A modern Appalachian woman's kitchen adventures
Spaghetti is one of my husband’s favorite foods. To be honest, my spaghetti cooking prior to meeting him involved opening a can of Ragu and mixing it with some browned hamburger. Making a more homemade sauce just didn’t seem like it was worth the effort. He made this spaghetti for me while we were dating…
This post may contain affiliate links. This means if you purchase products from my links I might receive a small percentage of sales at no additional cost to you. Does anyone not like mashed potatoes? Mashed potatoes are easily one of my favorite side dishes. But honestly, I’ve rarely been pleased with the results when…
This is neither a recipe nor an original idea. However, baked potatoes in the slow cooker are a gift that I feel must be shared. I love a good baked potato and well, potatoes nuked in the microwave are not necessarily that great. To bake them in the oven takes an hour or more, and…
We’ve established already that I love a good cheeseball. I stumbled upon this recipe years ago on Pinterest, where it was published as Neiman Marcus Dip. I have no idea where the name comes from and a quick Google will show you that there are several variations of this dip. The first couple of times…
I love cheese ball. Cheese ball is very popular in this area and shows up often at get togethers of all sorts. It’s especially likely to be seen during the holidays. This particular recipe is one that my sister-in-law (known as Aunt T to my son) makes each year for our Christmas Eve festivities. It’s…
There’s nothing that brings back Christmas memories like a good piece of fudge. Opening this container of fudge earlier in the week brought on all the feels just from the smell. The fudge recipes that I use are super easy and quick, and not only do they fulfill my childhood expectations of Christmas but they…
Fall is perhaps finally here in Kentucky! To me, this is the start of the holiday season because it seems like we go from putting out pumpkins to Christmas trees in like 2.0 seconds. Today, I’m sharing a terrific hot dip that’s perfect for any get together at any time of year. It’s always been…
This recipe is so simple I was afraid I might insult y’all by even putting it up here. But the season for cookies is upon us, and I thought you might enjoy this quick trick for baking up some semi-homemade cookies. I stumbled upon this idea a few years ago when I was preparing a…
Each Fall my friend April makes these delicious Pumpkin Puffs and shares them with her friends. I’m blessed to call her my friend for many reasons and these Pumpkin Puffs are just icing on the cake. She brought a batch over along with dinner right after I had my son and I remember popping one…
It’s Fall Break in my world so I decided to mix up some Candy Corn and Peanuts. I don’t have a fancy name for this mix and it’s so simple that I really can’t call it a recipe. For a small jar, I used 1 cup of Peanuts and a half cup of Candy Corn.…