The Meals I Crave Most When I’m Away From Home
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I have a little bit of travel coming up over the next two weeks for Southern Living. I’ll be doing television appearances in Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX. The Atlanta segment will be filmed this week and air this Saturday during the 9:00 AM hour on WXIA and then I’ll be live on Great Day Houston during the 9:00 hour on October 25th. I’m so looking forward both of these and hope you’ll be able to tune in if you’re in the area.
As I get ready for a wee bit of travel (The Atlanta filming will only have me away from home seven hours!) I can’t help but think about last year on my book tour and all of that time away from home. Folks often ask me what my favorite meal is and so today I thought I’d show you the things I crave when I’m away from home. You’ll find I’m really a simple gal 🙂
#1.Spaghetti. I LOVE Spaghetti and you just can’t get anything like spaghetti at home when you’re on the road. Everyone wants to dress it up or put some odd meat in it. I just want plain old spaghetti with ground beef. This is the meal I make most on those days I’m home in time for supper.
#2.Chicken Planks, Meme’s Mashed Potatoes, and Fried Corn. Okay so when I’m on a book tour, the meal I am thinking about most is the one featured on the bottom right of my book cover, so it only stands to reason that it is the one I am wanting, after spaghetti, of course!
#3.Grandmama’s Fruit Salad – I could eat this every single day for the rest of my life and still not have enough.
So there you have it, my top three things I like to make when I get home from traveling.
I’ve gotten to eat at some pretty nice restaurants over the past few years but I gotta tell ya, I’ve yet to eat a restaurant meal that could hold a candle to anything cooked at home.
Your kitchen beats out any five star restaurant hands down – and the company surely can’t be beat.
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Gratefully,
Christy
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Fried chicken, mashed potatoes & cream gravy with a jello salad!
Chicken & Shrimp Creole is my families favorite including me!
I’m 72 yrs. old so i couldn’t all of it anyway but its sure nice to immagine it.
But my favorite meal would be, southern fried chicken , any green cooked in hog jowls, mac. and cheese cooked the way my mom used to make it. real butter beans cooked in hog jowls, mashed potatoes and gravy, and homemade
banana cream pie (with the meriange) don’t know how to spell . that’s not all she
had on the table ,oh! the pot roast with the onions,gravy,pot.and carrots , and everthing else. thanks for letting me vent. kathy
My favorite meal is one my granny made me when she was a live. Its chicken and dumplings, green beans cooked until they are mushy, water gate salad, biscuits and pecan pie. When I am missing my granny I cook some of her meals to remind me of her. I love all of your recipes. I cook all the time also!
Pasta & Fried chicken, from one of your readers. I love this recipe!!!! Also my homemade chicken & noodle soup. I cook everyday as we hardly ever eat out, only on special occasions.
Good luck on your appearances!
My favorte foods are crispy fried chicken, mashed taters, gravy and a nice green salad. Notheing is better as far as my thinking goes.
I crave variety of my choosing. So what if I don’t want potatoes with meat? I don’t eat many carbs. So what if I don’t want bread with lunch / dinner, again, the carbs are a no-no. However, I do tend to make strange combinations that work for me and aren’t offered in restaurants.
[[okay, I DO want those things, but can’t have them, it was either them or the 93 lbs – I gave up the poundage!]]
But Chicken Stew, homemade is my fav. that I can’t get anywhere. 🙁