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Season 11
Episode 1115
Simple Cucumber and Onion Salad
A simple cucumber and onion salad that combines flavors of sweet onion and tart vinegar to create a beloved, quick and easy recipe.
Episode 1114
The Best Ranch Dressing
This recipe for The Best Ranch Dressing is a creamy blend of garlic, herbs, mayo, buttermilk, and a secret ingredient that gives it that irresistible restaurant-quality flavor.
Episode 1113
Southern Tomato Pie
This Southern Tomato Pie recipe features garden-fresh tomatoes, green onions, fresh basil, and a gooey, cheesy topping. It just tastes like summer in the South!
Episode 1112
Peach Dumplings
Sweet, juicy peaches wrapped in crescent rolls and baked to golden perfection — these easy Peach Dumplings are the ultimate comfort dessert!
Episode 1111
Easy Strawberry Bread
My quick, easy, and delicious Strawberry Bread recipe is filled with sweet strawberry flavor and perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert. The best part? You can use frozen or fresh strawberries!
Episode 1110
Cornbread Salad
Cornbread Salad is a Southern potluck layered salad favorite and is sure to please just about everyone! The best part is you can customize with your favorite veggies and flavors!
Episode 1109
Easy Stromboli
With only 5 ingredients, this recipe for Quick and Easy Stromboli will be ready in about 35 minutes! It’s the perfect weeknight meal!
Episode 1108
Easy Swiss Steak
This Easy Swiss Steak only calls for a handful of ingredients and is the perfect way to turn cubed steak into super tender Swiss Steak with tomato gravy.
Episode 1107
Deviled Ham
This old school Deviled Ham is a savory mixture of finely chopped ham that can be eaten as a spread, dip, or topping. It’s perfect for leftover ham!
Episode 1106
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
My Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies are classic, easy, and crazy delicious! They’re chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside!
Episode 1105
Cheesy Sausage Dip
This Cheesy Sausage Dip recipe is an appetizer staple filled with rich cheesy flavor and savory sausage. And, you can make it in the slow cooker!
Episode 1104
Aunt Mary’s Pepper Sauce Coleslaw
This quick and easy coleslaw recipe has something extra to give it tang and flavor! Aunt Mary’s Pepper Sauce Coleslaw is a family favorite!
Episode 1103
One-Pan Taco Pasta
This One-Pan Taco Pasta is like a deconstructed taco teamed up with pasta! It’s simple, delicious, and the perfect family weeknight skillet meal!
Episode 1102
Cathead Biscuits
Cathead Biscuits are big, fluffy, tender, and perfect with butter, jam, or gravy! This easy recipe is an iconic Southern classic.
Episode 1101
Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
This Easy Peanut Butter Fudge is rich, creamy, and unbelievably simple thanks to the magic of marshmallow creme. It’s the perfect no-fuss recipe for irresistibly smooth, sweet treats!
Season 10
Episode 1026
Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake starts with a box cake mix, but it is transformed into chocolatey, peanut buttery perfection.
Episode 1025
Collard Green Soup with Ham and Beans
Chicken Bone Broth is combined with onions, garlic, diced ham, collard greens, tomatoes and navy beans for a lip-smackingly delicious, hearty dish that’s seriously ready in about 30 minutes.
Episode 1024
Kentucky Pecan Pie
This Kentucky Pecan Pie is the kind of dessert that’ll have everyone reaching for seconds! It’s packed with rich pecans and melty chocolate, giving it that warm, cookie-like texture that’s downright irresistible.
Episode 1023
Easy Cheese Straw Cookies
These Easy Cheese Straw Cookies have all the great flavor of classic Southern cheese straws, but with a fraction of the work.
Episode 1022
Vinegar Slaw
Shredded cabbage and thinly sliced sweet onions combine with a tangy dressing to create this easy Vinegar Slaw.
Episode 1021
Classic Macaroni Salad
Enjoy the nostalgic flavors of Classic Macaroni Salad. A staple at potlucks in the South, this pasta salad recipe is an easy and filling side dish!
