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Accidental Fish

Submitted by: Becca

Home Town: San Clemente, California, USA

Living In: Carlsbad, California, USA

Baked mahi mahi is topped with a butter-and-garlic sauce spiked with lemon juice and hot sauce in this southern-style recipe.

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Grillades

Submitted by: Karen Waters

Home Town: Satellite Beach, Florida, USA

Living In: Laurel, Maryland, USA

This New Orleans-influenced recipe uses canned tomatoes with green chiles, hot sauce, and garlic to deliver a flavorful beef stew.

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Vegan (Say what?!) Gumbo

Submitted by: Javagoddess

Home Town: Denver, Colorado, USA

Living In: Westminster, Colorado, USA

With all the classic flavors of a traditional gumbo, this vegan version gets it's meaty texture from red beans and eggplant.

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Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

Submitted by: BETHANYWEATHERSBY

Grandma's recipe for a sweet, moist cornbread likely to become your favorite!

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Sweet Potato Pie I

Submitted by: COUGAAR

For this lovely pie, sweet potatoes are boiled, peeled and mashed together with butter, sugar, milk and eggs, then seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.

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Smooth Sweet Tea

Submitted by: cookincode3

Home Town: East Branch, New York, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Southern sweet tea, perfect for hot summer days!

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