I am an organ donor. I was born on September 17th 1960. I worked 41 years at the same place and 13 days after I retired, I found myself in the hospital only to discover I needed a heart transplant…. Long story short, they pulled 1972ml of fluid from around my heart, and with prayer and a miracle from God, I left the hospital and have not been back… so God bless you and your son. My grandmother made dressing close to your recipe and I miss cooking with her. My oldest daughter and her family are hosting Thanksgiving… but I will make your dressing to take with us. Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless you and family. Thank you, Ray

A true Southern Lady.

I saute my onions & celery. I dont like that raw taste in my dressing. I also use cream of chicken soup & chicken broth. I use very little sage MeMe. Poultry seasning with other seasonings are enough. You can make me your dressing anytime MeMe!❤😊 Praise God for totally healing your son! He is sooo good!!

You brought me to happy tears. God indeed gives us what we need without even asking for. I’m almost 60 but chose to be an organ donor since I got my drivers license at age 16. I have no family left and watching your videos reminds me of my mom and grandma. May God bless you always. Live in Christ, Todd 🙏🏻❤️😃

Everyone has their own recipe for dressing. My mother boiled a hen, and used that broth, it had some onion, celery and carrot in the water to cook that hen. She then made the corn bread the day before, so it could dry out. She also made a pan of regular or buttermilk biscuits and let them dry overnight. She always precooked the celery & onions for the dressing. Her dressing had body to it, it wasn't that smooth kind and everyone loved it. She only used salt, pepper and sage or poultry seasoning, sometimes a bit of both. But she broke up the cornbread and left it slightly chunky, she tore up the biscuits into maybe 1" pieces. She added the cooked onion and celery (being just slightly soft) oh and she cooked them in a stick of butter, so when she added it to the breads, in went the butter. She added her raw eggs, spices and mixed it up and put into her baking metal pan (because we like the edges slightly browned and crisp)....I'm getting hungry thinking about it now. Thank you for your recipe ❤

Bless the person who was an organ donor. Yes, your family does have a lot to be thankful for. ❤️

i once accidentally used the puree blade on my onions and it blended them so fine it looked like an onion smoothie! i went ahead and poured the onion smoothie into my stuffing and it turned out the best i've ever made. i guess it releases ALL the onion flavor. i've done it that way ever since!

What a blessing for your son and your family. Our prayers also go to the family that suffered a loss and gave him the gift of prolonged life. God Bless.

I’m almost in tears. My mom passed away 2011 and it has fallen upon me to do Thanksgiving, and I can prepare a wonderful meal but the one thing I always fail at is the show stopper, the dressing! I feel like this is my mom’s recipe, and I feel confident that I can now do all the thanksgiving things

I sauté onion, celery , bell pepper and Owen’s sausage. I also add both poultry seasoning and sage. Yum!

What a wonderful testimony! And your food looks delicious! Your Sunday dinner looks like a feast for a king. Blessings to you and yours.

This is the first video I have seen of MeMe's. She had me at the get-go! What a concise and to the point experience! She wastes no words or time putting this recipe together. I became her biggest fan immediately. God Bless All of Us!

I love watching your cooking videos. My dad had a heart transplant when he was about 60 years old. He lived for 22 more years after the transplant. It truly was a blessing for our family. God Bless Your Family!

This Dressing and Gravy recipe looks so delicious 😋Ms. Diane.

Dear Miss MeMe, I am an organ donor! I'm so glad that your son is doing well and that your family is so blessed! Your recipes are just amazing and I'm so glad that I now have your wonderful cookbook! Bless you so much for what you do for those of us who wish we could be part of your wonderful family!

Looks great! We do the bread dressing with celery, onion, egg, salt, pepper, butter, and broth. Also, excellent. We call it dressing because we don't usually stuff it. We just put it around the bird to soak up all the delicious broth. Or prepare in a separate dish.

Miss MeMe this was truly an awesome video and always nice to share family with us all. I wanted to grab a plate and eat a little of everything you made it looks so delicious and welcoming. Of course those deviled eggs made me want to jump in there. Nothing like great Southern cooking. My mom gave me a little hint when making regular or cornbread dressing after mixing up the ingredients add a couple tsps of baking powder it really makes the dressing puff up and gives it a fluffier taste try it once for me. Love your videos and you definitely are blessed with your cooking talents. Robert C. in Portland Oregon PS MeMe i am a registered nurse and worked over 35 years in post open heart intensive care and yes open heart surgery and heart transplant programs have come so advanced and enriches the recipient's lives Yes we all need to be organ donors to help others in need.

I use both poultry seasoning and sage light handed. But poultry seasoning does have sage in it. I have always sauteed my chopped celery and onions before adding Like my mother did! Love to watch you cook !!

