Top 4 Southern Dishes That Will Make You Forget About Boring Meals
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4 Easy Southern Recipes That Taste Like Summer in the South
If you grew up in the South—or just wish you did—these 4 easy Southern recipes will take you straight to a summer potluck, church picnic, or backyard cookout. Today I’m sharing:
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00:00 Hey Friends
00:44 Pulled Pork Baked Mac & Cheese
14:19 Georgia Cracker Salad (a tomato-lover’s dream!)
19:44 Chicken and Squash Casserole
28:51 Old-Fashioned Pineapple Fluff Dessert
These dishes are full of the flavors that define a Southern summer: juicy tomatoes, creamy casseroles, smoky BBQ, and cool, fluffy desserts that show up at every gathering. They’re easy, made with ingredients you probably already have, and perfect for feeding your family or a crowd.
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I can't wait to make the pineapple fluff. I ❤️ all pineapple desserts
Cannot wait to make these recipes. Thank you😊
These all look delicious!!
I'm trying the cracker salad for sure, looks yummy
Love the Cracker Salad — I also do a version with no mayo or eggs, but tomato, green onion, crackers, feta, and greek dressing. Delicious!
Which scentsy warmer do you have on your counter, it's pretty.
I store my mini marshmallows in the fridge. They stay great, nice and soft and you take them out.
i love pineapple desserts. I add one can of crushed pineapple to a box of angel food cake mix and bake it according to directions. It's delicious and easy.
You should have a cousin party once a year to keep in touch. You are fortunate to know them. My dad was in the Army and we didn't see our cousins much, so I don't even know them. and sadly all my aunts and uncles are deceased and some cousins too. I know my husband's family better because his aunt had a cousin party once a year.
I have been watching you for a little over a year, but I've gone back for the last 3 years and caught up! We also had a death in our family this last week, a niece. May God bring rest and peace to your family. I think that fluff would be wonderful with some mandarin oranges in it too.
Mel I’ve been looking for a recipe for yellow squash. Yours sounds delicious 🤤. I’m going to get all the ingredients and make that! Always look forward to your videos. ❣️
Mix in some chopped fresh strawberries and a teaspoon of vanilla. In the fluff. Yum 😋
I pray for God's comfort for your family 🙏🏼.
I believe you out do yourself every week 🙂. I gotta make the squash casserole for the 4th 🎉🇺🇸🥘. Everything looks so good! Thanks Mel.
Awesome video, thanks Mel ❤️🙏🏻❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You should coordinate a family reunion for all of your family that you only see at weddings and funerals. Can share some recipes of what you make for it!
Thanks for sharing your recipe with us today.
Im with you, I dont like adding the bbq sauce with the pork in the mac and cheese. I drizzle it on mune afterward and some in my family dont want the bbq sauce at all. It benefits my family to leave it off. Yours looked super creamy and yummy
I am from South Georgia but my Mom's family is from Birmingham. Both places have the best Southern food ever. Family Reunions were amazing when I was a kid. FOOD EVERYWHERE.
Do you have a black-eyed pea salad.
Nice ideas. Thanks for sharing.
All these meals look Amazing!! Better than hospital food anyday
Cracker salad is so Delicious!!
well where has that cracker salad been all my life. i live i augusta ga and have never heard of it. will make sure not to smash the crackers to smithereens😄
Next time, my son smokes pork butt I'm making the mac and cheese. He'll love it. You always make delicious recipes. Thanks Mel
Can't wait to try all these recipes. I hope you and Patrick have a wonderful blessed week ahead. Thank you for sharing these videos with us, and I appreciate your time making them. May God bless you. Sending you love from Crossville Tennessee
Loved your videos, I can't wait to try them❤!
Each recipe looked so delicious and bread! The Mac &Cheese with the pulled pork will be the first I am making. Thank you!
Hey Mel I hope y'all are doing well. I just wanted to ask if you have ever tried the cracker salad with ritz crackers? I have been loving these garlic butter ones lately and thought that maybe those would be good. Also I kind of had a similar mac and cheese for dinner today but I used box mac and cheese and just topped it with pulled pork bbq.,I used the kinder apple bbq sauce and it was soooooo good. Thank you for all your videos and hard work. Take care Be safe and God Bless 😊❤🙏
Awesome recipes…🌍👍🌍❤️🌍😋🌍🍀🌍🍽️🧅🧈🧂🥗🍅🫑🧄🍛🥛🌍
That’s an oldie, isn’t it? -Pineapple Fluff.
(That rum added in sounds great! lol)
Thank you, Mel. 💓😊
My favorite is the pineapple fluff. Thanks for sharing.
I love watching all of your videos ! Down the earth goodness ! ❤ I love your little gold heart necklace also ! Would you mind sharing where you purchased it . Pls & Tks From Arkansas ( 30 mins from Branson Missouri ! )
I just love squash casserole! Can't wait to try your take on it! ❤
Mel I'm not one to make egg salad. But if that's the quickest thing I have to eat what I do is beat my eggs add onion powder, salt and pepper and scramble till done. Then I add a spoonful of mayo to the eggs and a handful of saltines, crushed, yumm! Back in the 70s when we just didn't have enough eggs to stretch for breakfast mama would do virtually the same but leave out the mayo but mix the remaining ingredients and scramble up. We survived the way we knew how and I still do that today. Blessings y'all!
I’m making the chicken squash casserole tomorrow. Can’t wait. I wish I had the stuff to make the pineapple fluff. I love these recipes. Thanks for sharing your recipes with us 👍😁❤️👏⭐️
Try the fluff salad with pistachio pudding!! ❤❤
looks good, thank you for sharing ❤
Mel, so sorry for your loss. 🙏 me and one of my cousins was just talking about that, we don’t get together anymore, but we are gonna try and rent a house on the lake in September, and a bunch of family will come in. Hope you have a great upcoming week. 😊
All of these recipes look delicious! I think my favorite is your Pulled pork Macaroni and cheese. Have a wonderful week!
Was just looking for a new Mac and cheese recipe for tomorrow. I’m using this one. It looks delicious. Thank you Mel❤
The squash casserole is prefect timing for fresh squash and or zucchini. Thanks for sharing all of these.
Yum some good recipes 🎉
So sorry for your family’s loss. Hugs. Sounds like it might be time for a family reunion. Good old Grangier County tomatoes. Produce stands over here in Bryson City NC even make sure to get them in. I remember them running news stories about it being tomato season back growing up in TN.
Looks good, I will be trying that dessert. ❤❤❤❤❤
Good Sunday Evening, Mel! Looking forward to trying that squash and chicken casserole. Looks delicious! Thank you and have a great week ahead!
All the recipes look so delicious. Thanks for sharing sweet friend. 🙏🇱🇷🥰
Love your videos. Thank you for sharing so many wonderful recipes with us ❤❤❤