by Amanda Wilks from thekitchenadvisor.com Amanda is contributing to Loaves and Dishes this month as a guest host. Cooking is much like other focus-intense life skills and hobbies; It’s only fun when you really feel like devoting time to it. That’s all well and good when the weekend rolls around, but sometimes you’d rather …
Recipes
I’ll admit right now – I got a little camera crazy with this post. It happens. ESPECIALLY when I am only thinking of the crazy good cherry pie that is about to come my way!! This post is all about how to make cherry pie filling and how to can cherry pie filling. Both. YUM!
If you have ever visited North Carolina, you are probably dizzy from the selections of both Barbecue AND Slaw. When you visit a barbecue establishment, you’ll be asked “white or bbq”? You’ll need to know right away which one you want or you’ll be looked at like you have three heads. The good news is …
Perhaps where you live barbecue is a red sauce shredded pork meat affair, but in North Carolina simply saying the WORD barbecue can start an argument. Some believe that Lexington Style barbecue is the ONLY Barbecue so lets make a Lexington Style Crock Pot Pulled Pork Barbecue.
Clearly I fell on my head at some point in the past 3 ½ years because how did I manage to leave My Mom’s Meatloaf off of the recipe list at Loaves and Dishes, the CENTER of the unapologetic comfort food world on the internet? What is My Mom’s Meatloaf if it isn’t comfort food?
Tart, sweet, sour, plump and PERFECT! There is nothing like pickled blackberries to brighten up nearly any dish! Don’t let blackberries go to waste, here’s another way to save them for later!
Cooking canned corn isn’t just as easy as heating up the corn in the can. Well, not if you want the corn to taste really good! You really need to know how to cook canned corn on the stove if you want to make your tongue happy too!
You might be wondering why you are seeing a recipe for HOW TO COOK CANNED PEAS ON THE STOVE on a cooking website! HOW TO COOK CANNED PEAS ON THE STOVE is more the prerogative of a college kid, newby cook website, right? Nope.
Sometimes, you just need the taste of home to be as quick as possible and that means knowing HOW TO COOK CANNED GREEN BEANS ON THE STOVE. It’s easy to flavor your canned green beans so that they taste wonderful!
It happens to me and I know it happens to you too. You go to the pantry to pick up an item that certainly must be there only to find it isn’t? ARRRGGHH! That is how you learn to make EASY PIZZA SAUCE FROM SCRATCH.
Hello September!! September is Emergency preparedness month! It makes sense to prepare for emergencies with this first breath of fall. Let’s be ready in case the power is out over the winter. Is this crazy “prepper” talk? I don’t think so. I think it is always a good idea to be prepared for emergencies. Having good clean …
You want to save money with dried Pinto Beans and you want perfect southern smoky soft pinto beans. There’s just one question, “HOW TO COOK PINTO BEANS ON THE STOVE TOP”?
Summer weekends mornings are made for enjoying the warm sun, curling up on the deck furniture and enjoying mouthful after yummy mouthful of blueberry mini muffins with a crumble top. Thats how unapologetic comfort food should be!!
THE SECRET TO PERFECT SOUTHERN BISCUITS. Do you want a crunchy top? Do you want a soft flaky inside? Do you want buttery flavor for your perfect southern biscuits? Yes? Perfect!
As I brewed the bones of our Thanksgiving turkey to yield broth that will flavor dishes from now until spring, I imagined a spurious pie coupling my chocolate fudge pie with my pecan pie. I’ve never quite felt like Dr. Frankenstein in the kitchen until now, and the resulting Fudge Chocolate Pecan pie is stunning.
Have you ever attempted scalloped potatoes or Au gratin potatoes only to find that your potatoes never fully cooked through? Nothing worse than biting into crunchy tasteless potatoes when your mouth was expecting soft, tangy, cheesy delicious Au Gratin. Have you ended up with clumpy cheese? No worries. I have the secret to perfect every …
Mom’s make special dishes just for holiday’s like, ” Mom’s Holiday Brown Rice”. This one is my personal favorite that my mom made every single holiday! Do you assume special holiday dishes are difficult to prepare? That is what I think. Guess what? I am WRONG! This is the simplest dish EVER.
What to do with leftover Fried Apples? You could warm them up, right? You could smear them on toast. You could do a lot of things. One of my favorite things is to make fried apple cake!
Party Season is HERE! What could help you more with Party Season than an EASY Elegant recipe for Toasted Almond Raspberry Baked Brie? Hmmmm…. Maybe a YETI HOPPER 30 easy carry cooler? I’m GIVING ONE AWAY to celebrate Loaves and Dishes’ 3rd Birthday!
This ain’t your mamma’s biscuit. It ain’t your grandma’s biscuit neither. This is a delicate, lightly sweet, soft southern biscuit that is flavor BINGO! Plus, it is simple and a TERRIFIC use for any leftover baked sweet potatoes! Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits are my new GO-TO biscuit!