A Yankee’s Guide to Southern Recipes & Cuisine

A Yankee’s Guide to Southern Recipes & Cuisine is my personal journey mastering deep-rooted Southern classics despite a steadfast Yankee upbringing. Join me!

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Jamie Oliver’s ‘Mothership’ Tomato Salad

A plate with a Monte Cristo sandwich dusted with powdered sugar, a side of red grapes, and a slice of cantaloupe melon.

The Original Monte Cristo Sandwich

A pineapple cheese ball covered in shredded cheese and spices with a knife inserted into the top, surrounded by circular crackers on a plate. Two brass items are in the background.

Party-Perfect Pineapple Cheese Ball Recipe

A skillet containing a creamy chicken dish with sundried tomato cream sauce, garnished with basil. A spoon is resting inside the skillet.

Chicken Cutlets with Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce

A spoon is dripping with a thick brown sauce over a pot filled with the same substance. The sauce contains visible spices and herbs.

A Sweet, Sticky, Spicy Bourbon Glaze

A southern corn pudding in a white dish, garnished with corn kernels, chopped green onions, herbs, and a sprinkle of paprika.

Best Southern Corn Pudding

Hearty Penna Dutch Potato Salad

A Tasty and Kid-friendly Pickle Macaroni Salad

A serving tray filled with beef appetizers.

Steak Tartines with Red Peppers and Horseradish Cream

Cheese Bread Recipe with Spinach Pesto

Lots of whipped feta appetizers on little toasts with roasted tomatoes on top.

Classic Roasted Tomato Crostini with Whipped Feta

Glass jars filled with pieces of benne seed brittle arranged on a tray.

Benne Seed Brittle, the Peanut Brittle of The South

My ‘Best Of ‘ Collection

A chocolate cookie on a bed of other cookies.

15 Last-Minute Cookies to Make Dad Smile

A spoonful of chicken casserole with a Ritz cracker topping.

15 Essential Southern Comfort Foods Everyone Should Try

Crostini topped with creamy cheese and caramelized onion jam, garnished with fresh herbs, on a rustic wooden tray.

Warm Hearts, Full Plates – 28 Southern Recipes Where Every Bite Tells a Story

Southern Comfort Takes Center Stage

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Copycat Cracker Barrel Country Fried Steak Recipe: How to Make It

This Copycat Cracker Barrel Country Fried Steak Recipe is as Southern as it gets in your home kitchen in 45…

Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Ball Cookies

This ‘Southern all the way around’ recipe for Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Ball Cookies may well be the quintessential symbol of…

Four Ingredient Single Batch Fig Preserves

Fresh summer figs become stew with sugar, vanilla, and lemons to become Four Ingredient Single Batch Fig Preserves, enjoyable alone…

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My name is Jenny DeRemer, and I am the personality behind the posts. Not Entirely Average is a Southern food blog authored by me, a displaced Yankee who found herself ‘suddenly Southern’ 15 years ago. By way of recipe or restaurant review, Not Entirely Average explores and reveals the best the South has to offer. I love company and I am overjoyed you are looking around. So c’mon y’all!

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