Holler Meets Hollywood: Peanut Butter Cookies

Hey everyone! It’s time for another installment of Holler Meets Hollywood, my series of recipe reviews from Paul Hollywood’s Bake. To check out past reviews, go here. These Peanut Butter Cookies have been on my radar since I first acquired this cookbook. The ingredients are fairly simple, the directions are straightforward, and I happen to…

Word For the Year

I know, I know, we’re almost at the end of January and here I am sharing a post about my word for the year. At this point, most people have forgotten their word for 2024 already and lost some of that “new year, new me” mojo. Since my birthday falls two weeks after New Year’s…

All I Ate For Christmas-2023 Edition

Hey friends! Happy New Year! If you’ve been around for awhile, you know I usually do an end of the holiday season review of recipes that I made or tried. I enjoy looking back at these and I know that some of you enjoy reading them as well. I’m running a little late on getting…

2 Ingredient Fruit Dip

This is the easiest recipe you’ll ever make. I promise. It has only two ingredients (I’m sure you guessed that from the title). And people LOVE it. This fruit dip is a hit at potluck and parties. You’ll want to take it places, trust me. You’ll need: 1 8oz tub of whipped topping 1 14oz…

Hot Dog Chili

People in Appalachia love a good hot dog and that hot dog has to have chili. In fact, we love the chili so much that we don’t care if there’s an actual dog on that bun or not. We’ll eat just chili and a bun and call it a chili bun. In many rural areas,…

Holler Meets Hollywood: Cheese Scones

I’m back y’all with the third installment of Holler Meets Hollywood where I, a modern Appalachian woman, tackles the recipes of renowned baker and Great British Baking Show host Paul Hollywood. Previously, I’ve made his Chocolate Orange Banana Bread and his famous Brownies-be sure to read this one to see the screenshot of where Paul…

Minda Minda, How Does Your Garden Grow?

I’ve written before that I grew up enjoying garden fresh vegetables from our family garden. My parents both worked full time outside the home but still managed to raise a large garden each year. My mom would can green beans, tomato juice, corn relish, etc. Now as an adult, I wonder how they managed it…

Holler Meets Hollywood: Brownies

Welcome to the second edition of Holler Meets Hollywood where I, a modern Appalachian woman, tackles the recipes of renowned baker and host of the Great British Bakeoff, Paul Hollywood. Check out my first adventure here! Paul says his brownies are the best ever. Are they??? Well…YES. Y’all these brownies were absolutely divine. They were…

Slow Cooker Beef Tips

This recipe is all over the internet with various names and cooking methods. I first discovered a variation of it in Magnolia Table a few years ago. My husband had often mentioned the awesome beef roast that his grandmother made for Sunday dinner when he was growing up. I tried several different tricks and recipes…