Southern soul food is a salty dish.
It is a delicious main dish.
It is a high omega-3 food that is good for any occasion.
It is popular dish of american cuisine.
Blackened catfish, red beans and rice, collard greens, corn bread, and NO guilt! That's the name of the game in this - and every episode - of Budget Health Nut. Why spend three to four times as much for good down-home Southern cooking when you can save both ..
If you are looking for an easy, flavorful and downright addictive southern soul food collard greens recipe then HERE SHE IS!!! Growing up, my grandmother use to prepare collard greens almost every Sunday and for awhile it was the only vegetable I'd ever eat. ..
GETTING READY
1) Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) before baking.
MAKING
2) Using 2 1/2 quarts (2.4 1) of water, make ham hock stock, instead of 2 quarts (1.9 1).
3) Chop the hock meat roughly and keep aside so that we have 1/2 cup (118 ml).
4) Take a large ..
Make black-eyed pea flour: Sort and wash black-eyed peas, then soak them in 3 cups hot water for 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Drain peas and spread them out in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet.
Roast in preheated oven for 35 minutes, stirring ..
This video recipe will show you how to make a perfect southern, soul food potato salad. A summertime favorite in my house! This potato salad is creamy with the perfect balance of ingredients and seasoning. It's easy, simple, and a real crowd-pleaser. It can ..
You can easily substitute the smoked turkey sausage with crispy bacon if you'd like or just leave the meat out altogether. That savory chicken broth, fresh onion and garlic does quiet the job with seasoning these southern green beans to
This potato soup is so comforting and flavorful. I mean seriously, can you really go wrong with smoked sausage, potatoes, spinach, onions and garlic????? All combined with creamy cream cheese, chicken broth and smokey spices to make a soup that is out of this ..
This corn bread is spicy with chopped Jalapeños. Few ingredients and simple procedure. Mix all ingredients and bake. You can enjoy corn bread with many
Step 1.) Sort & wash the black eyed peas. Set aside.
Step 2.) Chop onions & garlic.
Step 3.) In a large pot, add in 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and saute the onions and garlic until tender.
Step 3.) Add in the chopped meat, black eye peas, & chicken broth
Step ..
Preheat oven to 350
Step 1.) Cook macaroni until al dente. (Look on the back of the box to see how long you need to cook your pasta for it to reach al dente texture. Do not overcook or you will have a mushy baked mac n cheese.) When pasta is done, drain and ..
This yeast roll recipe is so freakin easy and virtually error proof. It bakes up some soft, light and absolutely addictive rolls. Even if you aren't good at making homemade yeast breads I KNOW you can make this
Heat a large, heavy skillet.
Add 1 or 2 tablespoons water or unrefined oil.
Peanut or corn oil are best, the South being the homeland of peanuts and rich corn.
Drop in chilled, chopped greens.
Stir quickly.
Cover with a tight-fitting lid.
Reduce the heat as ..
Mix the corn meal, salt, and oil together.
Pour boiling water over the corn meal mixture and stir until well mixed.
Add the milk to the mixture and set aside to cool, about 40 minutes.
When cool, stir in the egg and baking powder.
Pour into a hot, well-oiled ..
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Try this delicious recipe for authentic Southern Fried Chicken. It is so much better than anything you could get at a drive-thru and great to serve to a crown on summer evenings relaxing in the backyard. Also, try it for a great picnic meal when you head out ..
Whip the cream, and set aside.
Whip whites until stiff.
Set aside.
Add sugar to egg yolks, and blend well.
Add liquor.
Blend all the mixtures together, adding nutmeg.
Pour into sherbet glasses, and
This simple southern corn bread is a mixed flour corn bread made with cornmeal and flour. Baked with milk and eggs along with baking agents, this southern corn bread is a good accompaniment to meats and
Prepare to be astounded by the mouthwatering flavors and texture of the Southern Salad. Tasty and addictive, the Southern Salad can be served for a party or simple enjoyed at a family
Bake pie crust 7 minutes at 350°.
Cool.
Mix filling ingredients thoroughly, and add apples.
Pour into partially baked shell, and continue baking at 450° for 30
The Southern Nut Pie is an addictive dessert that I have loved sine my childhood! Try this brilliant Southern Nut Pie recipe handed down from my mother! I am sure you will like
Prick the potatoes all over with a fork.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for about 1 hour or until soft.
