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You know how you lay slices of bacon on top of baked beans and they cook up all glorious? Except that they shrink up so much that when the beans are done only the center of your dish has bacon. And yo

Original recipes and hilarious insights from Southern food blogger, award winning recipe creator and food & drink writer, Mandy Rivers.

Original recipes and hilarious insights from award winning recipe creator and Southern food writer, Mandy Rivers

The trick to making perfectly cooked Southern-style green beans with canned beans - the beans don’t fall apart but taste like they’ve cooked all day!

You know that mandarin orange cake with the fluffy pineapple frosting? I’m addicted to the frosting and every time I make the cake I always save a little bowl of frosting to eat by itself. It’s super

All the warm caramel and toasted pecan flavors of a pecan pie in a super simple snack cake made with just a few ingredients and NO cake mix.

This iconic recipe using cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk isn't the Banana Pudding you grew up with but it's a classic for a reason - it's insanely delicious! If you're a lover of layered desserts, you have to try Paula's Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding!

An easy, homemade dessert recipe with a warm, gooey butterscotch/caramel sauce that’s baked-in under a pecan-studded cake layer as the cobbler bakes.

A simple casserole recipe with chicken and Pepperidge Farm stuffing mixed with an easy, creamy gravy then baked until golden.

A quick and easy skillet meal with tender chicken scampi over perfectly cooked buttery, garlic parmesan rice. Did you know that scampi is an actual thing? I didn’t! I was doing a little research befor