern cornbread dressing is moist and flavorful, you just have to drizzle a bit of this gravy on top to say you’ve had a Thanksgiving meal around here. As I was growing up, my Grandmother would be the one to make Read More

Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe

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Southern cornbread dressing could easily take center stage on our table during the holidays and special celebrations, but especially on Thanksgiving. Then, my southern cornbread dressing really rivals the turkey for center stage. It all begins with delicious southern buttermilk cornbread and finish it off with a drizzle of giblet gravy. No stuffing in this Read More

Wine and Cheese Set Giveaway Winner

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Congratulations to commenter #3 – Kelly – on winning my wine and cheese set giveaway. I hope you like it, Kelly! Contact me and I’ll make arrangements to get it to you.

Thanksgiving Pie Recipes

This past week was pie week and has just made me down right hungry for pie. The celebration over our beloved pies has not disappointed. I kicked off the week with my family’s favorite recipe for Classic Pecan Pie. By the sliver or the slice, pies are just a Thanksgiving tradition I look forward to Read More

Classic Deviled Eggs

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Deviled eggs are a year-round favorite and a definite people pleaser. At every Southern gathering, you’ll find deviled eggs gracing the table. But you better look quick because these little babies disappear in a flash. They make an excellent appetizer, side dish, or snack. Heck, deviled eggs are just good, y’all. Here’s how I make Read More

Wine and Cheese Set Giveaway {Closed}

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I have a great giveaway for you, just in time for the holidays. It’s an 8 piece wine and cheese set from Chicago Cutlery. And everyone needs a good wine and cheese set. Here’s how you enter. Leave a comment on this post about your favorite kind of cheese. Is it blue cheese, Swiss, white Read More

Savory Turkey Brine Recipe

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The turkey takes center stage on Thanksgiving and every cook probably remembers well her first time preparing that first Thanksgiving turkey. I was a bit of a nervous wreck preparing side dishes, desserts, and that big ole bird as a newlywed in our first home. My Mother and Grandmother came early just in case I Read More

Southern Pecan Pie

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Pecan pie is a staple in southern kitchens, especially around the holidays. This classic pecan pie recipe is so delicious and easy to prepare, it’s one of the first desserts I remember making as a young girl. And it is absolutely the best pie ever. Rich, crunchy, and oh so buttery. Here’s how I make Read More

Pulled Pork Recipe

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Pulled pork is easy to prepare, but leaves everyone thinking you slaved over it all day long. Whether you serve pulled pork sandwiches topped with a few pickles as a delicious lunch or dinner or pulled pork with a side of baked beans or potato salad, everyone will ask for your recipe. Full of rich, Read More

Birthday KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway Winner

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What a wonderful response to our giveaway of a KitchenAid Mixer for Little Buddy’s birthday! I wish I was able to give every one who entered a bright, shiny red mixer. I am excited to be able to give one of you one though. The lucky winner is — #262 – Jana! Jana – please Read More

Caprese Salad

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We absolutely love caprese salads. They are fresh, deliciousness make a wonderful beginning to your dinner. A caprese salad is especially delicious with a perfect, juicy steak. But sometimes I like to quickly assemble a serving of caprese salad as my light lunch or dinner. It’s a versatile little salad with a big taste. The Read More

Perfect Steak Recipe

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We love a good steak around my house. It’s one of the meals I know I can prepare that everyone in my family will always be excited to eat – no matter the time of the year. But, regardless of the cut of steak you purchase, steaks aren’t inexpensive. You want to be sure to Read More

Egg in the Hole

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Some mornings the easiest breakfasts are the best. Those are mornings to break out this favorite recipe for egg in the hole. You only need a few ingredients for this delicious, protein filled breakfast. This is a great breakfast to make with your children. If they do not like the spicy flavor of hot sauce, Read More

Crock Pot Beef Pot Roast

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Pot roast is one of our favorite meals. I think everyone has their favorite way of preparing a pot roast, but I want to share with you the easiest, tastiest, most delicious way that I’ve found. It’s part of my weekly meal plan because my family loves it so much! You can easily prepare pot Read More

Red Velvet Cake

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Growing up, my mother always made me a red velvet cake on my birthday. Sometimes, she’d also make them for Christmas, but I knew them as “my” birthday cake. No one else in our family had this cake as “their” cake. I felt like it was especially mine. But then Little Buddy came along and Read More