Alternatively, bake in the microwave for about 4 minutes per potato (or according to the manufacturer's directions).
Cut the ..
Red/Purpple cabbage in Souther style is a very simple recipe. It is delicious and is full of nutrition. The red cabbage is a low calorie food, with vitamin C, potassium, folic acid, calium, manganese and mangesium in high concentration. This recipe is cooked ..
Mix the eggs, butter, sugar, and vanilla. sift the flour and baking powder.
Stir the egg mixture into the flour and blend.Grease and flour a tube-shaped pan and pour in the batter.
Cover with pecan and walnut halves.
Bake at 350° for 1
Southern Fried Chicken is simply yummy! They vanish in no time at home. You will understand why this is so popular at my place once you take a bite of the crispy Southern Fried Chicken!
Spread pecans over the bottom of the unbaked pie crust. Beat eggs slightly. Add melted butter, corn syrup, and sugar; blend well. Stir in vanilla. Pour egg mixture over pecans in pie shell. Bake for 45 to 60 minutes until center of pie is set. Cool before ..
A loyal, and observant, reader informed me that my almost famous buttermilk fried chicken recipe had not made the move over to this new blog. I was shocked and appalled. But, I recovered quickly, and so here you go. As you’ll see, the secret is getting the ..
Heat sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt over low heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Boil to 260 degrees F. or hard-ball stage. Pour in thin stream over stiffly beaten egg whites, beating all the time at high speed. Continue beating until mixture ..
Wash chicken pieces; pat dry.
Place in a single layer in a large shallow dish; pour 1 cup of the cream over top; chill at least 20 minutes.
Shake chicken pieces, a few at a time, in a mixture of the 2 cups flour, 2 tea spoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in ..
This video recipe for the southern classic, fried green tomatoes, was made using the giant green tomatoes picked at the Wild Boar Farms tasting. They almost went unpicked when we felt how hard they still were, but then the idea for a green, green fried tomato ..
Combine biscuit mix and 2 tablespoons sugar; moisten with enough milk to form a stiff dough.
Roll into oblong shape on slightly floured board; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.
Drain plums, re- serving juice; remove seeds.
Press through food mill.
Spread ..
In a blender or food processor puree the onions in batches with the vinegar, the chili sauce, the apple, the molasses, the oil, the garlic, the gherkin with the juice, the mustard, the celery salt, the Worcestershire sauce, the Tabasco, the cayenne, and
Southern Ham N Biscuits has a fine taste. Southern Ham N Biscuits gets its taste from ham cooked with flour and butter. Southern Ham N Biscuits is inspired by many food joints across the
Place steak in large resealable plastic food storage bag. Pour 1/2 cup Worcestershire over steak. Seal bag and marinate meat in refrigerator 20 minutes. To prepare barbecue sauce, combine ketchup, molasses, remaining 1/4 cup Worcestershire, mustard, Frank's ..
Beat yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until thick and lemon colored.
Beat egg whites, adding remaining sugar gradually, until stiff peaks form.
Fold egg whites into beaten yolks.
Stir cream and milk into egg mix- ture.
Add brandy and rum; stir thoroughly.
Sprinkle ..
MAKING
1) Take the first 6 ingredients in a container of a food processor and blend them.
2) Mix the tomato mixture with cucumber, green pepper, celery, and green onions. Chill this mixture.
SERVING
3) Pour the gazpacho into the 6 individual bowls.
4) ..
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Lightly spray a 3-quart casserole with no-stick spray.
Set the casserole aside.
In a blender of food processor, pulse blend or process one of the cans of corn (with juices) and the buttermilk until creamy but slightly lumpy (the ..
Blend the two sugars together and set aside.
Blend mustard and honey.
Baste ham with honey-mustard mix and coat heavily with the blended sugars.
Bake slowly at 325 degrees for approximately 1/2 hours (18 to 20 minutes per pound), until sugar has melted to a ..
Prepare and boil or steam sprouts.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in a wide frying pan over medium heat until crisp.
Lift out, drain, crumble, and set aside.
Discard all but 2 tablespoons drippings.
Add butter and onion to drippings and cook, stirring, until onion is ..
