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Learn to make one of the South’s favorite holiday desserts, Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie. Growing up in the South, I am quite used to sweet potato dishes being part of our holiday meals. There was plenty of sweet potato casserole, candied yams and yes, even sweet potato pie. I remember one Thanksgiving in particular …

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Southern Candied Yams are a classic holiday side dish. During the holidays you’ll find a mix of savory and sweet side dishes on the Southern menu. This is sure to include either classic candied yams or sweet potato casserole (souffle).  Sweet potatoes are a Southern staple and are plentiful during the fall and winter months …

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In this post I’m sharing the recipe for Glazed Ham with a Honey Orange Glaze. When most of us think of our main holiday meals, we associate it with the popular meat main course. On Thanksgiving you have the traditional turkey. For Christmas there’s the mix of turkey, ham, a beef roast…or all three. Traditional …

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Southern Sweet Potato Casserole, or Soufflé as it is also known, is a traditional holiday side dish here in the South. This sweet dish is topped with marshmallows or a pecan praline, or both as I like to prepare it, and teeters on the verge of being a dessert. Southern sweet potato casserole may be sweet …

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Basic Cranberry Sauce is a traditional accompaniment to holiday meals in the United States. Making a basic homemade cranberry sauce from fresh seasonal cranberries is very easy. The bright red color is perfect for your holiday table. Now I know that there area  lot of big fans of the canned cranberry sauce. It drops out of …

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