Fruit salad served as a side dish or as a dessert is a compliment to any meal. When my grandchildren were young, they were a fan of anything with fruit, and it's a good way to get them to eat it. Pick one of these yummy creamy salads to make for dinner!
Do you have lots of summer squash? Here are some delicious recipes to prepare your abundance of squash. Grill, bake, stir-fry, sweet, or create a salad!
These chocolate recipes will definitely satisfy your chocolate craving, at least for the day! Find your favorite! You will find recipes for tres cocoas leches cake, chocolate sour cream cupcakes, chocolate no-bake cheesecake pie, almond joy cake, bacon dipped in chocolate, and more!
Looking for luscious, eye-catching desserts? These three recipes are sure to be a hit at your next dinner party. Choose banana pudding, punch bowl cake, or tiramisu. These are no ordinary desserts!
Four delicious options: Mexican taco with beef, black-eyed pea salad, zesty marinated four-bean salad, and sugar snap and English pea surprise salad!
Check out these creamy meat and vegetable salad recipes. Choose from curried chicken, Southern potato, turkey avocado pineapple, or ranch coleslaw salads. Everyone loves a salad!
This article features a great collection of my favorite vegetable salad recipes, from cucumbers to layered and fried okra salads. It also includes a selection of salad fixin’s.
Mandarin orange cake is also called the Pig Pickin' or Pig Lickin' cake. It is a light cake filled with citrus flavors. Top it with a scrumptious light frosting with cool whip, instant pudding, and crushed pineapple.
Check out these five fish recipes! Choose succulently grilled tilapia, crispy golden fried catfish, panko-crusted baked fish, blackened Cajun catfish, or fish tacos! You can always substitute your favorite type of fish! I am pretty much a catfish gal!
A classic club sandwich is a quick and easy meal. It is made with sliced bread, which may be toasted if you desire. It is then filled with deli meats, bacon, cheeses, and more! Try one today!
How the chicken party got started . . . yes, I said chicken party! Use your imagination and create a fun party for your kids! The kids still remember the fun of planning and having the way-out party!
A pasta salad is delicious with a creamy or vinaigrette dressing. This recipe for creamy cheesy rotini salad is so flavorful. Make for a salad or a meal. Make it to your taste!
Brandied fruit is a family tradition that can be made with different kinds of fruits or just one. You can serve it as a topping on pies, pound cakes, and ice cream or use it to make a cake.
Plan a chili buffet party for the next big game day or large family gathering! Try some of my chili recipes or use your own! A delicious and fun party!
Need some Southern comfort food? These recipes for meatloaf, sweet potato fries, hummingbird cake, fresh squeezed lemonade, and a few other dishes will get you started on delicious homemade Southern cooking.
You can boil, fry, mash, bake, roast, scallop a potato, tater, spud, or whatever y'all call them!
Great recipes for all you deer hunters! I have made all these venison recipes many times. Jerky, salami, chili, and stew. You can really use any type of meat such as beef, pork, turkey, and more.
6 tasty homemade cookie recipes, fresh from the oven! Select from lemon bars, nutty shortbread, oatmeal macaroon, flourless peanut butter, peanut butter chocolate kisses and brown sugar cookies frosted with cream cheese!
From hash brown casserole to chicken enchilada casserole, I've got a delicious casserole for you!
Soup may show up on our table at any time of the year—hot and cold weather! Family favorite soups are cream of broccoli cheddar, tomato basil, hot and sour, cheeseburger, French onion, and more! When the weather turns cold here in Texas, it really makes us crave our favorite soup!
Here are a few of my favorite Christmas candy recipes, including divinity, fudge, peanut brittle, divinity, toffee, millionaire, and more!
3 scrumptious desserts with one dough recipe! What are you hungry for? Cinnamon rolls, doughnuts or an elegant layered cinnamon roll cake? This recipe comes from a friend that owned a bakery. The cinnamon rolls are always requested. Make one of these delicious yeast treats today!
Making homemade hot tamales can be time-consuming, but they're worth every minute it takes. Make them spicy or mild, with chicken, beef, pork, or vegetables! Call your friends and family for help and have a tamale-making party!
Pumpkin recipes are made all year long at our house, not just for the holidays. There are so many ways to use pumpkin from sweet to savory! From pumpkin gooey butter cake to savory pumpkin soup, there is surely a recipe here that you'll enjoy.
This authentic Mrs. Field's cookie recipe is loaded with chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, and pecans.
Looking for something different and delicious this Christmas? Deep fry a turkey! The result is a moist, juicy inside and crispy outside! While the oil is hot, fry some onion rings, fries, pickles, and candy bars!
Where I'm from, we take Thanksgiving seriously! Here are my best recipes: sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, cranberry relish, pumpkin pies, stuffing, and even whoopie pies!
Check out these delicious, elegant, and easy cake recipes. Favorites include red velvet, gooey butter, oatmeal, Italian cream, carrot, and earthquake German chocolate. Peek inside and find one you would like to try—there is not a bad one in the bunch!
Your kids will love these 12 recipes! How about homemade corny dogs, mummies in crescent rolls, snow ice cream, caramel apples, and many more? These recipes were all kid-tested by my grandchildren.
Fried pies are a Southern treat, and here's an easy recipe to make them at home! I also include fruit, cream, chocolate, peach, buttermilk, coconut pies, and more.
Discover how to make two authentic Southern chow chow relish recipes (cooked and no-cook versions). This article also includes bonus recipes for peach relish and jalapeño jelly.
Easy and delicious taco soup is just the start! Here are recipes for pozole, carne asada, baked jalapeño poppers, and more.
Amazing recipes for bacon waffles, blueberry streusel muffins, breakfast bread pudding, carrot bread, buttermilk French toast, and many other great breakfast and brunch treats.
The recipes in these articles include Southern-style barbecue peanuts, addicting cheesy sausages, caramelized Vidalia onions, guacamole, veggie pizza dips, and more!
Do you know how to peel a banana like a monkey, put out a kitchen fire, or cook corn on the cob in the microwave? Check out these helpful tips and hints!
Making homemade ice cream is a great family activity and treat. Whether it's vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, peanut butter, peach, or any other flavor, it tastes better when it's homemade.
Mexican King Ranch chicken takes a favorite Tex-Mex recipe and turns up the Mexican flavors. Perfect for your family dinner, with leftovers that taste even better the next day!
Southern desserts are guaranteed crowd-pleasers! This rich pound cake has old-fashioned cream-cheese frosting and is surprisingly easy to make.