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven to 250°F.
2. Grease a baking sheet with fat or oil.
MAKING
3. Into a bowl add stiffly beaten egg white and stir brown sugar into it.
4. Mix well adding the remaining ingredients.
5. Onto a greased baking sheet, drop from a ..
1. Combine turnip greens, bay leaf, lemon rind, instant chicken broth and boiling water in a large saucepan. Bring to boiling; lower heat; simmer 5 minutes. Cool a few minutes; remove bay leaf.
2. Pour into container of an electric, blender; cover; process at ..
Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Set aside.
Dissolve yeast in slightly warmed buttermilk.
Add buttermilk mixture and oil to flour mixture.
Stir gently and quickly until mixed.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured board and knead gently 20 to 30 ..
1. Combine turnip greens, bay leaf, lemon rind, instant chicken broth and boiling water in a large saucepan. Bring to boiling; lower heat; simmer 5 minutes. Cool a few minutes; remove bay leaf.
2. Pour into container of an electric, blender; cover; process at ..
GETTING READY
1. Wash the rice thoroughly in a colander and pick any unwanted grains
2. In a rice cooker or a double boiler, cook the rice in water for about 45 to 50 minutes or until it is tender.
3. Drain and refresh under cold water. Leave to drain. ..
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Spread the shortening over the bottom of a heavy cast-iron skillet and place in the oven.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
Add the eggs and milk, stirring quickly to form a stiff ..
If you are a seafood fan, then this Flounder recipe is one you would like. This southern pan-fried flounder is a simple and easy recipe that is just right for even the amateurs or beginners to the world of cooking. So if you love seafood, put on that apron ..
PROCESS sweet potatoes with about 1/4 cup milk in food processor or blender until smooth.
Add remaining milk, brown sugar, eggs, cinnamon, ginger and salt; process until well mixed.
Pour into ungreased 1-quart souffle dish.
Cover tightly with foil.
Crumple ..
These Southern Brownies taste too good ! Try these delicious nut and chocolate bakes for your next dessert ! Tell me if you've liked these Southern Brownies.
Cream the eggs, butter and sugar; then add the finely ground fruits.
Line small, scalloped tart pans or small muffin tins with rich pastry.
Use enough of the above mixture to make each tart about 3/4 full - using 1 to 2 teaspoons each.
Bake at 375° for 25 ..
MAKING
1. Apply a coat of salt and pepper over the chicken, sprinkle paprika on it; in a large bowl, mix together flour and pancake mix
2. Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture and fry in a skillet in two inches deep oil over medium flame, turning once, ..
Remove and discard stems from turnip greens.
Wash turnip greens thoroughly, and pat dry with paper towels.
Tear turnip greens into bite-size pieces.
Place turnip greens in a large Dutch oven; add water.
Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 ..
In a mixing bowl, combine the eggs and the milk.
Place the flour in a second bowl and the bread crumbs in a third.
Blend the seasonings into the bread crumbs.
Dust the chicken with the flour, dip into the eggs and dredge in the bread crumbs.
Heat the oil to ..
GETTING READY
1 Neatly trim the ends off okra.
2 Cut into 1/4-inch slices.
MAKING
3 In a bowl, prepare a mixture of corn meal and seasonings and roll the okra slices in it.
4 In a skillet, heat the oil and fry for 15 minutes or until crisp and brown.
5 ..
Rinse chard thoroughly, removing stems.
Cut leaves into strips by rolling each leaf into a tube shape and cutting at 1/2-inch intervals with sharp knife.
Set aside.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Add onion and water.
Cook until water ..
GETTING READY
1. Wash the chicken well and pat dry on kitchen paper.
2. Joint the chicken into serving size pieces.
3. Use the wings and bony pieces to make a stock.
4. Beat the egg and milk.
MAKING
5. Coat the chicken pieces with seasoned flour.
6. Dip ..
Beat egg yolks until creamy; beat in sugar, salt, va- nilla and nutmeg.
Beat in bourbon and rum slowly.
Whip egg whites until stiff peaks form, beating in powdered sugar.
Add cream and milk to yolk mix- ture; fold in egg whites.
Refrigerate for several hours ..
