Howdy gals! Recently, I went to one of my most favorite places here in the Ozarks…Silver Dollar City! ( just 15 minutes from my home!) I love going there to enjoy the beauty and charm of this family amusement park which is set in the theme of the 1880’s. There are rides, down-home cookin’ in giant cast iron skillets, shows, bluegrass music, homemade cinnamon bread baked in a cute barn, and lots of shopping!
But on this particular day I was coming to see something even more special and wonderful! Or maybe I should say someone!
My dear friend Christy Jordan from Southern Plate was going to be there giving cooking classes! Christy and I have been friends on Facebook and instagram for a couple years and we are fans of each others blogs. We even text and chat on the phone. But this was the first time we were going to meet in person! Ya Hoooo!
Meeting Christy in person felt like we’d known each other all our lives! She’s so warm and welcoming and has such a big heart. I’ll tell you what…this cute Alabama girl is a real hoot! She’s so funny, darling and cheerful… and that southern accent of hers, well… I love it so much I wanna marry it! Lol!
And what a fun cooking class it was! Her sweet mama was there too and she’s just as adorable as Christy! I don’t have a picture to prove it but Christy had me come up on stage to help draw the winning numbers for several slow-cookers she was giving away as prizes! So fun! And let me tell you about that big heart of hers…after the show there was a sweet retired veteran who came up to thank her for the class and he mentioned that he was only one number off from winning one of those slow cookers and she said “I’ll be right back” and returned with a slow-cooker for him! He was thrilled! You’d have thought he won the lottery! Christy is a blessed-to-be-a-blessing kind of girl. That darlin’ girl bubbles with southern hospitality and it shows in person as well as through her charming and scrumptious cookbooks.
Not only are her cookbooks jam-packed with mouth-watering recipes they are also chock full of her own homespun family stories that just warm your ever-lovin’ heart! I have them all! Sweetness, Southern Plate; Classic Comfort Food, and Come Home to Supper.
This is how cute she is…she is just the sweetest!!( But I don’t know what she’s talkin’ bout cuz I was geeking out over HER! Lol!!) See what I mean about her accent! I want one of those!! (Y’all! Hee hee!)
If you don’t know Christy Jordan yet she is a food blogger, bestselling cookbook author, tv personality, former editor at large for Southern Living Magazine, former contributing editor to Taste of the South magazine, and someone who loves to feed people.
She holds a B.S. in Home Economics with a concentration in Foods and Nutrition. A ninth generation Alabamian, Christy lives just minutes from where she was born with her husband of 20 years, their two children, various cats, dogs, and a small flock of chickens.
Her website, SouthernPlate, has been twice named one of the top 25 food websites in the country, and draws millions of visitors each month.
The Southern Plate family is made up of a wide variance of folks who value family, friends, faith, and strengthening connections over a home cooked meal.
You can find Christy and all of her recipes here at Southern Plate !
Christy also has a YouTube channel where she shares her thoughts on life, the Lord and recipes of course! This recipe for Chocolate Cobbler (or “Mud Pie” as she called it when she was a little girl) is AMAZING! I posted this photo on Instagram and then served it for my daughter Summer’s Going-Away-to-College party and it was a hit! It truly is now one of my go-to favorite desserts! Because it’s so easy and delicious! You can find the recipe over at her website…click here!
Not too long ago Christy asked if I would like to collaborate with her by contributing a monthly decorating blog post on her website! My answer was a big, fat YES-SIR-REE BOB! If you’d like to see my first decorating post where I show how to make a no-sew bunting head on over to Christy’s here and tell her Aunt Ruthie sent ya!
Be sure to follow Christy on Facebook here because she shares delicious recipes daily!
Well, darlin’ thanks so much for stopping by! And if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise I’ll be back real soon with my FALL HOUSE TOUR!! Can I get a Yee Haw??
Sugar, love and hugs!
Aunt Ruthie
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I am off to check out the links to these scrumptious-looking sites. I think I will buy my girlfriend one of Christy’s cookbooks for her birthday in November. Which one is best to start with? And yes! I have been “patiently” waiting for your Fall home tour! You inspire me. I think we are friends, but we just don’t know each other!!! yet.
