In this video, Betty demonstrates her original recipe for Betty’s Own Potato Soup. It is tasty, but imbued with subtle flavors of minced onion, carrot, and parsley. A hearty soup, but incredibly quick and easy! Ingredients: 3 large potatoes (peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes) 1 medium carrot (peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes) 1 medium to large onion (finely diced with an electric kitchen choppe…
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Bon Appetit, Y'all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern CookingBefore she attended the prestigious French cooking school École de Cuisine La Varenne, Virginia Willis had been shelling butterbeans alongside her mo... Read More >
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This video will show you how to make a homemade peach cobbler with a buttery deluxe pie crust. It is pure southern comfort right here! This peach cobbler recipe is easy, full of flavor, and as old fashioned as it gets! GET RECIPE: divascancook.blogspot.com…
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Frank Stitt's Southern Table: Recipes and Gracious Traditions from Highlands Bar and GrillR. W. Apple, Jr., of The New York Times credits third-generation Alabamian Frank Stitt with turning Birmingham into a "sophisticated, easygoing showpl... Read More >
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In this video, Betty makes her one-and-only favorite 40-year-old pecan pie recipe. I think you’re going to *love* this one! Ingredients: 9-inch unbaked pie crust 1 cup dark corn syrup 3/4 cup sugar (In my demonstration, I said 1 cup sugar, but 3/4 cup sugar is better.) 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1/2 cup evaporated milk 1 cup pecan halves 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Heat the oven to…
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to turn her Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies into chocolate Halloween Cookies. These are great cookies for decorating with children, and they are popular with everyone! With Halloween near, you may find this recipe useful for making cookies in a variety of interesting shapes and colors! Ingredients (for cookie dough): 1 cup butter 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 2 ¾ cups s…
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Southern Living 1996 Annual Recipes (Southern Living Annual Recipes)With nearly 1,000 recipes, this book makes sure cooks will never be short on serving ideas. Every recipe which appeared in Southern Living magazine du... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies. These are great cookies for making and decorating with children, but the taste is popular with the grownup set, as well! With Halloween near, you may find this recipe useful for making cookies and cutting them into interesting shapes! Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 2 ¾ cups self-rising flour sugar, fo…
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Pig: King of the Southern TableA nose-to-tail guide to the very best Southern pork recipes, from award-winning food writer James Villas Though beef, poultry, and fish all ... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make a pulled pork sandwich. Southern folks (like me) thrive on comfort food like this! Ingredients: 1.25 lb. cooked pork tenderloin (See “Betty’s Roast Pork Tenderloin and Gravy” recipe for instructions.) 1lb. 2 oz. bottle barbecue sauce (I used KC Masterpiece Original for this recipe.) 8 fresh whole wheat sandwich buns Trim any excess fat from the cooked…
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make Healthy and Natural Granola Bars. These granola bars have oats, nuts, brown sugar, honey, melted butter, and a sprinkling of salt–all natural ingredients–no additives that you find in commercial cereal bars. Betty also gives her philosophy of eating healthy foods. Ingredients: 4 cups quick or old fashioned oats, uncooked 1 cup chopped nuts (I used 1/…
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Magnolias Southern CuisineSince it opened in 1990, Magnolias has been called "perhaps the city's most celebrated restaurant," by Southern Living and "the place to dine" by Char... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make a luscious Brown-Sugar-Topped Baked Sweet Potato to accompany her Southern dinner, including Pecan Crusted Oven Broiled Chicken Breasts, Country-Style Pressure Cooker Green Beans, Morning Coffee Blueberry Muffins, Perfect Pound Cake with Sugar Glaze Topping with Crispy, Sugary Nuts, and Triple Chocolate Frozen Ice Cream Pie (all in other videos, or vid…
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Southern Living 1996 Annual Recipes (Southern Living Annual Recipes)With nearly 1,000 recipes, this book makes sure cooks will never be short on serving ideas. Every recipe which appeared in Southern Living magazine du... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her Crock Pot Eye of Round Roast Beef, and also how to make smooth, delicious, low-fat roast beef gravy to go with it. Very tender beef and super flavorful gravy! Ingredients: 2 lb. eye of round beef roast (may be bottom round, top round, sirloin tip, or other boneless beef roast) meat tenderizer (to taste) ground cracked pepper (or regular black peppe…
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make incredibly tender and tasty Barbecued Boneless Pork Ribs. This is accomplished by cooking the ribs in a crock pot, then removing any excess fat, coating them with a delicious barbecue sauce, and browning them off in an oven. You have to see it to believe it! (Note: I used a bottled sauce. The purpose of this video is not in the making of the sauce, but…
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