Episode 1020
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! Just make, fill, and freeze!
Episode 1019
Vanilla Wafer Cake
This old fashioned Vanilla Wafer Cake is the vintage recipe you remember from your childhood. Made with crushed Nilla Wafers cookies, coconut, and pecans, this dense, rich, Bundt cake is packed full of great flavor.
Episode 1018
Elmer’s Cornbread
This old school recipe for Southern Buttermilk Cornbread is a family favorite! It’s packed with tons of flavor, is perfectly moist, and has a dark, crunchy crust!
Episode 1017
Easy Beef Ramen Skillet
This Easy Beef Ramen Skillet recipe puts a complete meal on the table in less than 30 minutes!
Episode 1016
Easy Lemon Cream Pie
This Easy Lemon Cream Pie is the lemon version of the key lime classic. This quick and easy recipe is sure to satisfy that craving for a cool and creamy, tart and tangy dessert that’s perfect for summer.
Episode 1015
Slow Cooker Roast Beef Debris Po’ Boys
These Slow Cooker Roast Beef Debris Po’ Boys feature super tender shredded roast beef slow-cooked in a savory gravy and served on French bread rolls.
Episode 1014
Sweet Corn Salad with Bacon
This Sweet Corn Salad with Bacon combines the sweetness of fresh corn with the smokiness of bacon.
Episode 1013
Cheesy Hamburger Skillet
This super easy Cheesy Hamburger Skillet is a delicious homemade version of Hamburger Helper and is sure to please the whole family – even the picky eaters. Kids LOVE it and it all cooks in one skillet!
Episode 1012
Sweet Cornbread Muffins
Sometimes cornbread needs a little sweetness, and this is the perfect Sweet Cornbread Muffin recipe. Enjoy this delicious, simple, from-scratch recipe!
Episode 1011
Sweet Potato Cookies
These soft, pillowy Sweet Potato Cookies are an ideal way to use leftover mashed sweet potatoes, but are delicious enough to have to cook sweet potatoes just to make the recipe!
Episode 1010
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, crunchy side your family will love!
Episode 1009
Cream Cheese Bacon Chicken Pasta
This creamy, indulgent Cream Cheese Bacon Chicken Pasta is a skillet full of comfort. It’s easy, only calls for a handful of ingredients, and is the perfect recipe for those busy weeknights.
Episode 1008
Peanut Butter Balls
This easy Peanut Butter Balls recipe is a delightful blend of sweet and nutty flavors making these a perfect treat and irresistible dessert!
Episode 1007
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
Six simple ingredients and your slow cooker is all that stand between you and this easy, hearty, delicious slow cooker stroganoff.
Episode 1006
Chocolate Cherry Pistachio Pecan Cookies
This Chocolate Cherry Pistachio Pecan Cookie recipe combines some of my favorite ingredients into an easy-to-make chewy oatmeal cookie with a sweet and salty kick!
Episode 1005
Ranch Chicken Cheese Ball
This Ranch Chicken Cheese Ball is a delicious, savory appetizer packed with chicken, cream cheese, cheddar, ranch, and pecans.
Episode 1004
Easy Apple Galette
This Easy Apple Galette recipe is a rustic dessert that tastes like apple pie but is so much easier!
Episode 1003
30-Minute Cheese Tortellini Soup
This hearty and delicious Cheese Tortellini Soup recipe is on the table in about 30 minutes! It is the perfect cozy and quick weeknight meal!
Episode 1002
Easy Pecan Shortbread
This Easy Pecan Shortbread is a quick, easy, shortcut way to make buttery, delicious shortbread cookie bars!
Episode 1001
Stuffed Cabbage Soup
This Stuffed Cabbage Soup is a delightful twist on my Mom’s classic stuffed cabbage recipe that’s packed with flavor!
