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    Veggies and Sides

    Give your meals the side kicks they deserve with my collection of easy Southern shortcut vegetable and side dish recipes. From Instant Pot Collard Greens to Fried Yellow Squash to Easy Cheesy Baked Mac n Cheese, these recipes bring you the essence of Southern comfort to your dinner table-fast.

    • A blue and white bowl with crock pot ham and cabbage and a fork resting on the side.
      Crock Pot Cabbage and Ham
    • Blue rimmed bowl filled with cooked collards with Instant Pot at top.
      Instant Pot Collard Greens
    • Four square images of food for Memorial Day with white text overlay.
      27 Easy Memorial Day Recipes (Southern)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Rectangle brown wicker basket of fried green cherry tomatoes on a wooden tray and sauce next to it.
      Fried Green Cherry Tomatoes
    • 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
    • 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
    • Air fried butternut squash halves on a white plate, garnished with herbs
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash Halves
    • Spicy Sweet Potato Fries in parchment paper cooked in air fryer.
      Air Fryer Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
    • 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)
    • Collard Greens and Navy Beans are cooked in a fraction of the typical time when cooked in the Instant Pot. Served in a white bowl on a blue and white striped placemat
      Instant Pot Collard Greens and Navy Beans
    • White bowl filled with dressed salad of cherry tomatoes, cubes of mozzarella cheese and shredded basil leaves.
      Caprese Salad with Cherry Tomatoes
    • We Southerners love our greens-turnip greens. This dump and stir soup gets you in and out of the kitchen but tastes like you cooked them low and slow all day. Served in a white bowl.
      Shortcut Turnip Green Soup
    • Square white bowl of black eyed peas with torn corn bread in background.
      Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
    • 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
    • Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes
    • Four southern slow cooker recipes: apple butter, ham, peas, figs.
      Easy Southern Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Fried Yellow Squash close up
      How to Make Southern Fried Yellow Squash
    • Easy Pickled okra in flour jars on red striped kitchen towel.
      Easy Crisp Pickled Okra
    • Purple hull peas with bacon and ham in white bowl on blue cloth.
      How to Cook Purple Hull Peas (Stove, Slow Cooker, Instant Pot)
    • Three thin sliced Southern fried green tomatoes with cornmeal on brown paper with green tomatoes in background.
      Best Fried Green Tomatoes (Perfect Every Time)
    • glass bowl filled with sliced cucumbers and onions in vinegar
      Cucumber and Onions in Vinegar
    • 4 images of food made in the Instant Pot.
      Easy Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners
    • White bowl full of macaroni salad
      Easy Southern Macaroni Salad (With Shortcuts)
    • Collage of four air fryer recipes with text overlay.
      Easy Ninja Air Fryer Recipes
    • Top down view of mozzarella tomato basil salad.
      Mozzarella Tomato Basil Salad
    • Three garlic butter cruffins on a blue cloth.
      Garlic Butter Cruffins with Crescent Roll Dough
    • Macaroni and Cheese in a white rectangle dish with serving scooped out.
      Baked Cheesy Mac and Cheese (With Shortcuts)
    • Metal spoon with comeback sauce dripping into white bowl with chicken nuggets on surface.
      Comeback Sauce Recipe
    • Bowl of roasted butternut squash on fall colored cloth with wooden spoon next to it.
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash
    • A Ziploc freezer bag filled with sliced okra.
      How to Freeze Okra
    • open jar of pickled red onions with a fork set on top of jar scooping out some pickles.
      Quick Pickled Red Onions (No Cook)
    • Hasselback Sweet Potatoes (Maple Syrup and Pecans)
    • Yellow Squash Casserole with Scoop out on right in a gray dish.
      Easy Yellow Squash Casserole
    • White bowl of creamy cucumber salad with half sliced cucumber next to it.
      Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad
    • pink yellow blue deviled eggs on white plate
      Deviled Easter Eggs (Naturally Dyed)

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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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