Made From Scratch
Come to into our kitchen and hang out a while while we explore recipes like grandma used to make
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A Brief History and Recipe for Southern Sweet Tea
Is there anything more summer or southern than an ice cold glass of sweet tea? Sweet tea is the quintessential beverage of the south and is sweet enough to make any southern belle swoon. Thesimple combination of brewed tea and sugar is what you will find in this Souther Sweet Tea recipe. It has the perfect amount of sweetness for a quick afternoon pick me up after working in the garden and pairs well with relaxing on the porch swing. Becoming the Drink of the South Tea has been around for quite some time (first grown in South Carolina in the late 18th century), and has been an essential part…
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Simple Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloin
This simple honey mustard pork tenderloin has been one of my go to’s when preparing a pork tenderloin. The marinade is so easy to whip up and the final product is so mouthwatering delicious. Whether it is made on the grill, like we will show here, or seared in a cast iron pan and finished off in the oven, this is a sure fire winner for dinner any night of the week. Easy Dinners are My Saving Grace If I have said it once, I have said it a million times already, easy dinners are the way to go on a busy weeknight. We all have tons of stuff going…
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Easy Beef & Bean Enchilada Casserole
Make ahead dinners are some of my favorite ways to cut time in the middle of a busy week and with all the continued renovations, gardening, and canning that has been going on lately I need to find ways to cut down on time wherever I can. One of the ways I get some time and sanity back is by making a make ahead dinner and throwing it in the fridge until it is time to bake and enjoy! That is where this Easy Beef and Bean Enchilada Casserole steps up to the plate. Not only is it a time saver on a busy night, but it is also packed…
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Easy Smooshed Potato Recipe (Crashed Potatoes)
Smooshed potatoes, as my five year old son calls them, are a real treat at our home. The combination of creamy potato, cheese, and garlic are bound to bring any tuber lover to their knees. If you love potatoes or just need a new simple side dish to try, you will want to try this super simple recipe for Smooshed Potato recipe, also known as, Crashed Potatoes. I was born and raised a meat and potato kind of girl. Rarely was there ever a dinner without a potato of some kind as either a side dish or in some cases the main dish. Occasionally we would have rice (and by…
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
I love desserts, even if my waistline and hips don’t. With so many things happening right now on the farm, my favorite dessert is one I can eat on the run. I prefer to eat my dessert with my hands than have to dirty up a plate and fork. That is why one of my all time favorite cakes is one that does not have icing but delivers on big dense buttery flavor, the pound cake. Of all of the Pound Cakes I love the Cream Cheese Pound Cake most of all! Cream Cheese Pound Cake was a staple dessert in my home growing up. If it wasn’t on the…
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Easy Southern Biscuit Recipe From Scratch (with Video)
Biscuits are the epitome of classic southern comfort especially slathered with butter. There are very few meals in which this quick bread doesn’t make the table in a Southerners home. All cooks need to have a great biscuit recipe under their belt and this easy southern biscuit recipe from scratch fits the bill. Memories I can remember my momma and grandma making biscuits when I was a little girl. My grandma, or Mawmaw as I always called her would let me take the little scrapes of dough that were left over from the dough on her hands and pieces that she couldn’t form into a real biscuit and would let…
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Easy Chocolate No Bake Cookies
These Easy Chocolate No Bake Cookies, also called Preacher Cookies, are a favorite of my kiddos (and to be honest, me). I have to be very careful of how much I make because I find myself eating them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I mean they are peanut butter so they are healthy right!? The name Preacher Cookies comes from the ability to quickly whip up a batch when the preacher was spotted out the window walking down the lane towards your house. While the name No Bake is an oblivious one. These are a great summer cookie because it doesn’t require the oven to make these delicious treat. These…
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How to Make Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
One of my favorite cookies is a classic chocolate chip cookie. Buttery chewy cookie studded with melty semi sweet chocolate. You cannot ask for a more perfect confection in my opinion. These chewy chocolate chip cookies have been my go to for years. I get asked quite frequently to bring these treats along to parties and functions because they are just so dang gone good. Even my husband, who is not a fan of sweets, appreciates these cookies as a once in a while treat. This particular recipe was adapted from my mom’s 1980’s Betty Crocker Cookbook. That book is hands down my favorite cookbook. I remember being a kid…
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Easy Cream Cheese Danish
Sometimes you just need a quick and easy dessert or sweet breakfast treat. That is where this easy cream cheese danish comes to the rescue. Simple and delicious and with only five minutes to prepare and twelve minutes to bake, you will be in cream cheese puff pastry heaven in no time. Danishes The name of this flaky and buttery pastry would have you believing that this dessert was of Denmark decent. However, it is from Austrian origins that this lovely dish comes to us. It was first made popular in Denmark however, so the name Danish stuck. The danish was always a special treat when we were growing up.…
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Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken and dumplings is the quintessential fall southern recipe. It is the kind of dinner you would expect to find when you walk into your grandma’s house on a chilly day. Thick chicken stew with buttery dumplings that warm you from the inside out. My favorite way to make chicken and dumpling is low and slow starting with a whole broiler chicken. This meal is Sunday dinner at its finest and with all the snow and rain we have been getting this past month, it has done its job with keeping our bellies full and our hearts warm. In this recipe, I simmer the whole chicken all day to develop…