❤ I am so happy to have found your video's! I catch myself smiling listening to your lessons.and what a beautiful family you have...God bless you and yours! Blessings to the donor family!!

Thank you, Diane, for your wonderful recipes, your positive attitude, and your love for the Lord. As a busy teacher at a Christian school on Chicago's north shore, you have given me some great meal ideas! Blessings to you, sister in Christ.

I have never heard of putting eggs in gravy! I was a little shocked. Lol! I’ll have to try it sometime. TFS

Meme I love you! I found you a few weeks ago and you absolutely make my day. I want to share my grandmother's tips on her giblet gravy. She would put a healthy tablespoon of dressing (before it had been baked) into her chicken broth. We add boiled eggs and chopped chicken livers (I don't care for gizzards!). The dressing provides the thickening element. Yumm. Thank you for brining your sunshine to the world. You are exactly why I am proud to be a Southern woman. Have a great day. Shine for Jesus!!

Praise God Praise God!!! God is Good all the time. Like you said we have so much to be thankful for. Your son is a miracle from the Lord & has a new lease on life. Totally awesome. Will continue to keep him in Prayer. God has his heart and his back!!. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Your family is so blessed. I am so happy that he is doing so well. My son has been battling cancer for 8 years and unfortunately he passed away the day after his 52 birthday. My life will never be the same again but I know he is no longer struggling with this awful disease. He never complained and I know he went thru what he did to stay with us as long as he could. I will miss him every day of my remaining life. Cherish every second. D

MeMe, I'm so glad to hear that you're son is doing well. God bless you and your family. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.

My Mammaw loved cornbread, she made it in a cast iron skillet with a little bacon grease in the bottom, and fried the crust😊 when she was much older, and getting to the point where, she wasn’t eating alot, I’d make a skillet of cornbread, she’d take all the brown, crunchy crust off of it, and eat that in a bowl of milk🤣😂🤣 leaving me with a crustless hunk of yellow cornbread….. what I wouldn’t give to make another pan for her….. I love your recipes, Miss Diane, and I’m so thankful I found you💕

Dressing and gravy are the beat part of thanksgiving.

WOW MEME that was an absolute shocker! I am so happy to hear that your son is doing well. Yes only the Lord can orchestrate such a miracle. Much love to you and to your family. Your videos are so joyful and so down to earth. Keep them going. You are fantastic!

God bless. A wonderful story. You're a blessing in my life since I've found you. I love you.

Blessings to you and your family, MeMe! I am so happy that I found your channel! Thank YOU for sharing your recipes with us! - Mark P.

So thankful for your son healing and for the donor's family giving him the gift of life

Looks wonderful we should all be more grateful God is so good we take God for granted in this big country filled with abundance thanks for reminding me ❤

My mom passed away unexpectedly about 12 years ago. She was a country girl born and raised in North Carolina. She made the best dressing and giblet gravy. Sadly none of us had ever learned how to make her dressing prior to her leaving us. Much of what you are doing in your recipe seems familiar to the little bit I did observe here and there as she made her dressing, so I am anxious to try this. If it is about the same I will be a hero in my family :) Love watching your show.

I love your cooking. Praying for your son. 🙏🏼

Never in my life heard of eggs in gravy! Learn something new every day😊

God bless you and your mother! She was a real southern lady. God rest her soul!!!

MeMe knows what she's doing. That's how you make dressing, not the bread crumbs. I loved how she snickered at the family members who like "chunks of vegetables" in their dressing😅😅😅😅You the boss, MeMe❤

That is one fabulous feast you put together, ma’am. I imagine it was better to eat than it looks even. Thank you for sharing your family’s story. You are a blessing to them and to us who visit you.

Both my husband and I are Organ Donors. It costs nothing and it is the gift of life for many, your son being one of those recipients. Bless you!

I can relate to the blessing you feel. Our oldest daughter,39, had a liver transplant on April 6’2023. She was at death’s door. She too had a week to wait before receiving her new liver. God has blessed her with a new lease on life. God is so awesome. His timing is perfect!! I too encourage everyone to be an organ donor! I love your videos! Shine for Jesus!!!

What an amazing testimony! Love your videos ❤❤

How wonderful that your son could have the opportunity to extend his life......some are not so fortunate so happy that you all are so thankful. Hope he has many many more years to be with his family!

MeMe, I'm a new subscriber in South Carolina and God lead me to your channel. We all know God doesn't make mistakes. As I listened to your story about your son, tears of joy filled my eyes. I've climbed many mountains myself with Jesus lighting my path. It's because of Thee that I keep walking on my journey here. I am so happy for your you, your son and your whole family. Indeed God did Bless y'all this Thanksgiving. I will pray that he keeps getting stronger with each new day. God is good all of the time ! Hallelujah 🙌. I'm gonna try your dressing. I pretty much make mine the same way but haven't made it in yrs.I'm alone but I hope God puts someone in my path that would enjoy some too. God Bless y'all always in all ways. 🙏

Prayers for your son to continue doing well with his new heart. What a wonderful miracle.

