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Sliced meatloaf with tomato sauce on white plate.

Quick & Easy

Soup & Stews

Greek yogurt dip in bowl with naan bread.

Dips & Dressings

Broccoli Crunch Salad in purple bowl on red wooden table

Salads

Close up of Michelada garnished with lime wedge.

Drinks

Cookies stacked on decorative plate.

Desserts

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Pot roast and vegetables in white baking dish.

Mom’s Pot Roast

Pretzel balls on black wire rack.

Chewy Pretzel Balls

Fried raviolo on white tray.

Easy Pan Fried Ravioli Appetizer

Roasted broccoli in white bowl.

Foolproof Roasted Broccoli

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Chili in blue bowl with shredded cheddar, sour cream and green onions.

Texas Chili

Cabbage rolls in Dutch oven topped with tomato sauce.

Dutch Oven Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Eggplant casserole in white baking dish.

Southern Eggplant Casserole (Wyatt’s Cafeteria Copycat Recipe)

Louisiana Seafood Gumbo

Tamale pie casserole with a side of sour cream and salsa.

Tamale Pie Casserole

Chicken spaghetti in baking dish.

Creamy Southern Chicken Spaghetti

Creamy beef stroganoff nestled in a tangy sour cream sauce garnished with fresh parsley.

Traditional Beef Stroganoff

Mexican chicken with sour cream sauce in shallow baking dish.

Creamy Mexican Chicken

Quick and Easy

Most of these recipes are ready in less than 30-minutes!!

Fried raviolo on white tray.

Easy Pan Fried Ravioli Appetizer

Close up image of seafood bisque garnished with chopped green onion.

Seafood Bisque

Mexican rice in blue bowl.

Easy Mexican Rice

Skillet supper in cast iron skillet with wooden spoon.

Cowboy Skillet Supper

Soups, Stews & Slow-Cooker

Healthy soups and stews, including some popular Cajun, Creole and Irish recipes!

Soup, Stews Recipes

Cheese soup garnished with bacon and shredded cheddar

Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup

Navy bean soup in black bowl.

Southwestern Navy Bean Soup

Cream of mushroom soup on a spoon coming out of a red ceramic bowl.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Irish American Guinness Stew

Sauces, Dips & Dressings

Got sauce paranoia? Here are some really easy, basic sauces you can make in no time!

Deviled ham in blue bowl.

Homemade Deviled Ham Spread

Hot bacon dressing in crystal bowl with spinach salad in background.

Hot Bacon Dressing

Strawberry Goat Cheese dip in decorative blue and white bowl.

Strawberry Goat Cheese

Sweet and tangy salad dressing in a decorative oil dispenser.

Sweet and Tangy Salad Dressing

Desserts

Desserts Recipes

Peach Cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream in white oval dish

Foolproof Southern Peach Cobbler

Mini eggnog cakes on Christmas plate.

Eggnog Pound Cake

Whole buttermilk pie with sterling silver pie server.

Classic Buttermilk Pie

Glazed gingerbread bundt cake on turquoise plate.

Vintage Gingerbread Bundt Cake

Southern Favorites

Southern Favorites

Purple Hull Peas in white serving bowl.

Southern Purple Hull Peas

Peach Cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream in white oval dish

Foolproof Southern Peach Cobbler

Fried catfish filets with tartar sauce.

Southern Fried Catfish

Meat pies on turquoise plate.

Authentic Natchitoches Meat Pie Recipe