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    Thanksgiving

    This is your spot for easy Thanksgiving recipes with Southern flavors made with a shortcut in every one! You'll find air fryer and Instant Pot recipes mixed in with traditional cooking methods. Make the meal feel special without all the stress.

    • Slice of chocolate peanut butter cake on a plate in front of a 9x13 pan
      Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cake
    • Close up of sour cream potato salad in a blue rimmed bowl.
      Sour Cream Potato Salad with Bacon
    • 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
    • A carrot bundt cake on a wood cake pedestal.
      Carrot Bundt Cake
    • Close up image of a slice of coconut custard pie on a white plate with whipped cream on top. The whole pie is in the background.
      Coconut Custard Pie
    • Biscuit being lifted out of casserole dish with sausage gravy on bottom.
      Biscuits and Gravy Casserole with Sausage
    • Several pieces of chocolate magic cake with one piece missing.
      Chocolate Magic Cake
    • Fig pudding cake with sauce in bottom of white bowl topped with vanilla yogurt
      Sticky Fig Pudding Cake
    • 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 blonde brownies on brown paper.
      Blonde Brownies with Cheaters Caramel Icing
    • A collection of four close up images of cooked vegetables with text overlay: yellow squash, okra, green beans, corn and tomatoes.
      17 Shortcut Southern Side Dish Recipes
    • Swirled butter in a blue bowl.
      How to Make Butter in a Jar
    • Honey Bread Pudding with Raisins and Vanilla Sauce
    • 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
    • Double Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls in red baking dish
      Double-Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
    • Wooden bowl of pecan halves with stack of wooden bowls above it.
      Roasted Pecans in Air Fryer
    • Cooked Brussels sprouts with bacon on a white plate.
      Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sorghum Molasses & Bacon
    • vidalia onion cornbread wedge on blue plate with cornbread in background on wooden cutting board
      Vidalia Onion Cornbread with Caramelized Onion Fans
    • Close up hand holding apple pie filled donut with stack in the background.
      Easy Air Fryer Apple Pie Bombs
    • frosted sugar cookie bar squares with red and green sprinkles stacked on a white plate
      Sugar Cookie Bar Cookies
    • Pecan pie balls on a wooden board, some topped with chocolate drizzle and others sprinkled with chopped pecans
      Date Nut Balls
    • Mini twice baked potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet
      Mini Twice Baked Potatoes (Air Fryer and Oven)
    • Apple pie dip topped with chopped apple pie filling in a green apple-shaped dish
      Apple Pie Dip
    • peeled clementine oranges with cucumbers in them to look like pumpkins
      Mandarin Orange "Pumpkin" Treats (Healthy Halloween Snack)
    • 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
    • Air fryer fried yellow squash on blue plate with air fryer in background.
      Air Fryer Squash (Yellow and Zucchini)
    • Serving of chicken cornbread dressing on plate with broccoli and salad.
      Crockpot Chicken and Dressing
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • Slice of pecan cream pie on white plate in front of whole pie in background.
      Best Pecan Cream Pie
    • Roasted whole chicken by an air fryer.
      Air Fryer Whole Chicken Recipe
    • Air fried butternut squash halves on a white plate, garnished with herbs
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash Halves
    • 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)
    • Spoonful of homemade persimmon jam resting on a jar with hachiya persimmon jam spread on toast with a fuyu sliced persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Jam
    • Iced Mocha punch in glass coffee mugs with whipped cream and chocolate shavings with pitcher next to them.
      Shortcut Mocha Punch
    • Square white bowl of black eyed peas with torn corn bread in background.
      Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
    • Slice of persimmon pie with pie plate in background and Fuyu persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Pie
    • Spoonful of cranberry pepper jelly resting on top of a jar of jelly beside a plate of biscuits and jars of jelly with a jalapeno pepper in the front.
      Cranberry Pepper Jelly

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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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