Comfort food

Chicken and Dumplings Recipe Ingredients: 5 chicken leg quarters Water 1 stick of sweet cream salted butter Approximately 3 tablespoons of poultry spice Salt and pepper Buttermilk can biscuits One large can Instructions: In a large pot, place the 5 chicken leg quarters and cover them with water. Add the stick of sweet cream salted…

Authentic Gumbo Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup oil 1 1/3 cup flour 2 tablespoons creole 1 tablespoon gumbo file 2 cans roasted diced tomatoes 2 cups chopped okra 2 onions 1 bag of green onions Salt Pepper 3 bell peppers (different colors) 2 bags of raw shrimp Pulled apart chicken breast 2 packs of sausage 1…

Rinderrouladen Recipe Does anyone know Rinderrouladen? It’s typical German. You need: Beef thinly sliced 1-2 per person (Best is meat from the inside of the thigh from the cow. It is meat that you also can use for steaks) Pickles (sweet/sour cucumber) Onions Bay leaf Carrots Celery Salt / Pepper Mustard Bacon Tomato paste Instant…

Southern Tradition: Black Eyed Peas Recipe for New Year’s Day Why do Southerners eat Black Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day? The tradition of eating black-eyed peas as the first meal on New Year’s Day is considered to have started in the South during the winter of 1864-1865. When Union General William T. Sherman marched…

Comforting Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Getting my soups ready for cooler weather! This is chicken and wild rice soup. Stick to your ribs good! Those of you who’ve seen my recipes know I don’t really measure anything, but I can tell you what I put in this batch of soup. This made a large…

Beef Stew with Creamy Mashed Potatoes and Dumplings Ingredients: Supermarket package of beef cubes 3 medium onions 1 swede Parsnips in a bag Carrots in a pack 3 garlic cloves 3 tbsp unbleached flour Purée of tomatoes Two oxo cubes Frying oil Potatoes in a bag Salt, white pepper, and buttermilk 12 ounces self-rising flour…

Crispy Cast Iron Skillet Chicken Pot Pie This may not be old-fashioned, but it sure is good. My kids look forward to fall/winter when I go to make this luscious double crust chicken pot pie. Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter 2 medium leeks, sliced 1/2 c all-purpose flour 1 (14.5-oz) can chicken broth 3 c cubed…

Grandame’s Classic Recipes  memory lane I don’t know about y’all, but my Grandmama was an amazing cook. She started cooking big fried chicken breakfasts for her farmer brothers when she was 5. I have the luxury and blessing of owning her home and cooking in her kitchen. She was famous for her pound cake in…

 Green Beans and Potatoes I’m not great at recipes because I don’t really measure, I just add things until it tastes good😊. But here goes Ingredients: White half runner beans “New potatoes” (small potatoes) 1 large white onion Butter Chicken broth (or water) Bacon grease Salt Pepper Garlic powder Chopped fried bacon Instructions Finely chop…

Cast Iron Recipe: Fluffy Biscuits, Sausage Gravy, Home Fries, Dippy Egg Yummy supper on this cold evening… fixed everything in or on cast iron. 👍🏼 For my biscuits…this honestly, makes the lightest and fluffiest biscuits. Ingredients: 2 C all-purpose flour 1 TBS baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 TBS white sugar 1/3 C shortening 1…