I was so pleased by how many people enjoyed last week's recipe! I hope that everyone who tried the casserole enjoyed it.
I have been wracking my brain trying to decide which recipe I should follow up with. What I chose was New Years Black Eyed Peas. I chose this one because it is another family favorite that I make often, it has few ingredients, EXTREMELY EASY, and it is another double up and freeze dish. I also included a dessert.
I first ate this dish last New Year's Day. I was at one of my dearest friend's house and she made this for our family. We all went gaga over it and I have made it a ton ever since! It is what I call a "man pleasin'" recipe!
New Years Black Eyed Peas
6 strips of bacon-saute until crisp
1 onion chopped, sauteed in bacon grease
4 cans of black eyed peas
1/2 jar chunky salsa
1 package of smoked sausage sliced into desired thickness
Throw it all in a pot and heat through. That's ALL!
Serve with cornbread. I usually put a big hunk of cornbread in the bottom of a bowl and serve the black eyed peas over it. Yum! Yum!
Mary Beth cookies
The week before Mary Beth was due, Bryon had a meeting in San Antonio. This was an important meeting that he hated to miss, so he drove the boys down to my in laws for the week so I could rest the last week of my pregnancy.
I was really sad when they all left. I think it had a lot to do with hormones, but it made me sad thinking that the next time I saw the boys, they wouldn't be my only children.
I started pouring through my cookbooks trying to cook and freeze as much as I could in anticipation of ME's birth. I was thumbing through my favorite cookbook author's book when I found "Miss Mary Beth Cookies"! I figured it was a sign! I had to made them.
If I had my choice, I would always choose a chocolate chip cookies with nuts, oats, and coconut. Bryon like them plain. These are his FAVORITE cookies! So simple, but delicious.
1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 C brown sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
3 C flour
1 t. salt
1 t. soda
2 C chocolate chips
Cream first three ingredients. Add vanilla and eggs one at a time. Mix together next 3 ingredients and pour into batter until just combined. Add chips.
Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes for tablespoon sided balls. (I usually make them bigger! ;)
Enjoy!
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8 comments:
The recipes sound good, I am not a big black eye pea eater but I love sausage so I will have to try this out. Anything with bacon and onions cooked in bacon drippings is gonna be good.
This is sort of similar to a favorite of ours. It has 2 cans of black eye peas, Uncle Ben's Wild Grain Rice, beef broth, chicken broth, ground sausage and crushed tomatoes. I serve it with cornbread as well.
I look forward to trying this out. Thanks for sharing!
Bull, if I am making Southern Living's Ham and greens with corn bread crust for dinner. Great minds.....it has black-eyed's, ham, collards, etc....so southern; so me. Your's sounds divine. I LOVE black-eyed's.
mommy of boys-
I would love that recipe if you wouldn't mind sharing it!
We loved the chicken casserole too! Thank you for these great recipes. I will definitely try these from today. Maybe my hubby will actually eat black eyed peas this way.
Here it is, Elizabeth...
Hoppin' John
1 pkg. ground sausage (I get hot)
1 box of Uncle Ben's Long Grain Wild Rice
2 cans blackeye peas
1 can chicken broth
1 can beef broth
1 can crushed tomatoes
Brown sausage and drain.
Cook rice according to box. (I omit the butter.)
Combine broths, peas, sausage and rice.
Bring to a boil.
Add tomatoes at the end.
Simmer for about 15 minutes.
Freezes well, too.
--Karen
Amanda-
I like Peach Tree Tea Room cookbooks by Cynthia Pedregon. I also like Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa). I have three of each of these authors. I also like Paula Deen. I watch a lot of Food Network and like the above mentioned people as well as Tyler Florence and Giada DeLaurentis. Hope this helps!
I don't know know if you get your comments emailed to you but, I must tell you I go back to your blog to get this recipe all the time! it is chad's favorite and he insisted i make it on New Years Day! LOVE IT!
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