What Southerners Actually Eat in July

The rest of the country thinks summer food means burgers. Bless their hearts. 🍅

This is what July actually tastes like at my house:

🥧 Southern Tomato Pie (a July-only religion) 🍅 Fried Green Tomatoes 🫛 Field Peas and Snaps (know what a zipper pea is? You’re my people) 🍑 Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler 💜 Purple Coleslaw 🍺 Beer Can Chicken (fine, SOME grilling - but only the fun kind)

Easy Southern Tomato Pie

Easy Southern Tomato Pie is a savory classic full of fresh sweet ripe tomatoes, melted cheddar cheese, and blanketed in a tangy mixture of mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and parmesan cheese.

Tomato Pie

Three slices of green tomatoes which have been coated in panko and fried.

Easy Southern Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

Like many Southern recipes, there are almost as many recipes for fried green tomatoes as there are Southern cooks. This simple and oh so delicious recipe uses panko bread crumbs instead of cornmeal for a delightfully crispy crust.

Fried Green Tomatoes

A large gray bowl full of southern peas and snaps on a cloth napkin.

Southern Field Peas and Snaps (Easy Old-Fashioned Recipe)

Field peas with snaps are a true old-fashioned Southern delicacy, and my recipe for Southern Field Peas, with its full-flavored, earthy goodness, is as simple as it is tasty.

Field Peas

A bowl of peach cobbler topped with ice cream.

Easy Old-Fashioned Southern Peach Cobbler Recipe

Easy Old-Fashioned Southern Peach Cobbler is a simple cobbler recipe, baked in a cast-iron skillet, featuring fresh, frozen, or canned, sweet, juicy peaches and a perfect homemade crust. One bite of this luscious, made from scratch cobbler, and you will understand the true meaning of comfort food.

Peach Cobbler

A large bowl of purple cabbage coleslaw with shredded carrots on a table.

Purple Cabbage Coleslaw Recipe

This vibrant Purple Cabbage Coleslaw is creamy, crunchy, and packed with tangy-sweet flavor. Made with simple ingredients like mayo, vinegar, and apple juice concentrate, it's the perfect Southern side dish for BBQs, tacos, sandwiches, and more. Quick to make and easy to prep ahead-this coleslaw is as versatile as it is delicious!

Purple Coleslaw

Beer can chicken sitting on a can of beer on a Big Green Egg grill.

Beer Can Chicken Recipe – Big Green Egg

This recipe for grilled Beer Can Chicken is a fun and unique way to achieve perfectly grilled chicken that will make your friends and family think you are a prize-winning BBQ Pit Master!

Beer Can Chicken

More July favorites

A white bowl full of creamed corn garnished with a sprig of thyme.

Southern Homemade Creamed Corn Recipe

Easy Southern Homemade Creamed Corn is delicious and doesn't bear any resemblance to the canned variety. Made with fresh corn, it is quick and easy and the perfect side dish.

Creamed Corn

A white bowl full of cooked purple hull peans.

Easy Peasy Purple Hull Peas Recipe

This easy recipe for Purple Hull Peas transforms tasty legumes into a crowd-pleasing, flavor-packed side dish that will tantalize your taste buds.

Purple Hull Peas

Southern Squash Casserole in a cast-iron skillet with a serving on a metal plate.

Southern Squash Casserole Recipe

Easy cheesy Southern Squash Casserole is an irresistible side dish, made with summer or yellow squash in a cast-iron skillet. It features a crispy Ritz cracker topping and is the ultimate family-friendly side for any occasion.

Squash Casserole

A large white bowl full of white acre peas and corn.

Southern Succotash with White Acre Peas Recipe

Southern Succotash with white acre peas and fresh summer corn is full of garden-fresh, delicious flavors, and summery goodness.

Southern Succotash

Southern fried corn topped with bacon in a black cast iron skillet.

Best Southern Fried Corn with Bacon Recipe

Introducing my Best Southern Fried Corn with Bacon Recipe. It epitomizes a classic Southern side dish cooked to perfection in a trusty cast iron skillet.

Fried Corn

An image from the cover of an e-book, Supper's Ready.

Southern Comfort with a Side of Simplicity

For over a decade, Grits and Pinecones has been serving up delicious recipes with a Southern flair-simple, flavorful, and perfect to share with family and friends

Southern comfort food made easy and shareable.