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Simple Life, Simple Food, All Inspired by my Appalachian Roots

Comfort Food

The Best Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup

The Best Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup

This year for Thanksgiving I tried to make as much ahead as possible to reduce my stress and work load on the big Turkey Day. I have been making my Green Bean Casserole from scratch for a number of years now. This year I decided […]

Southwest Spicy Pimento Cheese

Southwest Spicy Pimento Cheese

I remember eating pimento cheese as a child, the kind that comes in a tub from the dairy section, but it didn’t really come into it’s own with me until I moved south. I first rediscovered it when I lived in Knoxville, TN but it […]

Southern Cast Iron Skillet Buttermilk Cornbread

Southern Cast Iron Skillet Buttermilk Cornbread

This classic southern cast iron skillet corn bread will become your go to side for all things warm and comforting this fall.

Classic Grilled Cheese

Classic Grilled Cheese

Classic Grilled Cheese After having a spring like day this past Saturday, we are on to a cold rainy Wednesday.There is nothing better on a cold rainy winter like day than some hot comfort food. Simple is Often Better It’s funny how sometimes the simplest […]

Grilled Butternut Squash Soup

Grilled Butternut Squash Soup

By the time that I finish this post it we will have ushered in Fall. I love the summer season, but fall holds my favorite food recipes. Growing up in West Virginia is was usually cool by this time of the year. This meant that […]

West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls

West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls

This Weekend was the kick off of college football, and here in the south they take their college football. Growing up in West Virginia I became a WVU Mountaineers fan. Several years ago I lived in Knoxville TN, where my son was born, and I […]