Lots of restaurants lure you in with those deliciously crispy baked potatoes. Maybe it’s just my crazy need to over-salt everything that I eat. Maybe the fact that I know once I get into the chamber, I am presented with a carb-filled gift from the gods. Either way, these things are absolutely fantastic! Keep…
Sides / Appetizers
Skillet Baked Mac and Cheese
If there is one thing that will get you through this winter blizzard, it’s a good Mac and Cheese recipe. Creamy, packed full of melted cheese, a nice crispy top, baked to a golden perfection.
Broccoli Casserole from Scratch
It’s freezing outside! Like… don’t stick your tongue to the pole kinda freezing. There is really only one way to solve that: casseroles. Casseroles are to the South like lettuce and hot yoga is to California. I’m going to show you my favorite simple, cheesy Broccoli Casserole recipe.
Best of 2014 – Top 10 Posts
Christmas is over… and I missed it it was great! We’ll review the top 10 most viewed posts on Southern FATTY for 2014.
Brioche Buns {+ a bit of Paris}
If you haven’t figured it out by now, carbs are basically my best friend. On a recent trip to Paris, I had some of the best brioche that I have ever tasted. Light, fluffy, rich. I decided that I needed to knead up a version of my own. Brioche Buns to the rescue!
Monterey Hazelnut Biscotti + GIVEAWAY
There are moments when I catch myself daydreaming that I have a little old Italian grandmother (I would call her Nonna, obviously) that sits in her tiny house baking delicious treats for me to pick up. What? Y’all don’t think of things like that? Anyway… The first thing on my imaginary Italian grandmother’s table would…
Homemade Bruschetta
While summer may totally be sooo last month, I can’t help but to pull back & peek through the kitchen blinds and see what I assume may be the last of the homegrown tomatoes creeping through the brown, dried-up leaves, just begging to be used. I am completely fine with saying goodbye to the…
Craveable Crunchy Croutons
I realize some of you will see this and be like, “What? He posted how to make croutons?”. Let me preface this… I have been in a love hate relationship with croutons for years. Decades, perhaps. I suppose like any child, I wasn’t a huge salad fan. Now that I am old more mature, I…
Southern Fried Okra
A prerequisite to being branded as a true Southerner is learning to properly fry. Not just anything counts. It has to be something that is on the official list of true Southern staples. The top of this list, next to fried catfish and the best chicken you will ever have, is Southern Fried Okra. …
5 Minute Flour Tortillas
There isn’t much that is better than taco night at home…. unless you also make your own tortillas! I discovered how ridiculously easy these are to make when I had a midnight taco craving and lacked the get-up-and-go to make a TB run (and that means a lot… I do love a cheesy gordita crunch!)….