Measure with Your Heart: Southern Home Cooking to Feed Your Family and Soul: A Cookbook

by Hannah Taylor

100 free-spirited, comforting recipes for Southern-style dishes made with love from the social media icon behind LilyLouTay

Hannah Taylor is a culinary creator from Georgia known for her Southern charm, down-to-earth personality, and carefree “measure with your heart” cooking content. When Hannah began sharing her experimental cooking projects online, her platform exploded with support for her big-hearted spirit and off-the-cuff style, and her debut cookbook embraces this playful side of cooking.

Measure with Your Heart is filled with Hannah’s twists on classic Southern cooking, with an emphasis on making everything from scratch so you know exactly what’s in it. Try your hand at Hannah’s homemade versions of kitchen staples like Vanilla Extract or Beef Bone Broth. Bring some warmth to your dinner table with mains like Finger Lickin’ Fried Chicken, Butternut Squash Casserole, and Ham Hock Lima Bean Stew. Serve up Aunt Teisha’s Cowboy Caviar or Mini Pizza Pops at your next gathering alongside a Strawberry Sip N’ Spritz.

Featuring 120 gorgeous photographs and 100 mouthwatering recipes, Measure with Your Heart has ideas for sweet and savory breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, as well as drinks, appetizers, and, for parents reading, even snacks for your kids (and pups!)—so get in the kitchen and try things out. If you totally mess up, even better! For Hannah, home cooking is not about being perfect—it’s about having fun and nourishing the ones you love.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

Published October 21, 2025

Reviews

[T · Rating 1 out of 5]

This includes way too many recipes for baked goods, which goes against the title of this cookbook and to “measure with your heart”. Baking is exact and it’s difficult to “measure with your heart” and still have the item come out correct. On top of that, so many recipes look time consuming and call for expensive ingredients.

[Addie Bratcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my new favorite cookbook! It arrived this morning and I immediately tried her recipe for homemade butter. I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO EASY! Bless you, Hannah, you've changed my cooking game for good.

[Kristen Barenthaler · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes looked easy and delicious—lots of chicken recipes for those who love them. Overall, a great look at home cooking for your family.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

love lily Lou Tay!

Love all her recipes will try to make as many as possible from this book! Great job and congratulations! Love from PA

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ole homestyle recipes. She makes alot of staples at home though. I follow her on TT. Shes down to earth.

[Angie]

2.5 stars
Beautiful cookbook but complicated recipes with lots of ingredients.

[Ailena Parramore · Rating 5 out of 5]

As fun and refreshing as she is!

[Vicki Breland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes! Easy to follow. I’ve watched Hannah on Instagram since she started. I am so proud for her.