Easy Meals and Southern Cooking
Upside down fig cake is a great way to use up a bounty of fresh figs. Halved figs and pecans mixed with butter and brown sugar adorn the top of a light and fluffy cake drizzled with vanilla glaze. I’m fortunate that my parents have a huge fig tree in […]
Unexpected guests? Keep the dough for these slice-and-bake butter pecan cookies in the freezer! This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links are used on this site. When I was a little girl, there was an elderly lady in my church named Mrs. […]
Saltine Toffee, aka Christmas Crack, is an easy and surprisingly addictive candy made from saltine crackers, butter sugar and chocolate chips. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links are used on this site. My best friend A and I have a Christmas […]
Hello Dolly Bars, aka Magic Cookie Bars, are a simple seven-layer baked dessert that combines graham crackers, coconut, chocolate chips and pecans. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to learn more about how affiliate links are used on this site. I was first introduced to these decadent cookie […]
These yummy flaky praline pecan cathead biscuits are cooked in a cast iron skillet. Invert them onto a plate for a sweet surprise! I like a warm, fresh, baked good just pulled out of the oven for breakfast just as much as the next person. The problem is I’m usually […]
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.
