South-Western Archives - Vintage to Modern Kitchen

All In One Meals Appetizers Beef Crockpot, Slow Cooker Entrees Ethnic Filling Gift Ideas Instant Pot and Pressure Cooking Nuts Pork Poultry Side Dishes Snacks South-Western Southern Tex-Mex/Mexican Texas

Tamale Filling

Appetizers Cheese Dairy Products Gift Ideas Holidays Homemade Dairy Products Seasoning Blends Snacks South-Western Spicy/Hot Spreads Texas

Spicy Bacon Jalapeno & Cheddar Cheese Balls/Logs

Baked BBQ Brined Broiled Fry Grilled Marinades Pork Sauces, Rubs, Gravy Saute Seasoning Blends South-Western Southern

Brined and Marinaded Pork Chops

All In One Meals Beans Beef Canning Chili Chili sauce Condiments Crockpot, Slow Cooker Entrees Frozen Game Instant Pot and Pressure Cooking Poultry Sauces, Rubs, Gravy Seasoning Blends South-Western Southern Spicy/Hot Staples Stews and Soups Tex-Mex/Mexican Vegan Vegetable

Tam’s Award Winning Chili Sauce

All In One Meals Beans Entrees Ethnic Rice Side Dishes Sides and Vegetables South-Western Southern

Beans and Rice (Red, Kidney, or Pinto Beans) & South-Western Black Beans

Hi, I'm Tammy!

I live in Idaho but I am a southerner and moved here for career reasons in 2000. However, I am now a retired widow and have lots of time to focus on what makes me happiest -- cooking, sharing recipes, as well as teaching and sharing with others what I know about cooking and nutrition.

I don't claim to know everything there is to know about cooking and I'm not a chef, although I do know a few and helped them out from time to time and my late husband was a trained cook and baker as well as a master at smoking meats and making BBQ, and I have studied nutrition at two colleges and one university along with other degrees. I like cooking from scratch and recipes made with prepackaged items are the exception rather than the norm.

However, being disabled, I have good days and bad days so I do use what I call "cheats" on occasion. For the most part though I've learned to pace myself and with a little preplanning I manage to do the prep one day and the cooking the next so the cheats still don't happen very often.

I have an enormous collection of recipes dating from the 1700s to the present (hence, vintage to modern). Because of my late husband's health issues I also have many diabetic and heart healthy recipes or my recipes often include substitutions along with the regular ingredients.

I do just about everything when it comes to cooking so other than predominantly scratch cooking, I don't really have a set focus on any particular cuisine. I even make a few cheeses, canning, homemade ginger ale, candies and confections, and the list goes on. If there is a recipe for something you'd like to see just leave a comment or write to me at: vintage2modernkitchen@gmail.com