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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.

    • An All-Clad sauté pan filled with homemade red enchilada sauce with a whisk resting in the pan.
      Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)
    • Closeup of the best Southern cornbread dressing with crispy sage leaves garnishing the top for decoration (crispy buttery edges and super moist filling).
      Best Southern Cornbread Dressing (For Thanksgiving & Christmas)
    • Homemade Mexican dinner plate featuring cheese enchiladas, creamy refried pinto beans topped with melted cheese and authentic Mexican cilantro rice - better than restaurant enchilada plate.
      Easy Authentic Refried Beans Recipe (From Scratch or Canned w/Video)
    • 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)
    • Ultra crispy homemade fried cherry pie with a bite taken out of it revealing the homemade cherry pie filling that's full of cherries.
      Crispy Southern Fried Cherry Pie (w/Best Fried Pie Dough)
    • A cast iron skillet with golden brown buttermilk cornbread resting on a white linen tea towel with a vegetable and fruit pattern in sage green and terra cotta earth tone colors.
      Tender Buttery Southern Cast Iron Cornbread (With Buttermilk)
    • A dutch oven filled with chicken and dumpling.
      Best Chicken and Dumplings From Scratch (With Video)
    • Closeup of baked pecan tassie cookies on parchment paper.
      Aunt Betty's Pecan Tassies (Mini Southern Pecan Pie Cookies)
    • Crispy flaky golden brown strawberry-rhubarb fried pies sprinkled with easy homemade strawberry sugar.
      Flaky Southern Strawberry-Rhubarb Fried Pies (Best Ever Hand Pies)
    • A whole carrot cake with cream cheese frosting sprinkled with pale green freeze-dried pistachios and two slices removed.
      Incredibly Moist Carrot Cake (With Purple Carrots)
    • 3 perfectly golden brown sautéed cornbread dressing cakes in a cast iron skillet with a crispy sage leaf in the middle
      Leftover Thanksgiving Cornbread Dressing Cakes
    • A bowl of simple chicken and dumplings with two dumplings surrounded by creamy chicken soup.
      Mom's Easy Chicken and Dumplings (6 Ingredients: 100% From Scratch)
    • Arkansas Possum Pie decorated on top with whipped cream and toasted pecan halves and chopped pecans
      Best Ever Arkansas Possum Pie (100% Made From Scratch)
    • a cast iron skillet with a golden brown cherry cobbler baked beautifully and the sunlight hitting it
      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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    Tasty Valentine's Day Recipes

    • Homemade har gow crystal shrimp dumpling on a pink marble platter showing translucent dumpling skin with pink shrimp visible inside.
      Har Gow Shrimp Dumplings 虾饺 (Ultimate Recipe Guide + Video)
    • Valentine's Day desserts recipes 9-photo compilation featuring Biscoff brownies, strawberry cheesecake, salted caramel cheesecake, fried cherry pies, devil's food cake cupcakes with chocolate ganache, strawberry scones, pan-banging chocolate chip cookies, strawberry cupcakes, and white chocolate vanilla bean crème brûlée cheesecake for romantic desserts for two or Valentine's Day dessert ideas.
      20 Best Valentines Day Desserts (Romantic Recipes for Two)
    • Pepperoni topped pizza in the shape of a heart that's been cut in a zigzag down the middle and slightly separated to reveal a broken heart pizza
      20-Minute Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Pizza
    • a beautiful golden brown Florentine beef steak cooked perfectly
      Perfect Pan-Seared Thick-Cut Steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina)
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    Chinese New Year Recipes

    • just steamed homemade money bag dumplings or beggar's purses in a bamboo steamer sitting on top of nappa cabbage leaves
      Steamed Pork & Chive Money Bag Dumplings
    • The best shrimp burger recipe served up in red burger baskets on a vintage carhop tray - crispy shrimp burgers on two potato buns with burger toppings including spicy wasabi mayo, shredded cabbage, pickles, cilantro and shallots with twice-fried french fries for a real classic drive in burger experience.
      Crispy Shrimp Burger Recipe (Homemade Teochew Shrimp Patties + Video)
    • zigzagged square wonton wrappers cut out and ready to be filled
      Easy Homemade Wonton Wrappers (Using Bread Flour)
    • Homemade shrimp toast cut in half showing abundant shrimp filling inside, with crispy golden sesame-topped toasts on plate, authentic Chinese shrimp toast recipe appetizer.
      Chinese Shrimp Toast (Fried, Air Fried, or Baked)
    • Perfectly pleated chicken dumplings on a sheet tray ready to be steamed.
      Chinese Chicken and Zucchini Dumplings w/Video (Chicken Jiaozi)
    • Homemade Asian sesame dressing in a small Weck Canning jar with toasted sesame seeds and fresh chives floating on top, showcasing its rich amber color and smooth texture.
      Asian Sesame Dressing (Easy 5-Minute Homemade Recipe + Video)

    Authentic Italian Lasagne Recipes

    • A slice of prosciutto cotto and mozzarella lasagna with cheese and tomato sauce oozing out.
      Italian Ham & Mozzarella Lasagna (Lasagna di Prosciutto Cotto e Mozzarella)
    • 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)
    • eggplant and zucchine parmigiana with text overlay stating the recipe was a pinterest and Food52 Grand Prize Recipe winner
      Mama A's Eggplant & Zucchini Parmigiana (Pinterest & Food52 Golden Recipe Grand Prize Winner)
    • Speck and Asparagus lasagna just out of the oven
      Italian Speck & Asparagus Lasagna (w/Asparagus Béchamel & Zucchini Crema)

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