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    Modern Southern Cooking Recipes

    Raised on sweet tea and southern fried chicken, my family’s home cooking is comfort on a plate! Here, you'll find stepped-up traditional southern recipes I grew up eating made (mostly) without highly processed ingredients. Opting instead for made-from-scratch healthier southern recipes. Enjoy classics like chicken fried steak, smothered pork chops, buttermilk biscuits, fried grits, Mom’s chicken and dumplings, cherry cobbler, shrimp gumbo, and more.

    • Easy Authentic Refried Beans Recipe (From Scratch or Canned w/Video)
    • Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)
    • A Better Homemade Turkey Pot Pie (The Ultimate Pot Pie Recipe)
    • Best Southern Cornbread Dressing (a Family Favorite)
    • Tender Buttery Southern Cast Iron Cornbread (With Buttermilk)
    • Best Chicken and Dumplings From Scratch (With Video)
    • Aunt Betty's Pecan Tassies (Mini Southern Pecan Pie Cookies)
    • Flaky Southern Strawberry-Rhubarb Fried Pies (Best Ever Hand Pies)
    • Mom's Best Ever Southern Cherry Cobbler Recipe (a family favorite)

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    Hi, I'm Kelly! A private chef helping busy families cook and enjoy tastier, healthier meals at home. Born and raised in Arkansas, I've lived and worked in NYC, Sichuan China, and now Northeast Italy. Each of these places impacts the diverse way we cook, live, and celebrate life. You'll find a bit of everything here whether you're new to cooking, or you've made it all. If you love to eat, you're in the right place!

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    Fall Comfort Food Recipes

    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • a bowl of warm and slightly creamy turkey and wild rice soup on a vintage pink and gold venetian serving tray
      Maggie's Turkey & Wild Rice Soup (Using Thanksgiving Leftovers)
    • A golden brown turkey pot pie with an extra piece of dough cut into the shape of a turkey baked right in the middle of the pot pie.
      A Better Homemade Turkey Pot Pie (The Ultimate Pot Pie Recipe)
    • A casserole dish filled with cheese enchiladas covered in sauce, melted cheddar cheese, and minced white onions.
      Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex + Video)

    Pumpkin Pleasing Recipes

    • Stack of hot pumpkin pancakes with a wedge removed so you can see how tender and fluffy they are.
      Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe (Extra Fluffy + Video)
    • Homemade pumpkin puree in glass mason jar for pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin waffles, pumpkin pasta, pumpkin, etc. (image showing fresh pumpkin puree for making pumpkin pancakes from scratch instead of canned pumpkin).
      20-Minute Pumpkin Purée (100% Homemade)
    • A bottle of McCormick's pumpkin pie spice next to a glass weck jar filled with homemade McCormick's substitute with two spoons filled with the respective spice mixes to show the color of each.
      Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe (Best McCormick Copycat)
    • Beautiful orange crispy-edged pumpkin focaccia with rosemary and dimpled everywhere on top.
      Easy Pumpkin Focaccia Bread (Focaccia alla Zucca)
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