Cornbread reminds me of my mom and nana(they made the best cornbread). Prayers for your son and also to the family who list their loved one for the transplant.

Looks yummy! My mother started adding cream of chicken in hers throughout the years. Made it nice and rich

What a wonderful story of your son. May God Bless his continued health.

Gods timing is perfect. So glad your son is doing well. Happy thanksgiving and God bless you and your family!

Yes, you are so right about sage. No sage in our dressing either!

God bless your son and may he continue to heal as the years go by. So I’m sure that’s the reason you used the unsalted broth …you had said you would get to the reason why you were using the unsalted chicken broth. Thank you for sharing the many blessings god has given your family. I’m an organ donor. Thank you for asking others to consider being an organ donor. God is so good ❤️🙏🏻❤️. This was back in 2022 ?. I’m praying his health is improving each and everyday. God Bless your family. Thank you for always sharing your great recipes. God Bless you 🙏🏻😇

I truly thank you for your videos I'm feeling blessed for them. God bless you, Tracey.

The baby is adorable! God Bless You!

Love watching Christian cooking shows. ❤

Just found this channel, so glad I did. Thank you very much. Bless your family.❤

What an adorable little boy. So cute! Diane, that is so like God to provide your son with a new heart and on those specific dates. God is faithful! So glad your son is doing fine. What a blessing! Have a blessed Thanksgiving in 2023! 🙏🏻

Corn bread dressing! Love it! We make it a bit different but you are making me hungry for Thanksgiving dinner. My baby girl’s job was to crumble the corn bread. She still loves to do it!

Every Sunday at your house is like Thanksgiving, MeMe! You’re amazing! I think I’m doing wonderful if I make one meat and two vegetables and no reservations. 😂 I’m 66 y/o and it took me 65 to perfect my homemade rolls. Yes, I am an organ donor and think it’s a great idea. So happy your son is doing well and that baby is gorgeous!

Meme, you are such a lovely lady! I just love your southern accent!! Butta!! Love your show…

I love these videos. Beautiful family values and wonderful recipes that I will try.

Meme, so glad you shared the information about your son! Praise our Lord and Saviour for his goodness and love!!! Here are my prayers for your son’s continued health!!!

I needed a gravy recipe to go with dressing. New to your channel, and I know you said you're from South Carolina, but you cook like my Alabama family. Looking forward to trying. Wish I could be at your Sunday dinners.

Your food is wonderful and you always make me smile. Thank you mamm

Reminds me of my Grandma’s Sunday dinner. Oh, how I miss her.

Bless the family that donated their family members heart. You are special people. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I don't know why she did it, but my mother always fried her celery and onions in butter on the stove before she mixed it. I don't know why, but man smelling that early in the morning was Thanksgiving for us!

You are a precious lady but I don’t make my dressing like you…..it’s so funny how even Southern cooks make their dressing differently ❤️❤️

Let’s also pray and be thankful her for the family that donated that heart to him.

Thank you sweet lady . You are a genius for sharing. I love your sweet spirit while your cooking or baking. ❤

I’ve never seen gravy with eggs in it before. My mother always used Wondra flour. It comes in a cardboard canister. Congratulations!

I just ordered your cookbook. Can't wait to get it!! I'm so happy I stumbled onto your channel a few days ago 😀

What a beautiful story. I was hoping to hear about how thankful you are to the donor family. I know you are so thankful as it shows in your storytelling, but please remember the family that lost so very much. What an amazing gift they gave to your son.

God bless your son and your whole family. Thank you for your delicious recipes and words of wisdom. Happy Thanksgiving.🦃🍁 ❤

What a cutie!

I am so happy to have found you Ms Diane☺️💐‼️I have binge watching your videos at night and it’s like being in the kitchen with my own grandma (also called “Mimi”& also from the Carolinas) who raised me. Your content warms my heart and also jars my memory and I’m making old favorites like dressing & gravy. I feel certain I can impress my daughters with an old family favorite dish of my grandma’s following your recipes 🙏🏼

Me too! Poultry seasoning. Love your ways of cooking. Reminds me of my dear mother.

Thank You for sharing this recipe and demonstrating your process! Being an organ donor is a wonderful way to help others❤ I am so thankful for the individual that made your son's surgery possible ❤ I am also thankful that your son is doing well and I pray that he will continue to improve daily! I know he will enjoy being back with each of you and watching his children and grandchildren grow into adulthood❤

I always make homemade dressing ( not cornbread) , homemade noodles, homemade gravy, homemade pie, homemade sourdough bread, homemade everything! I guess I do everyday. My MiMi taught me well.

