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Patriotic White Trash

Patriotic White Trash , a snack mix with Crispix cereal, pretzels, red, white, and blue peanut M&Ms and generously coated with almond bark.  Keeping it simple and looking rich! If you are looking for the p-e-r-f-e-c-t addicting snack mix, you have come to the right place.  Ha! Ha!  My family can not and I mean can not stop eating this stuff.  It is sweet salty and crunchy at the same time.  Did I say perfectly addicting?

Roasted Ratatouille Vegetables Recipe

Roasted Ratatouille Vegetables,  roasted summer vegetables, eggplant, bell pepper, zucchini, and onion with a whole garlic into a delightful side dish. The recipe is healthy and comforting at the same time--pure deliciousness! I grew up with traditional cooking methods, and they are hard to change, but the older I get, the more I make changes to easier methods. As is with this Ratatouille recipe.   While traditional Ratatouille is made by sauteeing vegetables separately before combining them, I decided to roast the vegetables.

Grandmother's Old Fashioned Meatloaf {Cooked In A Cast Iron Skillet}

Old Fashioned Meatloaf Recipe   My Mother-in-law's recipe.  She taught me early on to cook my meatloaf in a cast iron skillet, which has never changed, and she also taught me not to forget to save the tripping for delicious tomato gravy. She would form her meatloaf in a bun and cook it with enough water about a third way up in the skillet. All those delicious juices make a wonderful gravy.   She believed that a good meatloaf recipe is one that has a good ratio of fat in the hamburger.

Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs

Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs, two southern favorites come together to make an everyday dish at your next gathering into extraordinary.   You might say a double dose of southern hospitality all in one bite! Deviled eggs are classy all by themselves when served on a table at the holidays, at a bridal shower, a brunch, to even a spring picnic.

Sweet Potato Spoonbread

Sweet Potato Spoonbread,  a spin on an old Southern classic, corn pudding, simple to make, served sweet or savory.  Such a delicious side dish to whip up throughout the year.   We are such a fan of spoonbreads .  We have it at all our family gatherings.  The grandchildren absolutely adore it.   It is the perfect side dish to serve with roasted chicken as well as beef or pork roast.

Weeknight Supper Meal: Quick Flat Roast Chicken

Weeknight Supper Meal, an inspiration for one of your meals for the week including a quick roasted chicken, vegetable casserole, simple salad, and a classic Southern dessert.   Flat Roasted Chicken,  cutting the cooking time in half bringing a crispy, moist  chicken .  One of my favorite go-to meals that stretch our dollars and makes my  meal planning  a lot friendlier.     

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.