Fudge Stripe Cookie Salad
Here is another delicious sweet salad, this time using broken pieces of cookies, mandarin oranges and pineapple in a vanilla pudding cloud.
Month: December 2021
Snickers® and Apple Salad
This is a delicious sweet salad with vanilla pudding, chunks of Snickers bars and tart Granny Smith apples. This was one of our boys favorites and it’s very easy to make.
Holiday Dressing (or Stuffing)
Down South, they call this dressing. Up north they call this stuffing. Since I smoke one turkey and deep fry the other turkey, I no longer stuff a bird so we call it dressing. I like to make it from scratch; the stuff from the …
Holiday Sweet Potatoes
Mmmmmm, sweet potatoes, with those melted marshmallows over the top. While it’s not everybody’s favorite and a little goes a long ways, no holiday table is complete without these sweet potatoes.
Holiday Mashed Potatoes
This mashed potato recipe has a couple of advantages – you can make it a few days ahead of time, and you can cook them in your slow cooker opening up more room in your oven or on your stove top for other holiday dishes.
Smoked Turkey
A few years ago, I started to make two turkeys every Thanksgiving, smoking one and deep frying the other. We have fans of both, so now I need to do both every year. This smoked turkey has deep flavor and cooking it outdoors keeps the …
Deep Fried Turkey
Deep Fried Turkey is a Southern Tradition. It gives you a crisp skin, wonderful flavor, and it keeps the meat moist. It also allows you to cook a turkey in a fraction of the time. The meat is not greasy – the fast action of …
Sweet Potato Fries
These are a great snack or side dish that goes well with Southern dishes. I like to make them after I deep fry a turkey, while the turkey is resting, since they only take about 5 minutes to cook in the hot oil. They are …
Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
This baked pasta dish is a nice alternative to a marinara based casserole. The spinach and the prosciutto or ham add a depth of flavor to the dish.
Sunday Gravy
This is an East Coast Italian/American tradition for Sunday dinner – you won’t find this in Italy. The meat flavors the sauce so there are not a lot of added spices and herbs in this recipe.