Easy Meals and Southern Cooking
Spiced peach jello salad — made with peaches, cinnamon, and cloves — tastes like a juicy peach pie in jello form. You don’t think less of me for posting a recipe about Jello salad, do you? Growing up, we always had a Jello salad on the table during the holidays. But […]
Cornbread dressing with chicken is a traditional dish served at holiday and family gatherings across the South. Crumbled homemade cornbread, sautéed vegetables, hard boiled eggs, shredded chicken are baked in a casserole dish until golden brown. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate […]
This cheesy oven roasted potatoes recipe combines three types of cheese and is topped with crispy toasted panko breadcrumbs. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links are used on this site. Cheesy oven roasted potatoes are a nice change from traditional mashed potatoes. […]
It’s easy to learn how to make fried okra. Fresh, sliced okra is dipped in a mixture of eggs, milk, and hot sauce, then dredged in cornmeal and fried to golden brown. Okra is a vegetable that’s not much thought about outside the south. It’s often used as a thickener […]
Flaked tuna, sweet peas, celery, and elbow macaroni are combined with mayo and a dash of cayenne pepper in this creamy tuna macaroni salad recipe. What are some of your favorite summer memories from when you were a kid? Since both of my parents worked, they had to find a way […]
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.