Spaghetti Southern Style has a lovely taste. Spaghetti Southern Style gets its taste from meat mixed with tomato soup and pasta. Spaghetti Southern Style is inspired by many food joints
1 ln a stockpot or 5-quart Dutch oven, heat the oil over low heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until softened.
2 Add the broccoli, potatoes, basil, nutmeg, and stock and bring to a boil over moderate heat. Adjust ..
GETTING READY
1. Section and peel the orange
2. Clean, peel and dice the pineapples and mix with the oranges
MAKING
3. Add the coconut mixture to the pan and mix well again
4. Combine the orange and the pineapple mixture
5. Pour this mixture the fruit ..
Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add flour and salt.
Top with cover, and process pulsing 3 or 4 times or until combined.
Cut butter into 6 pieces; add to flour mixture.
Process pulsing 5 or 6 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal.
With ..
Boil sugar and water until it spins a thread.
Pour slowly, beating all the time, over the stiffly beaten egg whites.
Beat in 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; add salt.
Beat egg yolks thoroughly and add to egg-white mixture.
Fold in flour which has been sifted 6 ..
Combine and sift twice flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt; sift into an ungreased 9-inch cakepan, and smooth flat.
Make three depressions with back of tablespoon.
Put oil in one, vinegar in the second, and vanilla in the third.
Pour cold water over all.
Stir ..
Sift flour and cream of tartar together at least 5 times.
Beat egg whites until bubbly and fluffy but not stiff and dry.
Sift sugar, a little at a time, into the beaten egg whites, folding in carefully.
Next, sift flour into egg-white mixture, folding in ..
Sift flour, measure, and add baking powder, soda and salt.
Sift 3 times.
Cream butter and add 1 cup of the sugar gradually.
Add second cup of sugar to the beaten eggs, mix well.
Combine egg and creamed mixtures.
Add flour along with the milk; add chocolate ..
Combine chocolate, 1/2 cup milk, whole egg, and % cup sugar.
Cook over low heat until thick.
Cool.
Cream shortening and remaining cup sugar.
Add egg yolks and mix well.
Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with 1 cup milk and vanilla.
Stir in chocolate ..
Place 1/4 tablespoon butter in double boiler.
Add flour and blend well.
Add milk and stir mixture until thick.
Remove from fire.
Place remainder of butter in a saucepan and allow to become very hot.
Add sea food and saute 5 minutes.
Add white sauce and
Beat yolks until light, gradually adding 1/2 cup of the sugar.
Add sherry.
Put into double boiler and cook until mixture thickens, stirring constantly.
Cool.
Beat egg whites, adding all remaining sugar except about 2 table-spoonfuls to sweeten icing.
Whip 1 ..
Heat butter, blend in flour, salt, pepper, mace, and cayenne pepper.
Mix well; add the milk slowly, stirring constantly, adding meanwhile the crumbs, a few at a time.
Cook 2 or 3 minutes but do not let boil.
Remove sauce from fire; add crab meat or fish ..
Grits is another breakfast recipe, which is very easy and quick to make. It is a Southern US breakfast food. It you serve grits with ham and gravy or any other such dish it makes a nice side dish and wholesome meal.
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Cauliflower is a wonderful vegetable that is often overlooked as a great tasting cooked vegetable. Cauliflower is most often used in Vegetable Trays with a dip. Although many people love to eat raw cauliflower and broccoli, having it steamed is also very ..
Pad Thai is perhaps the most well known Thai dish outside of Thailand. It is a stir-fry dish containing gkuay dtiow (rice noodles) with a light sauce of tamerind, fish sauce, lime juice, chiles, shrimp, bean sprouts with a garnish of chopped peanuts and ..
Beat egg whites (at room temperature) and salt until foamy.
Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form.
Add 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
Sift remaining 1/2 cup sugar and flour together.
Gently fold into egg ..
GETTING READY
1) Preheat oven to temperature of 350 degrees.
MAKING
2) Sift together the cake flour, salt and ¼ cup of sugar 3 times.
3) Beat the egg whites till they are foamy.
4) Add the cream of tartar, water and lemon juice. Beat well till soft peaks ..
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven to 250°F.
MAKING
2. In a saucepan melt butter and add taco seasoning and Worcestershire sauce.
3. Spread pretzels on baking sheet and pour seasoning mixture over pretzels and toss to coat well.
4. Bake 30 minutes, turning ..
Wash potatoes; peel a 1/2-inch strip around center of each potato.