Oh my this morning you blessed me so much <3 you see my Mom passed away last December 16, 2016 and I was missing her so much yesterday and thinking about the last time she spoke to me and what she said and I could still see her little hand giving me a wave as I was leaving and a big smile telling me " Lord willin' and the creek don't rise " God graced us with 89 years with her and she is now wearing her crown <3 Thank You for posting those sweet words to a lady here in Texas who misses her Momma <3
I saw your pictures of the two of you together!! SO FUN!!!!
Christy is my co-host this year for my Becoming Conference. I would LOVE for you to come. Are you up for a road trip? It’s right up your alley. All things heart and home. :)
Yes haw
I found your blog through Christy Jordan! I have all 3 of her books as well. I bought the first for recipes and then the rest for the stories :-)
I so wanted to be there for the SDC event, it just didn’t work out. I see that it was a great time for all.
Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Blessings!!!!
Gonna try that “Mud Pie”!
And “YEE HAW!” for Fall House Tour! I can’t wait!
Please com to the Becoming Conf.!
You know Ruthy, I have been reading your site for several years now and I have got to say you have got one of my very favorite sites.! It’s always so homey, cheerful, delightful, and beautiful! You have a wonderful family and a gorgeous home. But Most of All – It is all centered around God! May God bless you and yours. Have a wonderful day, Sincerely ~ Your Sisterhood Sister ~ JoAnn
Yee Haw! So fun – that is one of my favorite quick dessert that everyone loves recipes! I’m glad you got to meet Christy – and that we get to meet her through you! Love it! Looking forward to your fall home – I’m in such a slump … I know it will be inspiring!
I love this post! I am going to look at her cookbooks and see if I can get some of them.
I will be coming your way in a few weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating 31 years of marriage. We are staying at Big Cedar Lodge for the week and I hope to be able to find your little shop there in the area.
We have our tickets for Silver Dollar City also. We love going there in the fall for all of the craftsmen and such. I hope to maybe see Christy there if she is still holding shows.
Thank you for all that you do here for us. I love following you on social media and really love your posts on Instagram. (I am Jeffspat86)
Thanks again!
Pat
You got to meet me there too!!! I’m not famous. Just a big fan!!! Love your website!!!
I have followed you and Christy for several years. I just love both of you! I am sure it was a blessing for both of you to meet. I think her Mother is precious, too! Thank you for sharing your many talents and your loving heart. I have loved watching you and your family updates through the years! Have a blessed Fall!
Hi Ruthie! Love your post, always do! Followed you a for a long time. Have loved the home tours & can’t wait for the Fall tour. Lots of inspiration! Thank you for sharing your heart for the Lord & the family stories & pics. You are so pretty & a true example of the Proverbs 31 woman. X0X0
I LOVE Christie and the Southern Plate! I’ve never had the privilege of meeting her but she’s the kinda gal you just feel like you know without meeting! She doesn’t live very far from me here in North Alabama.. so maybe I’ll get the same privilege as you to meet her in person someday! Love your website as well! Christie sent me haha lol
I have been following Christy Jordan almost since she started. I have all of her cookbooks. I use them
All the time.
I had the pleasure of meeting YOU on the shuttle in the
parking lot at Silver Dollar City. I was tickled pink. Then
I got to meet Christy. Double blessing that day. Sure was
a fun experience. Keep up the good work.
Whoopee!!! Thanks Aunt Ruthie!
This is a scrumptious blog. ;). Can’t wait to check out some of those links!!
By the way, I’ve made your piecrust via YouTube video a couple times. I finally can make a pie crust!!! You are a blessing.
How exciting!, and see even though your baby is off to college, Jesus is gonna give you a new normal.. and your gonna be on some interesting adventures because of this “empty nest”.. So happy for you..
Jeannie
Thanks so much for all you share! Can’t wait for the Fall tour
Awesome,,, will check her out while awaiting your next post!
Love your Fall home tour 2017! I love decorating also and during Hurricane Irma we were fortunate enough not to loose electricity and TV my daughters and I started watching your home tours on netflix and it just helped us so much during the storm. God bless!!!!
First of all I love your website, I can’t wait see what you come up with next, on your fall tour of 2017 there’s a candle that has a look of a tree, there’s a sign with autumn and weighing scale sitting with it, was wondering where the candle came from, love candles of any kind.