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    Southern Shortcut Recipes

    Southern cooking recipes with classic comfort food flavors you love (and a few new ones), made with shortcuts so you can enjoy them sooner!

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    Enjoy the flavors of the South with these time-saving, easy Spring desserts, weeknight casseroles and simple side dishes.

    • Strawberry Pretzel Salad square with dollop of Cool Whip.
      Easy Strawberry Pretzel Salad (8x8 Pan)
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • Nectarine cobbler close up view.
      Easy Cinnamon Sugar Nectarine Cobbler
    • Close up of creamy chicken fettuccine mixture sprinkled with bacon and parsley.
      Instant Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Alfredo

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    About Kathleen

    Welcome to Grits and Gouda! I make classic Southern recipes (some with a fresh twist) with shortcuts! Drawing on my experience as a former test kitchen director, my goal is to get you in and out of the kitchen quickly so you can enjoy time with your family.

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    Baking

    I share all my baking shortcut tricks from 2 Ingredient Biscuits to making caramel icing with no candy thermometer.

    • Slice of persimmon pie with pie plate in background and Fuyu persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Pie
    • No bake chocolate pie in graham cracker crust with pecans and coconut.
      Easy German Chocolate Pie
    • Apple Pecan Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze on white cake pedestal with one slice on a white plate.
      Easy Apple Pecan Cake with Caramel Glaze
    • Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with cake mix scored into slices in the pan topped with chopped peanuts.
      Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

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    Southern Side Dishes

    Everything you need to serve alongside main dishes and casseroles! Don't forget the cornbread! 

    • Roasted parsnips and carrots served on a wooden platter
      Roasted Parsnips and Carrots
    • Honey roasted carrot sticks next to an air fryer.
      Honey Roasted Carrots (Air Fryer)
    • Whole fresh green beans with bacon and brown sugar in a cast iron skillet with spoon dripping sauce on beans.
      Skillet Green Beans with Bacon and Brown Sugar
    • Shishito Peppers roasted in air fryer on blue platter with lemon aioli dipping sauce with stack of white plates in background.
      Air Fryer Shishito Peppers and Lemon Aioli

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    Southern Appetizers & Snacks

    All your game day, holiday party and afternoon treat recipes in one place.

    • Crispy baked chicken wings on a white plate, set on a checkered tablecloth
      Easy Baked Crispy Chicken Wings
    • Heart Caprese skewers with mozzarella balls and heart-shaped tomatoes in a small white bowl
      Heart Caprese Skewers
    • Mini Laughing Cow cheese trees on a round white plate.
      Easy Christmas Cheese Trees
    • Brown sugar caramel glaze drizzling out of measuring cup onto a bundt cake.
      Caramel Glaze and Sauce

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    Hi y'all! I’m Kathleen. I share Southern shortcut recipes! I’m a food stylist, cookbook author, and former test kitchen director in Alabama. I take traditional Southern recipes you know and love (and a few new ones) and make them with shortcuts so you can enjoy them faster.

    More about me →

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