Dolly Parton has music hits that span decades, but now she's opening up about a new initiative involving her efforts to bring Southern comfort food to family tables.

Parton is releasing her own line of frozen meals, including chicken and dumplings, shrimp and grits and country fried steak.

During "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday, Parton said the inspiration for the idea came from her childhood and family.

"I am a good Southern cook. I grew up eating good, Southern food and learned how to cook it coming from a big family and my aunts and my mom and my grandmas. So that's just a natural thing for country women to know how to cook," she said.

Parton added it stemmed from the success with her baking mixes with Duncan Hines .

"We thought, well, what else can we do because everybody lov

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