THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The Cookbook winner is Cindy Leonard.
I have another tasty review and giveaway for y'all, and I'm super duper excited about this one. Come Home to Supper over 200 Casseroles, Skillets, and Sides (Dessert Too) To Feed your Family With Love is Christy Jordan's 2nd Cookbook!!!
I'm so glad it's finally here and I'm sure she is too. This cookbook is as wonderful as her first one, Southern Plate Classic Comfort Food That Makes Everyone Feel Like Family. And I'm not just saying that because were friends. This cookbook really is that awesome and I'm so stinkin proud of her!
Christy is such a sweet, sweet friend and one of the first blogging friends I met when I began my own blog journey back in 2008. It was a instant friendship, because we shared the same love of family, traditions and southern cooking. I call her my southern sister, because I really think we were separated at birth.
All her recipes remind me of the food that I grew up eating. I love the cover of her cookbook as is shows her in front of her beloved Pyrex collection. If you know Christy and her blog, Southern Plate then you know she's a big Pyrex hoarder and I am so jealous of her huge collection.
Come Home to Supper has 10 chapters and is packed with 200 easy-to-prepare recipes that will comfort your soul. All of her recipes are simple, delicious, kid friendly and easy on your budget. That's definitely my kind of cookbook. I shy away from fancy schmancy cookbooks that have a huge list of ingredients, because they can be so intimidating. In my opinion simple is always best.
I was raised on home cooked meals and eating together as a family. I think families today are leading such busy lives that they just don't have time to eat dinner at home anymore. Due to the lack of time, home cooked meals and family dinners get pushed to the back burner.
"Come Home to Supper" will get your family back on track and eating together as a family again. Christy even gives you the recipes, tools, conversation starters and inspiration to get your family back to the dinner table. I received this cookbook last week, so I've had plenty of time to go through it.
I love a good old fashioned pie, so when I was thumbing through the dessert section this Peanut Butter Pie immediately caught my eye. The photo in the cookbook was simply beautiful. It was one of the recipes that as soon as you saw the photo you said..... I have to make this! Christy's pie reminded me of a Amish Peanut Butter Pie I had a long time ago, but was unable to find the recipe.
This decadent peanut butter pie has four delicious layers, a crumbly peanut layer in the bottom of the pie crust, then a homemade vanilla custard is added. The pie is finished off with a fluffy meringue and additional peanut butter topping. This was the best peanut butter pie I have ever eaten (no lie). I thought the peanut butter pie recipe I had was good, but this recipe blows it away. I'm definitely making this pie for our big family Christmas.
Next on the list were these Old Fashioned Sticky Chicken Legs. This recipe only has 6 ingredients and that's it. All of the ingredients are ones you probably already have in your pantry. The sauce is a sweet and tangy sauce that glazes the chicken. These were a huge hit in my house and the meat just fell of the bones. This recipe will be going on my regular dinner rotation.
Here are a few step by step photos. It's a real easy and straight forward recipe, so I don't think you can mess this one up.
Yield: 6
Sticky Chicken Legs
These were a huge hit in my house and the meat just fell of the bones.
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 60 MinTotal time: 1 H & 4 M
Ingredients
- cooking Spray
- 3/4 - cup ketchup
- 1/2 - cup honey
- 1 - cup brown sugar
- 1/2 - cup light soy sauce
- 1/2 - teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 to 12 chicken legs with skin (3 pounds total)
- 1 - cup uncooked white or brown rice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a Dutch oven or 9- by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine the ketchup, honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic powder in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until it comes just to a boil and the brown sugar has dissolved, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat. Arrange the chicken legs in the prepared baking dish. Pour the sauce over the chicken, turning the pieces with tongs to coat them.
- Place the baking dish in the oven, uncovered, and bake until cooked through, 35 - 45 minutes or until juices run clear.
- Turn the legs halfway through the cooking time.
- While the chicken is cooking start on the rice. Cook the rice according to package directions.
- Place the rice on a platter and arrange the chicken legs on top. Spoon the sauce over all and serve.
Besides recipes "Come Home to Supper" has positive quotes and encouraging thoughts scattered throughout the cookbook. After reading this cookbook I took away not only wonderful recipes, but knowing what's really important in our lives, FAMILY!
If you're looking for easy to prepare recipes and comforting meals then Come Home to Supper is the cookbook to buy. Right now you can purchase Christy's cookbook at Amazon for around $10.00 . That's a awesome deal my friends. It will also be available in bookstores and retailers on October 22, 2013. I suggest getting two, because they will make perfect holiday gifts.
Now onto the giveaway!!!!! The wonderful folks over Workman Publishing are going to give one lucky Mommy's Kitchen reader their very own copy of Come Home to Supper! Check out the details below on how to enter.
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Just leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite simple southern dish?
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Giveaway Rules:
Giveaway starts today, October 20th 2013 and ends on October 31st 2013. Contest is open to U.S & Canadian Residents only due to shipping charges. If you leave an anonymous comment please include your email address. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or a new winner will be chosen. Good Luck!
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Disclosure: I was given a copy of Come Home to Supper for the purpose of this review. An additional copy was also provided to use in a reader giveaway. All opinions stated above are 100% entirely my own.
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My all time Southern favorite - Chicken and Dumplings, of course!
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But, a standby and truly southern is Pimento cheese and your recipe is like ours a Savannah favorite!
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So many of your recipes too numerous to post have them in my speeddial for future reference.
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My favorite southern dish is fried chicken.
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Love anything CHICKEN and now can't wait to try the STICKY CHICKEN LEGS and love PIMENTO CHEESE SPREAD.
There isn't enough room to list all my southern favs, but love biscuits, skillet cornbread and peach cobbler. Am going to try the chicken drums and PB pie this weekend!!!,
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