15 Meat & Meat Free Southern Recipes We Love

menosmal
Mar 17, 2021
2 min read

If you listened to our fourth episode of Wicked Huercas "An Ode to the Chicken Biscuit", we talked about some of our top favorite Southern foods we grew up with. If you haven't, we 100% recommend you listen to it first. It's available anywhere you get your podcasts, including Spotify, Apple, Youtube, the Podbean App, and even here, our website!

Below are both carnivore and plant-based recipes for the foods discussed in the episode. Yes, we got you, non-meat eaters, we understand your pain.

At the beginning of the episode, Dulce shares her experience with the classic peanut butter and banana sandwich. This one is easy, peanut butter, banana, bread, maybe honey, maybe toasted, and you're golden, so no need for a fancy recipe.

Don't knock it 'till you try it, but did you know good 'ole Elvis loved this sandwich, also? He apparently loved to have the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich at The Arcade, Memphis, Tennessee's oldest cafe. You can even sit in the same booth where he used to sit and have the sandwich for yourself if that's your kind of thing.

Photo from The Daily Memphian

Now let's get going with an appetizer and snack- what Dulce & Ceci call "Christmas Crackers", but apparently, are called firecrackers. They're the perfect balance between crunchy, spicy, and salty.

Southern Living recipe.

Ceci shares a story of the first time she ever tried sausage balls, and has mastered the recipe but needs a meat alternative.

Let's start with the carnivore options - that frankly look mouthwatering.

Bisquick Sausage Balls recipe from Gonna Want Seconds.

No Bisquick sausage balls recipe from Smart Savy Living.

Plant-Based Recipes

VEGAN sausage ball recipe from Three Little Chickpeas.

Vegan sausage balls recipe from Midnight Munchies and More (this one's a video).

Now let's get down to a Saturday Morning favorite- the biscuits and gravy.

Sausage Gravy Recipe from Soulfully Made.

Biscuits and gravy recipe from Tastes Better From Scratch.

Plant-Based Recipes

Southern-style vegan biscuits and gravy from Wow, it's Veggie?!

Vegan buttermilk biscuits and country gravy recipe from The Simple Veganista.

A tried and true recipe, "The Best Damn Vegan Biscuits" from Minimalist Baker.

Alright now, let's talk about the mystery ginger tea Ceci couldn't figure it. Turns out, there are recipes out there for this tea AND fruit tea, which is another favorite. Also, apparently, it's a Middle Tennessee-specific thing. Who knew.