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    5 Ingredients or Less

    Discover Southern shortcut recipes made with 5 ingredients or less—easy, simple dishes that save time without sacrificing taste.

    • A white bowl of candied jalapenos with tiny fork in it next to a jar of cowboy candy with jalapeno peppers on the surface.
      Candied Jalapeños (Cowboy Candy)
    • Honey being poured from a clear tiny pitcher onto chicken nuggets and mini waffles.
      Easy Mini Chicken and Waffles (with Hot Honey)
    • Honey in tiny pitcher with white honey dripper dripping honey in pitcher. Dried chile peppers on a blue surface
      Homemade Hot Honey Recipe
    • Cooked Brussels sprouts with bacon on a white plate.
      Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sorghum Molasses & Bacon
    • Crab Corn soup in terra cotta bowl on blue checked napkin.
      Shortcut Crab and Corn Soup
    • Tomato and onion salad in a large bowl with basil leaves.
      Tomato and Onion Salad
    • glass bowl of fried okra
      Oven Fried Okra (with Air Fryer Option)
    • Gouda grits served in a shallow bowl, garnished with chives.
      Gouda Grits
    • white plate of general tso's chicken on rice with chopsticks on side
      Easy General Tso's Chicken (With Shortcuts)
    • Leftover turkey in a turkey pot pie topped with tater tots on a plate with pie plate in the background.
      Tater Tot Turkey Pot Pie
    • 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis
    • Hasselback Sweet Potatoes (Maple Syrup and Pecans)
    • Mini Laughing Cow cheese trees on a round white plate.
      Easy Christmas Cheese Trees
    • Roasted whole chicken by an air fryer.
      Air Fryer Whole Chicken Recipe
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • White bowl of pesto mayo.
      Pesto Mayonnaise
    • Small Batch Scuppernong Jelly
    • A clear pitcher and two glasses of blackberry lemonade on a purple cloth. Glasses have blackberry and lemon slice garnishes.
      How to Make Shortcut Blackberry Lemonade
    • Bowl of roasted butternut squash on fall colored cloth with wooden spoon next to it.
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash
    • Four southern slow cooker recipes: apple butter, ham, peas, figs.
      Easy Southern Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Finished creamed peas and potatoes in a baking dish.
      Creamed Peas and Potatoes
    • Strawberry rhubarb freezer jam in a plastic container with rhubarb and strawberries on the surface around it.
      Strawberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam
    • Chocolate rice krispie bars served on a white cake stand.
      Chocolate Rice Krispie Squares
    • A white plate and fork with cake mix peach cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on top.
      Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix
    • Close up of bacon wrapped meatballs piled onto a plate.
      Bacon Wrapped Meatballs
    • white bowl full of green beans and bacon on checkered wooden cutting board
      Instant Pot Fresh Green Beans with Bacon
    • Two pears stuffed with cottage cheese, then garnished with shredded cheese and cherries on a plate.
      Southern Pear Salad with Fresh Pears
    • Baked Potatoes in Ninja Air Fryer
    • A blue and white bowl with crock pot ham and cabbage and a fork resting on the side.
      Crock Pot Cabbage and Ham
    • Biscuit being lifted out of casserole dish with sausage gravy on bottom.
      Biscuits and Gravy Casserole with Sausage
    • Blue rimmed bowl filled with cooked collards with Instant Pot at top.
      Instant Pot Collard Greens
    • Mini frosted brownie bite in silver paper cup and white and silver sprinkles on top.
      Miniature Brownie Bites (Frosted)
    • Stack of cheese wafers with pecans on top with one in foreground with bite taken out.
      Cheese Wafers with Pecans
    • Close up of a smores mini pies in graham cracker crusts.
      Mini S'mores Pies
    • Rectangle white plate of red and green oreo shortbread cookies.
      Cookies and Cream Shortbread Cookies
    • Swirled butter in a blue bowl.
      How to Make Butter in a Jar
    • Little Debbie Christmas tree cake sticking out of red striped bowl of dip with cookies on white wood surface.
      Little Debbie Christmas Tree Dip
    • breaded tilapia on blue and white plate with broccoli and lemon
      Easy Air Fryer Tilapia
    • Close up hand holding apple pie filled donut with stack in the background.
      Easy Air Fryer Apple Pie Bombs
    • Pecan pie balls on a wooden board, some topped with chocolate drizzle and others sprinkled with chopped pecans
      Date Nut Balls

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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.

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