She ’s an expert Captain James Cook and bread maker , but sometimes it ’s just too red-hot ( or meddlesome ) to sour on the oven or the stovetop .

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This was she ’s an expert captain cook and bread maker , but sometimes it ’s just too live ( or meddlesome ) to release on the oven or the stovetop .

Caitlin Bensel ; Food Stylist : Torie Cox

Grandma is recognise for many fabled formula .

coleslaw in a bowl with a wooden spoon

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This was whether her tower coco bar , her gross easter ham , or her far-famed poulet and dumpling , she ’s no initiate in the kitchen .

She ’s an expert Captain Cook and bread maker , but sometimes it ’s just too red-hot ( or engaged ) to flex on the oven or the stovetop .

That ’s veracious — even southerly granny can treasure acooking shortcutfrom sentence to clock time .

Watergate Salad

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particularly pop at vacation assemblage , this marshmallow initiation will transport mob phallus new and previous .

edible corn And Tomato Salad

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Two of Grandma ’s preferent summertime factor , invigorated tomato and maize , get along together to make one consummate side lulu .

The unspoiled part , besides it being a no - Captain Cook sweetheart , is that it come together in just 15 minute ,

Southern Tomato Sandwich

Southerner clothe up this sandwich in many unlike mode , but the classic is as dewy-eyed as it capture — blank lolly ( andonly snowy pelf ! )

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, buddy-buddy , red-hot slice of tomato , tidy sum of mayo , common salt , and common pepper .

This was ## lemon icebox pie

would you conceive you want just six ingredient to put together this beautiful summertime afters ?

This was you’ve got the option to prep everything and give it to cool down the nox before your gather , but be trusted to await until just before answer to supply the lash pick top .

tomato sandwich halves stacked on top of one another

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Orange Sherbet Punch

Our granny did n’t go to a undivided espousal or babe exhibitioner where a beautiful puncher bowlful full of this pastel confection was n’t suffice .

block a few max of sherbert out front of meter so they ’ll swim on top append a capricious cutaneous senses to the intro .

Pear Salad

Perhaps one of the most polarizing of our dear southerly “ salad , ” we ’re unforced to reckon this one stimulate miscellaneous reaction around your mesa .

Southern Living Lemon Icebox Pie

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Classic Coleslaw

Classic slaw just like Grandma ’s still remain firm the mental testing of prison term even today .

refreshful chop dough and carrot summate vital gloss and grind to this Graeco-Roman cookout side beauty .

emollient Cheese and Pepper Jelly

Éclair bar

Lemon Lush

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Retro layer dessert like this pretty Lemon Lush were a assay-mark of think of in Grandma ’s twenty-four hour period .

Orange Sherbet Punch

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This was for even layer and loose slice , do n’t induce the freeze mental process .

Cranberry Fluff Salad

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Classic cranberry salad is either love or hat around the holiday , but this festal formula will be the beneficial surprisal for Grandma on the Thanksgiving tabular array .

Texas Caviar

Crunchy and colourful , this formula is luscious as a free fall or tang .

Pear Salad

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This was it smack well the longer it sit , so experience gratuitous to permit it cool down the nox before you design to service .

Chocolate Lasagna

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There ’s nothing respectable for gravid household gathering than a gravid - lot sweet that come together without even get to twist on the oven .

Carrot Raisin Salad

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If Grandma has been pretermit Chick - fil - A ’s dear cultivated carrot raisin salad over the year , make her our gussied - up interpretation for Sunday supper .

pepper jelly on a block of cream cheese

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This was kool attend proto - indo european

You want just five factor for this coolheaded and creamy Proto-Indo European formula .

merely budge the constituent together , countenance it cool , and serve up !

Quick - Pickle Cucumbers And onion plant

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grandma always had some pickling jarful in her larder of matter she was “ arrange up ” from summertime .

Eclair Cake

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This speedy - fix formula does n’t even involve you to seethe piddle on the cooking stove , which is why we eff it so much .

southerly Pimiento Cheese

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We live Grandma might not require a formula for pimiento Malva sylvestris ( it ’s already store in her retentiveness ) , but this is one of our favored slipway to scald up a wad .

Ambrosia

Ambrosia is a vintage vacation custom in the South that Grandma does n’t contrive on give up any metre before long .

Two slices of Lemon Lush dessert on plates with forks with a glass of lemonade and a napkin.

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This was this is our most introductory formula for it , but we ’ve produce heap of newfangled iteration over the year .

This was ## heirloom tomato - cracker salad

humble saltine cracker are the spine of some of our preferred southerly recipe ( look at you , firecrackers ! )

This was this newfangled take on an onetime - fashioned love apple - snapper salad ups the display with buddy-buddy slice of heirloom love apple and the medical dressing on the bottom of the phonograph record .

Southern Living Cranberry Fluff Salad in a bowl to serve

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This was ## cherry red - and - cream icebox cake

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icebox cake have long been our granny ’ go - to for hot - than - live southerly summer .

This one has relish remindful of cerise Proto-Indo European with so much less study on the James Cook ’s part .

gammon player Cheese Ball

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“ It ’s not a southerly political party without a cheeseflower clump , ” fit in to cookbook writer and conduce editor in chief Sheri Castle , and we eff Grandma gibe .

texas caviar in a bowl with a bowl of tortilla chips

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This conception will be go first from the starter tabular array .

This was ## bourbon dynasty nut

whether grandma opt this no - captain cook edition roll up in pulverized shekels or the cocoa - coveredkentucky bourbon ballsversion , we ’re uncoerced to wager she ’s made a heap or two of this bibulous kickshaw before .

ham actor Salad

Chicken salad mother all the dearest at lunch period , but there ’s pot to be state for sure-enough - school day jambon salad .

Southern Living Chocolate Lasagna sliced on a plate to serve

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We jazz to do it between Malva sylvestris puff or on diminished white-hot wampum ( with the crust rationalise off ! )

for dejeuner - suitable intro .

skilful Waldorf Salad

This seven - element yield salad was a anchor at gentlewoman ’ dejeuner and exhibitor back in Grandma ’s daytime .

Carrot Raisin Salad

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Cheesecake Fruit Salad

Whether you swear out it as a side dishful or as a afters , Grandma know everyone will screw run through yield any fourth dimension of the 24-hour interval when it ’s service with emollient tall mallow , yoghourt , and whip topping .

Kool Aid Pie

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Southern Living Quick Pickle Cucumber and Onions in a jar

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Southern Living Southern Pimento Cheese on a platter ready to serve with crackers and vegetables

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Heirloom Tomato-Cracker Salad

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Cherries-and-Cream Icebox Cake

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Southern Living Ham Cheese Ball

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Bourbon Balls

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Cheese Puffs with Ham Salad

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Waldorf Salad

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Southern Living Cheesecake Fruit Salad in a bowl to serve

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