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Southern Style Collard Greens {Granny's Recipe}

Southern Collard Greens ,  a delicious Southern dish served in most households all year long, especially around the holidays.   In the south, we generally cook large amounts of greens at one time, referring to them as an ole' mess of greens. My Mother's recipe for collard greens is the best.   Her recipe brings out all the secrets to the perfectly cooked greens.

Collards and Cornbread Stuffed Pork Chops with Pepper Jelly Glaze

Collards and Cornbread Stuffed Pork Chops,  juicy, thick gorgeous pork chops slit with a pocket of collard greens and cornbread stuffing and then placed under the broiler with a glaze of pepper jelly.   When I saw these thick pork chops at Sams, I knew I wanted to stuff them.  My husband had his eye on grilling, and after I had talked him into stuffing them, he got a sparkle in his eyes.

Summer Peach and Cherry Salad

Summer Peach and Cherry Salad with Fresh Collard Ribbons and Feta, an elegant salad showcasing fresh seasonal stone fruit.  A beautiful combination of sweet peaches and fresh cherries with the salty taste of feta on a bed of tender collard ribbons. Peach and Cherry Salad On A Bed of Fresh Collard Ribbons This Peach and Cherry Salad is lite and fresh with red onions and a sprinkle of feta on my favorite bed of leafy greens and tender collard ribbons.   Capturing the last of the peach season here in Texas.  We have eaten a ton of peaches this year.   Our favorite orchard is winding down, as well as our local Sams.   The salad is then drizzled with a simple White Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Roasted Sweet Potato Cobb Salad with Walden Farm's Honey Dijon Salad Dressing

Roasted Sweet Potato Cobb Salad, golden roasted sweet potatoes, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, purple onions and avocados on a layer of fresh collard green ribbons and arugula salad greens and drizzled with honey dijon salad dressing.  I'm keeping it Southern! Do you ever have a few sweet potatoes needing to cook before they go bad?  Well, that is where I am, and two sweet potatoes are not enough to make a pie.   Now I could put them in a casserole or bake them, but that means lots of butter and cinnamon and sugar.  That's how I like my baked sweet potatoes, so I opted for a healthy version, roasted sweet potatoes. 

Black Eyed Peas and Collard Soup Recipe

Black Eyed Peas and Collards Soup, a flavorful soup, combines two southern favorites, black eyed peas and collards with carrots and lean ham.  Drop a hot water cornbread medallion in the center of the bowl of soup that will leave you full but not weighed down. For New Year's Day, I had planned to cook a small amount of fresh black eyed peas and a small batch of collard greens since it was just me that would be eating them.   Until I remembered that I had seen a recipe somewhere for a soup made with both.   I don't know about all the good luck these ingredients bring. All I do know is this straightforward soup has few ingredients that are a comforting start to the new year.

Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #3 Chicken Terrific

Weeknight Family Supper Meal , an inspiration for a meal one night of the week that may include ideas how to make part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers or how to make leftovers into a makeover for another meal.   Casseroles are loved at our house and especially the ones that can be made ahead, place in the fridge and pop it in the oven when time to cook supper.   If there is a buttery topping that is sprinkled on top like this casserole has, leave it to sprinkle just before baking.  Look out for the leftovers.  We love this casserole almost better the next day.  It is scrumptious.   Did I say it is not like your typical casseroles?  The ingredients may surprise you.

Perfect Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika

Perfect Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika , roasted crispy tender bite size pieces of sweet potatoes coated with avocado oil, and generously sprinkled with paprika, coriander, salt and pepper, a little sugar, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Sweet potatoes are plentiful right now.  We love them baked whole, pies, and in a casserole, but our new favorite is roasted.  The flavor combinations are endless.  You can make them savory or sweet.

Old Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread

Enjoy these  little medallions with collard greens, purple hull peas, fried catfish, soup, chili, and the list goes on! GRANNY'S OLD FASHIONED HOT WATER CORNBREAD Old Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread just like Grandma used to make.  Hot Water Cornbread is more about the feel of the batter than a precise measurement.  The main thing is to get the right consistency with the hot water and the cornmeal mixture. Making Old Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread is more about the feel of the batter than a precise measurement.   The main thing is to get the right consistency with the water and cornmeal mixture.

Black Pepper Corn Muffins

Black Pepper Corn Muffins , Southern cornbread muffin using creamy corn folded into self-rising cornmeal and coarse ground black pepper with eggs, and a small amount of buttermilk to bind it all together.   Many a meal when I was a girl growing up consisted of a plate of summer vegetables and cornbread.  Some people think that this meal is a poor man's meal, but for us, it was spectacular.  Add some sliced garden tomatoes and garden onion, a little chow chow (a southern relish) and we were in heaven.

Magic Green Beans

Magic Green Beans , baked in a casserole dish with all the sweet, savory and amazing flavors of the fancy green bean bundles that are so popular in fine dining restaurants and around the holidays without all the fuss!   Have you made the Green Bean Bundles?  These fancy little bundles are a lot of trouble to make, but for our fancy Christmas dinner, Prime Rib, Smashed Fingerling Potatoes, Green Salad, and hot buttered rolls, nothing is too much trouble. Green Bean Bundles just go with our fancy menu. The Green Bean Bundles are so easy to put together, but they are very time consuming when you need to make enough to serve a large crowd.   Who doesn't love the flavor of bacon wrapped around a bundle of green beans, and a combination of brown sugar, butter, salt, and Worchester sauce poured over them and baked to perfection?