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Whole Roasted Chicken

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 02:25:50 +0000

Whole Roasted Chicken is a dish that everyone who cooks chicken needs in their stable of dishes they’ve perfected. It’s roasted simply in a cast iron skillet with a seasoning mix and melted butter. I don’t know that I could ever tire of eating roasted chicken. It’s familiar, comforting, and uncomplicated. Plus, it’s flat out...

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One Bowl Buttermilk Banana Cinnamon Pancakes

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:59:02 +0000

Even on vacation, I like to cook. I don’t like to wash dishes, but I like to cook. Cooking on vacation means easy meals and easy clean up. One Bowl Buttermilk Banana Cinnamon Pancakes fit the bill for an easy and hardy breakfast for summer vacation. These pancakes are reminiscent of banana bread....

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Cranberry Upside-Down Skillet Cake

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:15:21 +0000

Cranberry Upside Down Skillet Cake matches the tartness of cranberries against the sweetness of a caramel glaze topping in a simple cast iron skillet cake. Great for snacking and breakfast. Cranberries are something I look forward to each year. The tart and tangy flavor is wonderful in baked goods. Plus, how can you have Thanksgiving without...

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Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:00:57 +0000

Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya. A one pot meal . Chicken, sausage, vegetables and rice seasoned with Cajun seasoning, cooked in a cast iron skillet Abiding by my grandmother’s teaching to make good with what you’ve got, all the ingredients for Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya miraculously reported for duty. That’s the way it happened...

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Sweet Potato and Bacon Hash with Baked Eggs

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:14:49 +0000

A short while ago, I wondered if I’d ever catch the attention of a book publisher interested in my writing. My ultimate goal of publishing a cookbook seemed like a pipe dream and one that I’d never realize, most likely. So, here’s where Sweet Potato and Bacon Hash with Baked Eggs comes into the picture....

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Green Tomato Skillet Cake

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 11 May 2016 19:55:33 +0000

Strong rain and winds ripped through recently. I’m always chomping at the bits to get out in the yard and survey the damage after a big rain storm. We’ve got many big trees and those hard-headed limbs don’t always drop in a well-suited location. They don’t care about the most gaw-jus plant in your garden...

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Southern Cast Iron Giveaway and More!

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:11:43 +0000

The giveaway contest is closed but you can still enjoy the beautiful photos and the recipe for Coconut Pecan Pie Wedges shared by Hoffman Media. Hoffman Media publishes many well-loved magazines. Taste of the South is beautiful and filled with recipes that pay homage to our Southern heritage and lifestyle. They’ve included a few...

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A Supper of Chicken and Vegetables

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 01:38:44 +0000

My husband and I agreed several years ago to modify the way he and I exchange Christmas gifts. Instead of stressing over the perfect Christmas gift, we agreed that we would give each other a trip. Of course, the trip he gives me is the same trip I give him. We take a trip together,...

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Skillet Toasted Biscuits

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:02:05 +0000

I loved the days when I would walk in Granny and Granddaddy’s house and before I shut the front door, one of them would say, “Shug, go look in the safe and find ya something to eat.” The safe was a free-standing, multi-shelved cabinet with doors that stored leftover bits of breakfast meats, biscuits, cornbread, cakes,...

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Warm Skillet Chocolate Pudding

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:03:01 +0000

Close your eyes and repeat after me: warm skillet chocolate pudding. All the stresses of your daily life just drifted away. The image in your mind is probably something like Grandmother standing at her stove wearing a flower print dress, sensible shoes and a well-loved apron that displays reminders of memorable meals: gravy stains, grease...

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Peachy BBQ Chicken and Cornbread Skillet

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:00:35 +0000

If there’s anything Southerners love better than eating good food, it’s planning a big party to celebrate food. Food festivals dot our landscape like freckles on a hound dog. We celebrate everything from crawfish to hamburgers made with doughnut buns. We love food. We love festivals. Put the two together and we can’t hardly stand...

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Skillet Fried Potatoes and Onions

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:42:23 +0000

Skillet Fried Potatoes and Onions make a delicious side for any meal. Yukon Gold potatoes and sweet onions are fried in a cast iron skillet in bacon grease. After months of constant heat, humidity and 80 degree temperatures before 8:00 AM, we finally got a break. The morning air was cool enough to leave the...

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Southern Fried Okra

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:09:05 +0000

Just as memories of blackberries and blackberry cobbler occupy prime real estate in my favorite childhood memory bank, fried okra is in the same neighborhood. Recalling my grandmother’s instructions on how to make good Southern Fried Okra paints a picture, in words and images, that I hope I never forget. There’s no need for me to...

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Floundering Around (Recipe: Skillet Fried Flounder)

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:39:34 +0000

A simple supper of skillet fried fish is therapeutic. Certainly, it provides nourishment. But it does much more than that. It is a reminder that simple, honest food never goes out of style. It was good years past. It’s good today. Years from now, it will be just as good. Don’t over think this recipe. A...

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Frittata Your Omelet (Recipe: Bacon Onion Pepper Frittata)

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:43:14 +0000

Following the teachings of my grandmother to “make good with what you’ve got”, the end product of my kitchen adventures frequently depends on what I happen to have on hand. Some refer to this as refrigerator/freezer/panty raiding. I say, “Let’s see what we can drag out of the refrigerator/freezer/pantry.” I don’t actually “drag”, as in...

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Skillet Roasted Pork Chops

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:05:23 +0000

Skillet Roasted Pork Chops is thick cut pork chops, seasoned in advance, brought to room temperature and roasted in an iron skillet. I love cooking with cast iron. I love pork chops. I love cooking pork chops in cast iron. And when the pork chops cooked in cast iron turn out in a spectacular, moist,...

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The Urge to Cook(Recipe: Braised Lemon Rosemary Chicken Thighs)

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:18:21 +0000

Delighting in our first crop of Meyer lemons, my little brain immediately went to work deciding how they were to be used. All sorts of sweet concoctions swirled in my head. They kept swirling and swirling and swirling. I was gaining weight just doing the thinking part. Certainly, some of those prized lemons will find...

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Cast Iron, Apples and Goodness (recipe: Fried Apples)

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:22:47 +0000

Breakfast this morning included Fried Apples cooked in a cast iron pan. The thought still makes me swoon. Simple, honest, seasonal food cooked in an implement as basic, reliable and vintage as cast iron makes me so happy I could just about cry. It’s all about goodness. And the goodness this morning was...

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