Cook potatoes in boiling water 15 to 20 minutes or until tender; drain.
Serve with Parsley-Chive
Combine raspberries, cornstarch, and sugar in a saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened.
Put mixture through a food
Combine all ingredients in container of an electric blender; process until smooth.
Place in an airtight container, and chill thoroughly.
Serve over salad
Combine flour and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, evenly over surface; stir with a fork until all dry ingredients are
Combine flour and salt; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, evenly over surface; stir with a fork until all ingredients are moistened.
Shape into a
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large skillet; cover and cook over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
Add butter, and toss cabbage
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
Combine eggs and milk; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
Spoon into greased muffin pans.
Bake at 400° for 20 to 23
Sprinkle avocado and bananas with lemon juice; set aside.
Combine the cabbage, tossing well.
Mound cabbage in center of a serving platter.
Arrange avocado, bananas, and grapefruit around cabbage.
Serve with blue cheese
Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Remove from heat; add peanut butter, beating until smooth.
Serve warm over ice
Saute zucchini and onion in butter in a large skillet until crisp-tender.
Spoon vegetables into a serving dish; sprinkle with soy sauce, and toss.
Top with slivered almonds and
Arrange toast on a baking sheet; place 2 slices cheese on each slice of toast.
Top each sandwich with a tomato slice, an onion slice, and bacon.
Bake at 425° for 12 to 15 minutes or until bacon is cooked.
Top with mayonnaise, if
Place ham and turkey on top of each bread slice.
Top with tomato slices, blue cheese, and Swiss cheese.
Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and sandwich is
Combine first 5 ingredients in a small mixing bowl; beat with electric mixer until sugar dissolves.
Continue to beat, slowly adding oil.
Stir in poppy seeds.
Cover and chill thoroughly; stir before
Beat eggs until thick and lemon colored.
Add sugar and lemon juice; beat well.
Stir in lemon rind.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened; cool thoroughly.
Fold in whipped
Combine sugar, water, and syrup in a large Dutch oven.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Stir in food coloring.
Continue to cook, without stirring, until mixture reaches hard crack stage (300°).
Remove from heat, and stir in oil of ..
Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding cardamom and nutmeg to batter; bake according to package directions.
Invert pan on funnel or bottle until cake is completely cooled (approximately 2 hours).
Loosen cake from sides of pan using a small ..
Remove stems from spinach; wash leaves in lukewarm water, and pat dry.
Tear into bite-size pieces.
Combine spinach, onion, eggs, and bacon in a large bowl.
Serve with
Cook rice according to package directions, reducing salt to 1/2 teaspoon; set aside.
Saute onion in butter until tender.
Add onion and Parmesan cheese to cooked rice; mix well.
Sprinkle with
Combine half of all ingredients in container of electric blender; process until smooth.
Pour mixture into a pitcher.
Repeat procedure with remaining half of ingredients; stir mixture well.
Pour into individual glasses, and serve
Combine first 5 ingredients in container of an electric blender; process 2 minutes or until smooth.
Spoon into stemmed glasses or individual serving dishes; chill until set.
Top with whipped
Place apple cider and cinnamon sticks in a large Dutch oven.
Stud apples with cloves, and add to cider.
Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
Serve
Combine half of first 3 ingredients in container of an electric blender; process until smooth.
Gradually add half of ice; process until mixture reaches desired consistency.
Repeat with remaining
Combine first 6 ingredients.
Shape into a 5- x 1-inch patty; coat top and sides with lemon-pepper seasoning.
Cover and chill 10 to 12 hours; serve with
Combine peaches and water in a large saucepan; cook over medium heat 5 minutes.
Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until tender.
Cool.
Combine peaches and remaining ingredients in container of electric blender.
Process until smooth.
Chill.
Serve ..
Beat softened cream cheese at medium speed of electric mixer until fluffy.
Add remaining ingredients, and beat until mixture is smooth.
Serve dressing over fruit
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl, tossing gently.
Combine oil, honey, and lime juice; pour over fruit, and toss gently.
Cover and chill.
To serve, remove fruit with a slotted spoon; arrange on lettuce