Welcome to The Buttered Home
Hey y’all! I’m Brooke! Welcome to my new space for all the things I love about home. Home means so many different things to me. It’s the smell of onions cooking to fresh herbs just cut from my garden, it’s the sound of good music in the air coupled with the laughter of my girls. Home is about the people I love being near. Home is also my Kitchenaid mixer and my InstantPot.
I’m from the South. It’s not a direction, it’s a destination. We talk slow, eat good and love big. Born and raised in rural Alabama, I was taught to cook by my Mother, Grandmother and Great Aunt. They taught me recipes and more importantly, the old way of cooking. The scratch made, slow made way of cooking. Over the years I have developed quicker ways with gadgets I love but the tried and true methods always win out.
Some of my fondest memories are of days spent as a kid watching my Mother cook and My Aunt Peggy letting me help her while standing on a chair in her kitchen. I learned so much from the two of them by them just letting me be around. When I think of my childhood, the best memories I have are of us all getting together, cooking and fellowshipping together. Both sides of my family have enjoyed family reunions and breaking bread together, even to this day.
When I had my girls, I wanted them to learn and enjoy all of these things like I did growing up. I have tried to make sure they have spent a lot of time in the kitchen, in the garden and even working in the food service industry. From holiday traditions, basic meals to gardening and canning, we have shared in it all.
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I hope you’ll follow me on this journey where we can share and grow together in The Buttered Home.
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Here at The Buttered Home, life can sometimes be messy. Cakes fall, tomato plants get horn worms, even on the best of days. Finding humor in failure is a life lesson we all can need reminding. We plan to show it all here. There is no success without failure first. I have learned some of the best ways to do things better is by first messing them up. Here at The Buttered Home, I hope you will join me in laughing at ourselves and learning from our mistakes. I plan to have lots of fun along the way and will share some of my favorite things.
I hope you’ll follow me on this journey where we can share and grow together in The Buttered Home.
Good morning dear,
I love to read the magazine, “Alabama Living”. The August 2023 edition has a recipe of yours, “Homemade Pear Tart”. It looks yummy and delicious. Initially, by looking at the photo, I thought it was a slice of apple pie (which I love). As I was reading through the home made Pear tart, I didn’t understand several of the actions needed to make this wonderful treat. For someone who is “green” in the kitchen when it comes to making and cooking unknown dishes, sometimes I need things spelled out to me in laymen terms. In your recipe you say, “prepare the crust…” What do you mean? Another example, “Drop base in the sides and secure” I really became lost after that statement. Friendly suggestion to you: For future recipe postings can you explain each preparing and cooking step as if you’re talking to an audience whom never cooked before? Thank you so much.
Thanks for your feedback. I certainly will. Most of my recipes have photos accompanying the steps. I should have explained better for print. Thank you!
This was the only place on your sight I could find to leave a comment by I wanted to say that I made your low carb sour cream beef bake from the southern living magazine, my family lost they’re minds, it was SO good! Thank you for sharing, it has now become a regular dinner for our family.
Oh! Thank you so much! We appreciate any comment no matter where you leave it! I am so glad you all loved it.
we loved the pan fried cod! trying the slow cooker orange chicken tonight
Yay! I hope you love it too!