I've always enjoyed a good vegetable salad. I like the ones with no lettuce and no tomatoes best. I think it's because they're so different from a regular old tossed green salad. Yes, give me a bowl full of veggies, maybe a little bacon, and some sort of sweet-tangy dressing and I'm happy. I'll take something just like this Broccoli Salad recipe. This is another one of those old recipes that ... read more
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits with Tomatoes
By now, y'all know how much I love sharing old recipes with you. Nothing against new ones. I even enjoy coming up with something different on my own once in a while. But...sometimes nothing beats old-fashioned, down home, tried-and-true cooking. Take this recipe for Sausage Gravy and Biscuits for instance. I've been making this recipe for years and I'm still not tired of it. Now, it's certainly ... read more
Lime Congealed Salad
Congealed salad. Jello salad? What do you call it? In the southern states, we mostly go with congealed, but you may know it by other names. Gelatin salad. Jelly salad. Whatever you call it, here's a fabulous recipe for it. No Sunday dinner, family reunion, or gathering of friends in the South would be complete without at least one congealed salad on the table. Indeed, it is not unusual to find ... read more
Black-Eyed Pea Salad
It's May 4 and I'm wearing a sweater. A sweater, y'all. We should have sunny skies and temperatures in the 80's. What we have is wind, clouds, rain, and mid-50's. What the heck is going on with the weather! I want blue summer skies with warm days and ... read more
Strawberry Icebox Cake
Today's recipe is one you may have seen before. It's an old-fashioned Strawberry Icebox Cake (with a little bit of a twist). As far as I can tell, icebox cakes originated in the 1920's as a way for Nabisco to promote some of their cookie wafer ... read more
Hash Brown Casserole
I've told y'all before how much of a meat and potatoes guy BeeBop is. I do believe that man would be happy if I just put a slab of protein and a big serving of starch in front of him three times a day. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Not ... read more
Carne Asada Tacos
I still remember the first time I ever had Carne Asada Tacos. It was in Albany, Georgia, at El Maya mexican restaurant. I ordered them because I wanted something different from my usual soft beef tacos with a side of frijoles. And what a perfect ... read more
Shepherd’s Pie
I've said before how it's funny where the inspiration for recipes comes from. A week or two ago I was surfing channels and saw someone on one of the cooking channels making a Shepherd's Pie. I probably hadn't thought about Shepherd's Pie in ten years ... read more
Apple Pies – Baked not Fried
One of the classics of southern cooking is fried fruit pies. Usually either apple or peach, those small, individual pies are a treat that once tasted are never forgotten. Although these Apple Pies - Baked Not Fried aren't exactly the same, they're a ... read more
Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pudding
I've had this recipe in my old recipe box for so many years that I've lost track of the number. And I have no idea where it originated. It's from that time when people shared recipes written on cards or copied from the newspaper or a magazine instead ... read more
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!
It’s almost time for the “wearin’ o’ the green.” The one day every year that people of Irish heritage set aside to honor Ireland’s foremost patron saint, St. Patrick. March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig in ... read more