Of course there's sage in poultry seasoning.

I'm from Wisconsin, and it's so fun to watch these southern recipes. Different from mine, my mom's and grandma's. Not better..not worse just different. Love it all

God bless you, your son and family. Thank you for sharing the recipes.

DRESSING ISNT DRESSING WITHOUT SAGE IN IT.

From a Memaw to a Meme. God is great!! My husband recently had a liver transplant due to a very rare form of cancer. I finished decorating for Thanksgiving today and crying g happy tears for this very blessed season. God knows our needs before we do. Keeping your family in our prayers and also the organ donor family even though we don't know who they are. Wishing you a great and blessed Thanksgiving From St Louis Missouri

Loved viewing your video. So happy to hear that your son got a new heart. That sure is a wonderful birthday present, thanks be to God. 🙏❤️Your food looks absolutely wonderful🍽

Truly a blessed time. Here, as we near another Thanksgiving, I know that you have been continually blessed as are we!

I’m so happy that things have worked out so well for you and your family! What a sweet baby, too! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us.

I married a north carolina boy who's mama was an amazing southern cook. But i have never seen this gravy. So thankful for your sons transplant.

Looks so yummy MeMe! I love yellow squash & onions - my family made cornbread dressing similar to yours.. We do add sage though and my Nana shared her onion&celery in the stick of butter before adding it- funny how everyone has a slight variation! In the PNW they only ever eat “stuffing” which is different it’s made with breadcrumbs.. I make a hybrid of both cornbread and breadcrumbs now! Thank you for sharing about your son and his journey. I am lifting your whole family up in my prayers. I have been an organ donor my entire life-it is important to make decisions like this and share it with your family. Only God knows when He calls us home. Miracles happen everyday. ❤

Vintage measuring spoon set...oh my heart. I have the same from my grandmother. Just the sound makes me happy and hungry. 🥰Glad to have found your channel. Joyful and educational.

So happy to hear about your son's new heart. The Sanger Clinic gave my daddy many more years to live, too! Happy Thanksgiving!

I love watching you cook MeMe! So different than how I know, I am from New York and Italian, but I love it. Blessings to you and your family and son. God is great. ❤

I love that you share your thankfulness and Christian spirit - it is refreshing!

Thankful for blessings of your son's heart and all the wonderful timing. Quite a spread for Sunday dinner. I can't imagine what your table looks like on Thanksgiving.😊😋

This is getting me so excited for Thanksgiving. Looks amazing! And I’m so happy for your son and family. God is good!

Meme ...you are just adorable! You are so caring, thoughtful and genuine! I love your accent....I could listen to you talk for hours on end! You are a true southern belle! Your cooking videos are so diverse and the recipes seem pretty easy. The food you prepare looks incredibly delicious and at the end of a lot of your videos, when you show the entire meal laid out on your side counter, I always find myself wishing I was the first one in line! Not only for the scrumptious food, but for the fellowship with your loving family. My sister and I are the only family we have now....everyone else has passed. So when I watch your videos, I get warm memories of my own family and it makes me smile. I am very happy your son is doing well! I know he will continue to flourish! As will all of your family. I will be making your stuffing and gravy recipe (I do not care for sage or giblets at all) and when my sister and I sit down to eat it, I will think of you. You are truly an inspiration. Best wishes for a very Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! God Bless You All!

You are one of the sweetest persons ever. I really do enjoy your recipes and thx so much. God bless you, your family and everybody else.😊😊😊

Bless your family and prayers for your son. I love you Meme your awesome person and a beautiful lady.

Everything looked delicious! And Praise the Lord for the good news about your son... Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family😘

You remind me of my momma! I was born and raised in Greenville SC and i now live in Charleston. My momma makes her dressing very similar. So glad your son was able to get a heart. Being an organ donor really does save lives!

Oh MeMe - such a wonderful you tube video. Thank you for sharing the news of your son and his successful heart transplant. Praise the Lord. My Neice Valerie also had a heart transplant at Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware. She is 6 years old and her heart was in really bad shape. The Lord brought a new heart for her on June 23, 2023 and she is doing very well. It is so wonderful to see her playing outside and laughing & running around. She had 2 strokes prior to receiving her heart and is almost healed from those also. GOD IS SO GOOD. HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. WE WILL PRAY FOR YOUR SONS CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH HIS NEW HEART!!!!! I LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA.❤❤❤

I'm not sure which I like more...the recipies and the way you cook or your wonderful stories! God bless you, Meme. I pray that your son is doing well and God bless him too.