Season 9
Episode 926
Baked Ham and Pimento Cheese Egg Cups
These Baked Ham and Pimento Cheese Egg Cups are just as easy as they are delicious!
Episode 925
Easy Peanut Butter Chess Pie
This Peanut Butter Chess Pie combines the gooey, decadent classic pie recipe with sweet and savory peanut butter!
Episode 924
Deep Fried Pecan Pies
These Deep Fried Pecan Pies are the perfect amalgamation of fried hand pies and pecan pie all wrapped into one delicious dessert!
Episode 923
Southern Tomato Gravy
The tangy, savory gravy is perfect for homemade biscuits, scrambled eggs, you name it! I even love it poured over cheese grits – think shrimp and grits, too.
Episode 922
Old Fashioned Skillet Cake
This easy scratch-made cake is cooked right in a cast iron skillet and is great served topped with fresh fruit and a little whipped cream!
Episode 921
The BEST Garlic Bread
Perfect proportions of real butter and fresh garlic combine to make this recipe the Best Garlic Bread ever! It’s soft and gooey in the middle and crispy and crunchy all around the edges.
Episode 920
Peach Chess Pie
This Peach Chess Pie combines the custardy goodness of chess pie with the sweet and flavorful twist of peach cobbler.
Episode 919
Shortcut Tomato Focaccia
This Shortcut Tomato Focaccia uses a can of refrigerated pizza dough to create a quick and easy bread recipe that’s just as delicious as it is beautiful!
Episode 918
Southern Fried Apples
Whether they’re served on top of warm buttermilk biscuits, pancakes, or waffles, in a bowl as a snack, or by themselves topped with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, these Southern Fried Apples are a serious treat for the apple lover in your family.
Episode 917
Mom’s Secret Ingredient Mashed Potatoes
This secret ingredient makes for the most delicious, creamiest mashed potatoes you’ve ever had!
Episode 916
Southern Ambrosia
This Southern Ambrosia is a quick, easy, and refreshing side dish or dessert. The simple ingredients and recipe make this a trusty crowd-pleaser for any table.
Episode 915
Easy Egg Salad
This Easy Egg Salad combines simple ingredients like eggs, mayo, mustard, celery, and pickle relish to create an amazingly delicious spread that’s perfect to make egg salad sandwiches, wraps, or even serve on crackers.
Episode 914
Easy Pea Salad
This Easy Pea Salad recipe only calls for 5 ingredients and is ready in about 15 minutes!
Episode 913
One-Pot Chicken Ratatouille
This One-Pot Chicken Ratatouille recipe puts a twist on the classic French dish and turns it into a one pot meal. Served over pasta, rice, or in a bowl all by itself, this hearty dish is packed with vegetables and is incredibly flavorful.
Episode 912
Tomato Cracker Salad
If there was ever a dish that defined summer, this Tomato Cracker Salad would be it for me. If you love a tomato sandwich, you’re going to love this salad!
Episode 911
Summer Succotash
Salty bacon, sweet corn, lima beans, okra, and tart tomatoes combine to create a dish that tastes as good as it looks!
Episode 910
Garlic Soy Cucumber Salad
Fresh cucumbers combine with matchstick carrots and thinly sliced red onion and are covered in a dressing of soy sauce, garlic, rice wine vinegar, and black pepper and topped with crushed peanuts.
Episode 909
Nana’s Best Blueberry Muffins
These light, fluffy, flavorful blueberry muffins are made with simple ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Episode 908
Pineapple Cheese Casserole
This somewhat weird and quirky recipe is a sweet and salty staple on our family table.
Episode 907
Pulled Pork and Collard Green Egg Rolls with Alabama White BBQ Dipping Sauce
This Alabama twist on egg rolls combines collard greens and pulled pork in a crispy egg roll wrapper!
Episode 906
Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs
These Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs are made for pickle lovers! The recipe takes easy-to-peel eggs and adds dill pickles, pickle juice, and dried dill for tons of pickle flavor!
