Easy Meals and Southern Cooking
Apricot nectar cake is a simple, but divine, vintage dessert. Lemon cake mix is sweetened with apricot nectar and topped with a silky smooth glaze. If a recipe starts with a boxed cake mix, can it really be called homemade? My answer is yes. As my kiddos get older, life […]
Broccoli salad with bacon and cranberries is a delicious way to eat your veggies. Fresh broccoli florets are topped with dried cranberries, bacon, sunflower seeds and red onion, then tossed in a light, creamy dressing. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links […]
Try this tasty recipe for hearty chicken jambalaya. Chicken, spicy andouille sausage and vegetables are slowly simmered with tomatoes, rice and broth. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links are used on this site. One pot meals are among some of my […]
This velvety red wine mushroom sauce for steak tastes just like an expensive steak house dinner you can enjoy at home. My husband and I are lucky that our parents are very good about regularly taking our boys for a weekend and letting us have some time to ourselves. I […]
Warm up on a cold day with a bowl of creamy old fashioned potato soup. Tender potatoes and bacon are simmered in chicken broth and cream. Have you ever experienced one of those days where the weather is so bitterly cold and gloomy, it’s just about impossible to force yourself […]
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.
