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Sweet Tea Tiramisu Trifle for Two made with Southern Breeze sweet tea topped with fresh raspberries and shaved chocolate on a pink plate
  • Desserts and Cakes

Sweet Tea Tiramisu Trifle for Two Southern skinny version of Tiramisu made with sweet tea and angel food cake: ready to serve in 15 minutes.

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on February 7, 2019February 8, 2019

Sweet Tea Tiramisu Trifle for Two Sweet Tea Tiramisu Trifle for Two is my Southern…

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Boiled peanuts made in the Instant Pot, cracked open on a blue tin plate
  • Appetizers and Snacks

Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts A classic Southern snack made from raw peanuts-which aren't really nuts at all-typically boiled for 3 to 4 hours. With the Instant Pot, you make them in a fraction of the time.

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on January 25, 2019January 26, 2019

Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts Boiled peanuts are a Southern snack mostly found at road side…

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Tri color quinoa salad with grape tomatoes boiled egg and chick peas in a green bowl on a red and white napkin with feta
  • Food

Tri Color Quinoa Salad with Garden Tomatoes and Roasted Corn What's in your fridge is what's for lunch

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019

Tri Color Quinoa Salad Let’s start the new year off right by eating healthy and…

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Grits and Gouda food blogger Kathleen Phillips Christmas Top 12 Recipe Roundup. Pictured are Maple Pecan Tassies, Sugardoodles, Roasted Candied Sweet Potatoes, Cinnamon Sugar Pecans
  • Appetizers and Snacks

Grits and Gouda Top 12 Christmas Recipe Roundup Southern shortcut recipes to make your Christmas holiday merrier!

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on December 16, 2018December 17, 2018

My Top 12 Christmas Recipe Roundup Why Top 12? Because I couldn’t narrow it down…

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Sweet Tea Sangria Skinny Mocktail is your answer to a holiday drink without the alcohol! The tannins in tea mimic the tannins in red wine plus it is only 5 calories! Served in a mason jar with a handle on a wooden surface.
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Sweet Tea Sangria “Skinny” Mocktail Southern version of a sangria mocktail, so of course, it starts with sweet tea! Raspberries, cranberries, and pomegranate seeds steep in Southern Breeze Sweet Tea raspberry tea and cranberry juice. The best part is less than 3 calories!

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Sweet Tea Sangria “Skinny” Mocktail If you are cutting back on wine and sugar this…

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Roasted Purple Cauliflower

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

Look at this gorgeous purple cauliflower! #cauliflower #purplefood #vegetables

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Four pictures of Southern food Mississippi Mud Brownies, Cornbread dressing made in muffin pans, Instant Pot Turkey Breast slices, Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  • Appetizers and Snacks

Grits and Gouda’s Top 10 Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup My Southern shortcut recipes will have you in and out of the kitchen sooner than later!

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on November 17, 2018November 17, 2018

My Top 10 Southern Shortcut Thanksgiving Recipes My Southern shortcut recipes will have you in…

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Slices of turkey breast with skin on overlapping each other on a white plate and garnished with fresh sage and gravy poured over the turkey slices
  • Christmas

Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey Breast and Gravy Give yourself more time for family and your oven more room for side dishes and pie by cooking your holiday turkey in the Instant Pot this year.

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on November 12, 2018November 14, 2018

Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey Breast and Gravy I’m all in when it comes to using…

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Cranberry Apple Jalapeno Salsa in a black salsa dish with sweet potato chips in it and around the dish
  • Appetizers and Snacks

Cranberry-Apple-Jalapeno Salsa with Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips This combination may sound crazy at first but after you taste it, you'll agree, it's just crazy good!

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

Cranberry-Apple-Jalapeno Salsa with Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips Cranberries and Thanksgiving go together like black-eyed…

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apple butternut salad
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Apple and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad With Homemade Apple Cider Vinaigrette

  • by gritsandgouda
  • Posted on March 25, 2018September 23, 2018

  I won! Many of you asked for the recipe when I told you I…

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Hi! I’m Kathleen. I’m a food stylist, recipe developer, cookbook author, and event planner loving life in a charming town called Gardendale, Alabama, with my husband and two teenage children. I love to cook and laugh…not necessarily in that order.
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