Episode 905
The Best Key Lime Pie
This Key Lime Pie recipe is simple, straightforward, and crazy easy! It’s also the best key lime pie I’ve ever had!
Episode 904
Pimento Cheese Cornbread
This classic moist, tender cornbread is filled with gooey cheddar cheese and studded with pimento peppers!
Episode 903
Apple Dapple Sheet Cake
I took the classic Bundt recipe and turned it into an easy-to-make sheet cake and added even more caramel drizzle!
Episode 902
Saltine Crusted Chicken Tenders
Simple saltine crackers give these tenders a crispy, crunchy crust!
Episode 901
Pecan Chicken Salad
Toasted pecans add a delicious crunch and savoriness to this chicken salad!
Season 8
Episode 826
Easy Breakfast Stromboli
This easy Breakfast Stromboli combines crispy pizza dough, scrambled eggs, sausage, and cheese in a recipe that’s sure to add some excitement to the breakfast monotony.
Episode 825
Easy Roasted Cabbage
The high temperature roast brings out some great flavor and gives you crispy edges that my family loves!
Episode 824
Easy Apple Crisp
This delicious dish of decadent cooked apples flavored with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg is topped with a buttery rolled oat and brown sugar topping that just tastes like fall!
Episode 823
Dill Pickle Coleslaw
Now, you’ve got to be a pickle lover to appreciate what I think is the perfect slaw. It’s a balance of tangy and tart, with TONS of pickle flavor.
Episode 822
Easy Cornflake Cookies
This 6 ingredient, no-bake recipe produces crunchy, chewy, sweet, and salty morsels that you probably remember from your childhood.
Episode 821
Pasta Caesar Salad
This easy salad is so tangy, filling, and delicious! Serve it as a side dish or add chicken to make it the main star of the show!
Episode 820
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pie
It’s best served straight out of the freezer with a big dollop of whipped cream or even a drizzle of chocolate syrup. This stuff is awesome! Mmmm, mmmm, good!
Episode 819
Pickle De Gallo
It’s great served just by itself or on tortilla chips, but it’d be delicious on tacos, pulled pork sandwiches, grilled chicken, hot dogs, etc.
Episode 818
Shortcut Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
No one will know these ooey, gooey cinnamon rolls started with a can!
Episode 817
Sheet Pan Brown Sugar Garlic Pork Loin Filet
Who doesn’t love an entire meal that all cooks on one pan?
Episode 816
Bacon and Eggs Tater Tot Casserole
Put a fun and delicious spin on breakfast with this tater tot casserole!
Episode 815
Creamy Italian Pasta Skillet
Busy weeknights have met their match with this Creamy Italian Pasta Skillet!
Episode 814
Southern Sheet Pan Nachos
I took many of the things I love about Southern food – pulled pork, pimento cheese, bbq sauce – and put it on nachos!
Episode 813
Crispy Roasted Okra with Creamy Lemon Dressing
Okra doesn’t have to always be fried and this Crispy Roasted Okra with Creamy Lemon dressing is the perfect example!
Episode 812
Peanut Butter and Jelly Blondies
These buttery blondies are topped with swirls of peanut butter and jelly for a fun twist on the childhood classic!
Episode 811
Tomato Cobbler with Pimento Cheese Biscuits
This savory cobbler is like using pimento cheese biscuits to sop up a delicious homemade marinara.
Episode 810
Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts
Pressure cooking boiled peanuts forces all that delicious flavor right inside.
Episode 809
Mom’s Peach Cobbler
The peach cobbler might sound pretty simple, but it’s crazy delicious!
Episode 808
Quick and Easy Vegetable Beef Soup
This quick and easy version has tons of flavor without having to put in tons of work.
Episode 807
Bama Butter Cake
I gave the classic Kentucky Butter Cake a little “Alabama” makeover in this recipe!
Episode 806
Easy Chicken with Cream Cheese Pan Sauce
This Easy Chicken with Cream Cheese Pan Sauce is in the regular rotation at our house. The simple, easy pan sauce is what makes it special.
