• Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

    September 5, 2013Danita

    Southern Favorite #4 – Pound Cake Pound Cake…for those who have experienced them, that’s all you have to say! Pound cake is one of the “go to” Southern desserts (the other being banana pudding)  It comes in seemingly hundreds of varieties.  Almost every Southern lady has her favorite pound cake recipe.   People in other…

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  • Corn Casserole

    September 4, 2013Danita

    Southern Favorites #3  Corn Casserole   Have you ever had the canned creamed corn?  Our family doesn’t care for it.  I grew up eating “real” creamed corn – corn that my grandma had cut off the cob and cooked…which is NOTHING like the stuff in the can.   The first time I had this dish…

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  • Breakfast Gravy

    September 3, 2013Danita

      Southern Favorites #2 Breakfast Gravy When I think of Southern favorites the first thing that comes to mind is buttermilk biscuits.  Next, I think about what would go with those biscuits.  My son’s first response is, “Gravy”.  By that, he means breakfast gravy, sometimes called sausage gravy or white gravy.  (Up north it would…

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  • Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

    September 1, 2013Danita

    This week’s first “tried and true” Southern favorite is….Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits! Learning to make biscuits was one of my cooking goals.  I will be right up front….IT TAKES PRACTICE!  I think everyone who makes or has attempted to make biscuits has had the “hockey puck” experience.  You know the one…the biscuits would have a better…

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  • What to expect this week

    September 1, 2013Danita

    Although most of my cooking is influenced by my Southern heritage, this week’s recipes will be tried and true Southern favorites. Just to name a few…buttermilk biscuits, country style steak and creamed corn (from scratch) I’m getting hungry just writing about them!

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