Southern Bite

Stacey Little's Southern Food & Recipe Blog

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Pimento Cheese Cornbread

It doesn't get much more southern than this Pimento Cheese Cornbread. Classic moist, tender cornbread is filled with gooey cheddar cheese and studded with

Pesto Pasta Salad

This simple and easy recipe for Pesto Pasta Salad combines orzo pasta with basil pesto, feta cheese, onions, olives, artichokes, and tomatoes for a cool summer

Sweet Corn Salad with Bacon

This Sweet Corn Salad with Bacon combines the sweetness of fresh corn with the smokiness of bacon. Throw in some red onion, tomatoes, basil, and a creamy

Summer Succotash

This Summer Succotash is the perfect recipe to take advantage of that summer vegetable bounty. Salty bacon, sweet corn, lima beans, okra, and tart tomatoes

Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam

This recipe for Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam is the perfect way to use those fresh strawberries by making quick and easy jam that requires no canning expertise!

Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs

This recipe for Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs is made for pickle lovers! It takes easy-to-peel eggs and adds dill pickles, pickle juice, and dried dill for tons of

Easy Pea Salad

This Easy Pea Salad recipe only calls for 5 ingredients and is ready in about 15 minutes! Made with frozen peas, mayo, ranch dressing, red onion, and diced ham,

Carrot Cranberry Salad

This recipe for Carrot Cranberry Salad swaps the classic raisins for dried cranberries and adds in pineapple, toasted pecans, and lemon for a bright, fresh,

Easy Roasted Cabbage

This recipe for my Easy Roasted Cabbage is a deliciously different way to serve one of my favorite vegetables. The high temperature roast brings out some great

Crunchy Creole Green Bean Casserole

This post is sponsored by my friends at Tony Chachere’s, but all opinions expressed are my own – just as always.  Thanks for supporting the brands

Easy Cranberry Sauce

Ok. I have a confession to make. Years ago, I made the promise that there would always be canned cranberry sauce at my house after a tragic accident that

Spicy Creole Black-Eyed Peas

This post is sponsored by my friends at Tony Chachere’s, but all opinions expressed are my own – just as always.  Thanks for supporting the brands

Ultimate Cheesy Squash Casserole

Despite yellow squash being a summer vegetable, I always think of squash casserole as a fall dish. It might have something to do with the fact that squash

Tomato and Pimento Cheese Fritters

I love playing around with flavor combinations and ever since I posted my recipe for my Tomato Cobbler with Pimento Cheese Biscuits, I've been wanting to use

Pickle de Gallo

I have some seriously great friends. After my recent string of pickle themed recipes (Dill Pickle Coleslaw, Dill Pickle Tartar Sauce), one of those great

Sweet Onion Hush Puppies

These quick and easy Sweet Onion Hush Puppies are the perfect side for your fried fish. With just a hint of sweetness and tons of great cornmeal flavor, this

Easy Broccoli Salad

This quick and easy recipe for Broccoli Salad combines all my favorite ingredients from other broccoli salads into one ultimate recipe. It's the perfect no-cook

Secret Ingredient Fruit Salad

This post was originally published on June 11, 2013 and was updated on April 27, 2021.  The bright colors of a fruit salad are perfect any time of the

Pasta Caesar Salad

You know, it always seems the best restaurants are the ones that aren't around anymore. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that not being able to

Southern Fried Potatoes

I will always stand by the idea that the most simple, basic dishes, when done well, are my favorites. Take these Southern Fried Potatoes for example. They only

Southern Hoppin’ John

This post is sponsored by my friends at the National Pork Board, but the opinions expressed here are all my own- just as always. Thanks for supporting the

Southern Fried Apples

This post is sponsored by my friends at Minerva Dairy, but all opinions expressed are my own – just as always.  Thanks for supporting the brands that support me

Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecans

This post was originally posted on November 13, 2013 and updated on October 20, 2020. Sweet Potatoes are an absolute must on our Thanksgiving menu. And

Southern Lima Beans (Butter Beans)

Butter beans, lima beans, dried lima beans, large limas, pocketbook beans, mule ears, the list goes on and on. These delicious dried beans go by a host of

Tomato, Cucumber, and Onion Salad

Every summer my parents would have a beautiful garden in the back yard. Some years it was a large one with okra, corn, beans, squash, and cucumbers; I even

Bacon Pineapple Baked Beans

This post is sponsored by my friends at Red Gold Tomatoes, but all opinions expressed are my own – just as always.  Thanks for supporting the brands that

Tomatoes and Rice

I can't say for sure how dishes like Tomatoes and Rice originated, but if I had to guess, I'd say out of necessity. And that was probably the need to feed lots

Dill Pickle Coleslaw

Y'all, I just love pickles. By themselves,  fried, in a delicious dip, on just about anything. I just love them. Kosher, dill, half sour, all of

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