Episode 805
5 Ingredient Beef Enchiladas
It really only takes 5 simple ingredients to make these cheesy beef enchiladas!
Episode 803
Sausage Gravy
Making this Southern breakfast staple is a lot easier than you might imagine!
Episode 802
Easy General Tso’s Chicken
Make this quick and easy Chinese takeout favorite right in your own kitchen!
Episode 801
Apple Scrunch
This quick and easy apple dump cake only calls for 4 ingredients and is perfect served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Season 7
Episode 726
Homemade Sloppy Joes
Skipping the canned sauce means you know exactly what’s in these Homemade Sloppy Joes! They’re an easy and affordable way to put a hearty meal on the table.
Episode 725
Weeknight Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
This quick and easy jambalaya is packed with flavor and is ready in about 45 minutes – making it perfect for those busy weeknights!
Episode 724
Chicken Bog
This Low Country favorite is one of my ultimate comfort foods. It takes chicken and rice to a whole other level!
Episode 723
Honey Garlic Pecan Chicken
Give boneless skinless chicken breasts a delicious makeover with this simple recipe!
Episode 722
Aunt Matilda’s Peanut Brittle
This classic peanut brittle is a holiday favorite, but is perfect any time of the year!
Episode 721
Old School Squash and Onions
My Old Squash and Onions is the perfect way to use up that bounty of summer squash!
Episode 720
Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Meringue Pie
There’s a reason classics are classics, and this Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Meringue Pie is just that… classic.
Episode 719
Fried Green Tomatoes with Remoulade
These Classic Fried Green Tomatoes do double duty as the perfect appetizer or as a delicious side!
Episode 718
Lemon Pepper Fried Catfish
Making the best fried catfish you’ve ever had is surprisingly easy!
Episode 717
Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles
Add this easy Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles to your menu and let your CrockPot do all the work!
Episode 716
Skillet Chops with French Onion Gravy
This super savory, juicy pork chops are destined to be the centerpiece of your next supper!
Episode 715
Pecan Chewies
If you love the butterscotch-y, caramel-y flavors of blondies, these things are going to blow your mind. And they’re so easy!
Episode 714
Secret Ingredient Meatloaf
This easy meatloaf has a secret ingredient that adds tons of flavor!
Episode 713
Tomato, Cucumber, and Onion Salad
This cool, crisp, and tangy salad is quick, easy, and is a summer staple at our house.
Episode 712
Sweet and Tangy Mason Jar Salad Dressing
I’ve been making this for years. It’s one of our favorite dressings. I love it served on a salad with some tangy blue cheese and some crunchy Granny Smith apples.
Episode 711
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie
If you’re a fan of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, you’ve GOT to try this super easy, no-bake pie!
Episode 710
Southern Fried Corn
There are a few tips to making the perfect skillet of fried corn… and I’m showing you!
Episode 709
Chewy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
We pack tons of peanut flavor into these chewy cookie bars in three different ways!
Episode 708
Ham, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit Wafflewiches
No one will believe these cheesy little breakfast sandwiches started with canned biscuits!
Episode 707
Quick and Easy Quiche
This Quick and Easy Quiche is perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or even a quick and easy supper!
Episode 706
Porcupine Meatballs
This quirky old-school favorite is just as delicious today as it was when I was a kid!
Episode 705
Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce
This Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce is the perfect way to make a thick, rich, meat-filled sauce without having to tend a bubbling pot on the stovetop.
Episode 704
Pimiento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
A bag of frozen hash browns and some pre-made pimiento cheese make this dish amazingly easy, but it tastes just like homemade!
Episode 702
Praline Bacon
This sweet and salty treat is addictively delicious and it only calls for 3 ingredients!
Episode 701
Chocolate Gravy
This quick and easy Chocolate Gravy is perfect served over buttermilk biscuits, pancakes, waffles, ice cream, pound cake and more!
