A modern Appalachian woman's kitchen adventures
This recipe has been in my collection since my college days. In fact, the original recipe typed out by my friend Emily may have been typed out on a Brothers word processor. (We old, girlfriend!) I’ve been faithfully watching this year’s Holiday Baking Championship and the bakers competing there love some booze in their baked…
My friends all know that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I’m a Thanksgiving kind of gal. This year, due to the worldwide pandemic, the holidays are going to be a little different for many of us. I personally will be cooking my first Thanksgiving meal for my little family. While I’ve cooked many big meals…
There’s just something special about a handwritten recipe. I always enjoy pilfering through my mom’s recipe box and looking at the various recipes that she collected over the years. Some were written by her, probably copied from a magazine or newspaper article, and some were written for her by other people. In my own collection,…
To me, a meal that says Appalachia like no other is soup beans, fried potatoes and cornbread. I hadn’t posted a recipe for fried potatoes before because I wasn’t sure I could come up with that much to say. But then I thought, this is me we are taking about. I can always find something…
I’ve done WW on and off for the past 16 years, and when I rejoined the most recent time in 2018, “two ingredient dough” was all the rage. I’m not sure who created the idea (and not sure anyone knows) but the premise is simple: make a dough using fat free Greek yogurt and self-rising…
4th of July is a laid back holiday. We really don’t have any steadfast traditions so that allows us to go with the flow. This year my 6 year old son asked if we could have a party. We’ve been social distancing and basically in isolation since mid-March. So it definitely seemed like a party…
Once during early time together, my husband asked if I’d ever made a cake with pudding on top instead of frosting. I had not but was game to try it. So I did, I made a cake with prepared pudding on top. And it wasn’t bad, I mean, it was cake with pudding but I…
Earlier in the year, I shared some goals for 2020. Obviously, 2020 took a turn that none of us expected. I haven’t updated since February since it seemed somewhat shallow. But as we start creeping back to normalcy, I decided to update. You can see my original goals here and my January recap here. Fitness…
It’s no secret, I LOVED Joanna Gaines’ first cookbook, Magnolia Table. I’ve made tons of stuff from it and am continuing to cook my way through it. (You can read my full review here-recently updated with more pictures.) So you are probably not surprised to hear that I pre-ordered Volume 2 so I’d have it…