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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.

    • Closeup of a bowl of chicken and dumplings with fluffy drop dumplings in a rich broth ready to eat.
      Mom's Easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe (6-Ingredients, Southern)
    • A loaf of cooling pumpkin bread loaf glistening with a bakery-style crevice down the middle.
      Pumpkin Bread Recipe (Easy and Super Moist)
    • Closeup of a fully baked banana bread with chocolate chips and coconut in a loaf pan with golden brown toasted coconut flakes on top.
      Banana Coconut Chocolate Chip Bread
    • 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)
    • A double layer no-raisin best carrot cake with pecans and matcha cream cheese frosting, piped in kisses and garnished with toasted pistachios.
      Best Carrot Cake Recipe (Super Moist, Made from Scratch)
    • 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)
    • A saute pan with the creamiest refried beans garnished with a a few sliced fresh jalapeños, chili pequin, and a lime wedge.
      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 le creuset 7-quart dutch oven filled with chicken and dumplings soft and pillowy and floating on top with chives sprinkled all over
      Creamy Chicken and Dumpling Soup with Herbs (+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)
    • 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
    • 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, less-processed meals at home. Born and raised in Arkansas, I've lived and worked in NYC, Chengdu, 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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    Casseroles for Cooler Nights

    • A casserole dish filled with cheese enchiladas covered in sauce, melted cheddar cheese, and minced white onions.
      Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (+Video)
    • 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 Recipe (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • A portioned square of "almost lasagna bolognese" pasta bake with beef ragu, porcini bechamel, mozzarella cheese, and parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
      Beef Lasagna w/Tomato White Wine Sauce and Porcini Béchamel
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    Easy Fall Pumpkin Recipes

    • 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).
      How to Make Pumpkin Puree (30-Minute Method)
    • 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)
    • Stack of hot pumpkin pancakes with a wedge removed so you can see how tender and fluffy they are.
      Pumpkin Pancake Recipe (Easy, Extra Fluffy + Video)
    • Creamy pumpkin pasta with sausage and kale in a cast iron skillet featuring trottole pasta coated in pumpkin cream sauce, an easy pumpkin pasta sauce recipe.
      Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage and Kale

    Tasty Pizza Night Recipes

    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (Thin-Crust, 5 Ingredients)
    • Pizza dough recipe for a homemade pizza with sausage and onion on a crispy bread flour pizza crust recipe, how to make pizza dough for the best homemade pizza dough.
      Best Bread Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)
    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza margherita toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Thick-Crust Pizza (Fluffy 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe)
    • A platter with three golden brown fried pizzas topped with burrata cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, olives, and sun dried tomatoes.
      Italian Fried Pizza (Easy Abruzzese Pizza Fritta)
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
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