Chicken, Potatoes, and Corn Slow-Cooker Chowder

Chicken Sweet Potato Corn Chowder single Plated

Are you ready for soup?  I am!  When my friend Maribeth asked if I had seen the chicken and sweet potato corn chowder recipe in the latest copy of Southern Living, I hadn’t. But when Maribeth gets excited about a recipe I get excited too! She is an accomplished cook and enjoys spending time in the kitchen.  … Read more

Southern Living Banana Pudding

Southern Living Banana Pudding Recipe

Many years ago, I was looking at photos of a banana pudding recipe featured in Southern Living magazine.  After adapting it to my liking, I stumbled upon the best southern living banana pudding style dessert that I have ever made! Have you ever eaten baked banana pudding? When I was growing up in the Midwest … Read more

Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns Recipe

It’s Easter week and my sous-chef dish-washing mom and I are invited to a friend’s house tomorrow.  I want to take a little something to the hostess.  It is the southern way after all.  After church, I decided to make Hot Cross Buns. These buns are a delicious, fragrant and beautiful addition to any Easter … Read more

Crunchy Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins

Crunchy Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins

Last week I stopped by my neighbors to take a dish of lasagne because my friend Gaye was going to have surgery the next day.  And while I was there Gaye opened up a big plastic bowl to reveal some incredibly good- looking muffins.  She said, “here try these”, while she hands me a little … Read more

Catherine’s Best Broccoli Cheddar Soup

best Broccoli Cheddar Soup

It has finally turned fall in middle Tennessee.  We actually saw the thermometer dip into the low 50’s today with some rain.  For my Nebraska based friends who have already seen snow several times this month and a low of 6 degrees yesterday, I am sorry you are already tasting some of the old-man winter! … Read more

The BEST Cornmeal Yeast Rolls Recipe

the best cornmeal yeast rolls recipe

Don’t let the “yeast” part of these rolls intimidate you or stop you from making them. They are very straightforward, easy steps and the flavor is better than any other yeast roll that I have made. The milk, sugar, and cornmeal cook together to make a lovely mixture that is actually quite tasty on its … Read more