Jackie Garvin's Blog, page 2
March 28, 2024
Skillet Hot Dog Chili
Elevate your hot dog game with this quick and easy Skillet Hot Dog Chili. My mother loved hot dogs. She loved hot dogs better than she loved her luggage. Not only did she like to order hot dogs in restaurants, she liked to eat them at home. Chili dogs were her favorite. Somewhere along the...
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March 27, 2024
Sweet and Spicy Jalapeno Coleslaw
Sweet and Spicy Jalapeno Coleslaw is made with a slaw mix and classic mayonnaise based dressing with the right ratio of coleslaw to dressing. The dressing provides a balance of sweet and tangy with a hint of heat from jalapeno peppers. Coleslaw is a familiar dish with lots of variations. It takes trying all...
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March 25, 2024
Resurrection Biscuits
Resurrection Biscuits is a recipe that’s an edible lesson that teaches the Easter Resurrection story. The hollow biscuit represents the empty tomb. Because it’s almost Easter and because this recipe for Resurrection Biscuits is a fun way to teach children about Resurrection Sunday, I’m sharing a recipe from my cookbook, BISCUITS: Sweet and Savory Southern...
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March 21, 2024
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken is chicken breasts with ribs that get a barbecue spice rub, cook in a sweet and smoky homemade barbecue sauce, are shredded when tender, and added back to sauce. Great for sandwiches. Barbecue is one of my favorite flavors. Always has been, always will be. Chicken breasts are my least...
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March 13, 2024
Irish Stout Braised Chicken Stew
Irish Stout Braised Chicken Stew is a hearty, rustic stew made with chicken thighs and vegetables braised in a gravy made flavorful and robust by the addition of Irish stout beer. While this is a deviation from my usual Southern-inspired dishes, its rustic nature makes it seem familiar and comforting. And, it uses lots of...
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March 12, 2024
Sheet Pan Maple Bourbon Barbecue Spare Ribs
Sheet Pan Maple Bourbon Barbecue Spare Ribs is St. Louis style Spare Ribs baked on a sheet pan in the oven and basted in a homemade barbecue sauce made from maple syrup, bourbon, chili sauce, and other common ingredients. Gosh! Do I love ribs! Not only do I love the flavor, but there’s something...
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March 7, 2024
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a vintage layered salad which comprises a pretzel crust, cream cheese layer, and strawberry gelatin layer. This layered strawberry gelatin, cream cheese, pretzel crust dessert represents so many things I love about the South. For one, we do love flavored, highly sweetened gelatin. Always have, always will. We don’t...
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March 4, 2024
Baked Sweetpotato with Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter
Baked Sweetpotato with Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter is an easy side dish to serve alongside most entrees. The warm flavors of brown sugar and cinnamon are a perfect match for the earthy, somewhat nutty, flavor of sweet potatoes. Sweetpotatoes! Oh, how I love thee. That hasn’t always been the case. I had to grow...
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February 17, 2024
Swiss Steak
Swiss Steak is American classic comfort food composed of tenderized and browned round steak braised in a rich gravy containing tomatoes, carrots, and aromatics. Serve over rice. Despite the name, Swiss Steak is decidedly American and is a classic dish. The name is derived from the process of pounding the meat, or swiss it,...
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February 15, 2024
Shrimp and Crab Gumbo AKA Seafood Gumbo
Shrimp and Crab Gumbo, AKA Seafood Gumbo, is an iconic Cajun stew made with roux, shrimp, crab, smoked sausage and lots of vegetables, including okra. Served over rice. Of all the wonderful Cajun inspired recipes, and there are many, Shrimp and Crab Gumbo is a family favorite. The ingredient list appears rather lengthy, and the...
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