Easy Meals and Southern Cooking
Step back into your childhood with a bowl of yummy, creamy homemade peach ice cream. Fresh peaches are combined with cream, vanilla and sugar. My ice cream maker gets quite a work out during the summer. It’s one of our favorite treats and my boys […]
Mixed berry fried pies are the perfect summer time treat. Blueberries and strawberries are simmered with sugar and fried in a flaky pie crust. Whoever invented the fried pie should be given a posthumous James Beard Award. Think about it. Everything that is good about […]
Roasted potato salad is sure to be a crowd favorite at your next barbecue. Tender potatoes are roasted until tender and combined tangy mayo, green onions, celery and mustard. Is it really a backyard barbecue without potato salad? I rank it right up there with […]
Homemade mayonnaise is super delicious and so easy to make. Whip up this basic mayonnaise recipe today in only a few minutes. In the summertime, I adore a good bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on homemade bread with a healthy slather of mayonnaise. Until recently, […]
Blueberry icebox cake is a light a refreshing summer dessert. Angel food cake is layered with sweetened cream cheese, whipped cream and blueberries. Rising temperatures and the abundance of summer produce seem to beg for a light sweet dessert loading with fresh fruit. Oh my […]
I'm Lisa, a first generation Southerner. While I was born and raised in Mississippi, I wasn't raised on Southern food. Then I met and fell in love with a boy who grew up eating his Grandmama's fried chicken and his Mamaw's biscuits and gravy. I realized I had a thing or two to learn about Southern cooking.
