![]() In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Over a sheet of parchment paper, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut each cherry in half and place one half at the center of each pineapple ring, cut side up. Arrange the pineapple rings over the butter, making three rows. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the butter. Tip the pan to spread the butter evenly over the bottom of the pan. When the butter has melted, remove the pan from the oven. Place the butter in an 8-by-8-inch pan and place in the oven to melt. Start to finish: 1 hour (20 minutes active)ĩ slices canned pineapple in juice, drained You may need to trim the pineapple rings to ensure they all fit evenly in the pan for this pineapple upside-down cake from Trisha Yearwood's cookbook, "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen." (Recipe from Trisha Yearwood's "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen," Clarkson Potter, 2008) Season with pepper.Ĭover and refrigerate until chilled (overnight is best). ![]() Gently mix until all ingredients are coated with the dressing. Add the rice, grapes, pineapple, orange sections and almonds. Set aside.ĭice the chicken breasts, then add to the mayonnaise mixture. In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, oil, orange juice and salt. Start to finish: 20 minutes (plus chilling)ĥ boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and cooledġ3-ounce can pineapple bits in juice, drainedġ5-ounce can mandarin orange sections, drained This recipe is a great way to use up leftover grilled chicken. This unusual chicken salad from Trisha Yearwood's cookbook, "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen," is jammed with flavor. "Even if you're cooking things that are not as low fat as other things, you're still probably eating better if you cook it yourself than if you go out and eat." "It brings the family together," she says. Yearwood hopes that besides great food, people who read her book take away from it the importance and ease of homemade cooking. "I really like for people to enjoy the food." I love to make something for somebody else that they really enjoy," she says. ![]() It's Yearwood, and not a hired cook, who makes most of the family meals, and it's a task she happily takes on the majority of the week, despite her busy schedule. When she's not touring or promoting a new record, Yearwood - best known for hits like "How Do I Live" and "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" - says you'll find her in the kitchen, the most used room in the Yearwood-Brooks household. There's even input from Brooks in the form of a recipe or two: Yearwood jokingly calls him "Gartha Stewart." ![]() ![]() It also reflects how Yearwood has adapted her cooking for her family of three girls - and superstar husband Garth Brooks - in Oklahoma, where they live. Which is why Yearwood offers recipes for fried chicken (soaked in saltwater overnight for added flavor), stuffed pork chops, mashed potatoes and a devilish chocolate cake.īut the book isn't just heavy, rich foods. "This is a Southern cookbook and the things that we grew up on and our family traditions." "We made a conscious decision when we decided to do this book that this cookbook was about the things that we grew up on," she says. The Grammy-winner knows she could have adapted her book, "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen," to make the dishes lighter - but then it wouldn't be the kind of food she remembers from her childhood in Monticello, Ga. In a culinary age when terms such as fried or stuffed can be considered taboo, Trisha Yearwood is giving Americans a throwback to good old-fashioned Southern cooking. ![]()
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