Southern Plate Digest 1-28-11
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There’s been lots going on on SouthernPlate.com in the last two weeks so I thought I’d bring you a digest of what I’ve been cooking up as well as some of the dishes you’ve been making and reporting on!
Lets start with what you’re cooking!
I had over sixty replies when I asked what you’d been making from Southernplate.com. Thank you to everyone who answered me on Facebook! I’ve chosen a few of your comments to highlight here.
Today’s “Home Brew” – Secret to great iced coffee without the great expense!
Terri Leverett says: Some of our SP newcomers might not have seen your post about the coffee…it is so budget-friendly.
Lane’s Honeybun Cake
Terri also says: I love to make Lane’s Honeybun cake and Brady’s Monkey bread, 2 of my favs and they always get great compliments
Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken
Amy Matheson said: I made the slow cooker Fiesta chicken and rice last night. I varied it by not shredding my chicken, just cut the chicken into large chunks and served over rice instead of stirring it in – my 4 year old took a bite and told me “Mommy! you need to make this a lot!!” Anything that gets that response is a hit! We all loved it.
Easy Chicken And Dumplings
Jessica Arrant said: I’ve made chicken and dumplings, rustic beef stew and spaghetti sauce recipes!! Loved them all. My dad said the chicken and dumplings were the best he has ever had!
Old Timey Butter Roll Dessert
Amy Walton adds: This month alone I have made BBQ Joint Stew, Chicken & Dumplings, Fried Cabbage, Banana Crumb Cake, Butter Rolls…oh I have used your site this month more than any other that I am sure I have forgotten a dish 🙂
Again, thank you to everyone who responded! I’ll highlight more comments in the next digest. Here is what you might have missed on SouthernPlate.com over the past two weeks…
We’ve had two guest kitchen posts, both courtesy of Susan Spencer from her mother’s recipe collection:
I had two posts in my Life At Bountiful Section of the site, this is the section where I put non recipe posts and is not included in my regular Southern Plate Subscription. You are welcome to subscribe if you’d like to, though. It is free, of course! Click here to subscribe.
- The night I’ll never forget – a local book club chose my book as their book of the month and decided to have a Southern Plate potluck – I showed up and surprised them!
- My Notes on Marketing Your Blog – I spoke at a blog conference recently on how to market your blog and here are my expanded notes for anyone interested.
You might want to check out:
Better For Your Diet Southern Recipe Collection
More Recipe Tutorials!
I also posted recipe tutorials on Peanut Butter Fudge Iced Brownies, Quick and Easy Strawberry Soup, Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken and Rice, and Quick and Easy Beef Stroganoff – with a story about where I’m from.
“There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Thank you Cara! Submit your quote by clicking here.
I can’t wait to make the french toast in the morning with some left over hamburger buns!
Keri- hilarious! We had crunchy beef casserole this week as well (leftovers the next night also) and my hubby has also taken to assuming and commenting “another spot-on recipe from Christy!” after each meal or dessert. Some other SP goodies I’ve whipped up in the past couple weeks- Granny Jordan’s chicken salad casserole (hot tonight, cold for lunch tomorrow!), mud hens, cheesy chicken and rice, pecan pie muffins, apple spice muffins (though I have to admit…both of those were baked in loaf pans. And were still marvelous!), cinnabuns, hoe cake, spaghetti lover’s soup, chicken tortilla soup. Goodness knows there are more I’m drawing a blank on, but ever since I typed “cinnabuns” I got to wondering if I had time to pull out the bread dough to thaw for morning! ha ha 😉 Many more to come this week. In fact, I look forward to filling February with as much Southern Plate goodness as I can! Thank you for spreading the love through these wonderful recipes! You’re part of the family now 😉