SIDES & SALADS

Sometimes during the summer, we grow weary of the tradition baked beans recipe. This recipe for BBQ black-eyed peas is what we go to as a close second option. Or, if you stick to the new year’s resolution of black-eyed peas, this might work for Read More

This green chili rice recipe is easy to make on a budget and is a great side for any meat. We’ve served it with pork chops, steak, and chicken enchiladas. Plus, it is also a different way to change our basic rice. Ingredients for Green Read More

Honestly, we have corn so much in our household that we have to mix it up periodically, so we don’t go into burnout. This scalloped corn recipe isn’t an everyday corn dish, but it does work well, for Sunday dinner, Easter, or most all other Read More

Garden Pasta Salad This Garden Pasta Salad is a go-to in our house especially in the summer! It’s cold, light, and uses ingredients we have on hand most of the time. At our house at least it always seems like we are invited to several Read More

This might be the best tangy pork and beans that we have ever made. I worked in a grocery store for the first 17 years of my life, and I was always looking for different ways to dress up everything that was ordinary. Yes, I Read More

This is a savory recipe rather than sweet. It would be another option other than cornbread, but cornbread is good too. These muffins still go great with any stew, chili, or soup. Of course, if you wanted you can always add a little diced jalapeno Read More

This is a simple spinach salad that can be put together in just a few minutes.  This would be great for a hot summer day, when you might want something a little lighter to go with a BBQ or some sort of potluck gathering. If Read More

In several other posts we have mentioned that most of our weekend mornings are spent watching the Food Network, and this was no different.  The plus is that you have a side dish to make with the turkey meatballs that we made previously. We DO Read More