January 3, 2011
Time is already flying by -- seems like yesterday that Michelle and I were sitting in the kitchen waiting on Midnight so we could go to bed! She was determine to stay up - and we did!!! We had a great time at some dear friends from church on Sunday afternoon - ate too much and talked too much!
Now I have cooked two "healthy meals" - really trying to make a difference in our weight and more importantly - our health. Last night I did a grilled pork loin with sweet potatoes (Travis' were cooked with a little honey and mine and Michelle's were baked.) and spinach salad - a duplicate of Cafe Tazza.
Tonight I rushed home from visiting a friend whose dad has died - thawed out chicken breasts, salted, peppered, garliced, and rolled in Panko crumbs and put in skillet and cooked until tender and done! Served with a Baked Hominy (recipe follows), French cut green beans with almonds, and another spinach salad.
Here is the Baked Hominy that I decided would work and created:
1 Can White Hominy
1 Can Yellow Hominy
1 Egg
1/3 cup Half and Half
2 Green onions, chopped with green tops
1/2 tsp. mined garlic (Penzey's works great)
1/8 tsp. dried jalapeno pieces (Penzey's again)
A couple of dashes of Crushed Red Pepper Flakes - Penzey's again
3 tabblespoons Jiffy Cornbread Mix
1/4th cup Sharp cheddar cheese or combination fo Cheddar and Swiss
Combine ingredients and put in a 2 qt. casserole dish, sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 375 degrees until set - about 24 minutes. NOTE: I really like the taste of pepper - on the side of hot -
the jalapeno and Crushed Red Pepper flakes could be totally ommited or amounts lessened.
I really hope you will try it -- something new (well I've never seen such a recipe) and really delicious!!
January 4, 2011
I had written a lot more about several things and encouraged each of you to commit to helping someone less fortunate than you -- to help others - either monitarily, with a kind thought, a prayer, a deed, or food. I had included the following story after asking if you practiced the Black eyed pea tradition on New Years Day and if you knew where it started. Just as I was about to post - our internet went down and the only part that had been saved was where I dated January 4. So - here is the truth about the Black eyed Peas. My cousin sent it to me! Hope you enjoy it! More recipes to come!!!
I grew up with this belief but did not know the reason. My
mother always served black eyed peas on New Year's Day; she said
it would bring good luck in the new year. I've carried this
tradition forward but never knew the reason behind it. It
became a way of remembrance of my mother and grandmother.
Black Eyed Peas
"The Real Story is much more interesting and has gone untold in
fear that feelings would be hurt. It’s a story of war, the most
brutal and bloody war, military might and power pushed upon
civilians, women, children and elderly. Never seen as a war
crime, this was the policy of the greatest nation on earth
trying to maintain that status at all costs. An unhealed wound
remains in the hearts of some people of the southern states even
today; on the other hand, the policy of slavery has been an open
wound that has also been slow to heal but is okay to talk about.
The story of*THE BLACK EYED PEA*being considered good luck
relates directly back to Sherman 's Bloody March to the Sea in
late 1864. It was called The Savannah Campaign and was lead by
Major General William T. Sherman. The Civil War campaign began
on 11/15/64 when Sherman 's troops marched from the captured
city of Atlanta , Georgia , and ended at the port of Savannah on
12/22/1864.
When the smoke cleared, the southerners who had survived the
onslaught came out of hiding. They found that the blue belly
aggressors that had looted and stolen everything of value and
everything you could eat including all livestock, death and
destruction were everywhere. While in hiding, few had enough to
eat, and starvation was now upon the survivors.
There was no international aid, no Red Cross meal trucks. The
Northern army had taken everything they could carry and eaten
everything they could eat. But they couldn’t take it all. The
devastated people of the south found for some unknown reason
that Sherman ’s bloodthirsty troops had left silos full of black
eyed peas.
At the time in the north, the lowly black eyed pea was only used
to feed stock. The northern troops saw it as the thing of least
value. Taking grain for their horses and livestock and other
crops to feed themselves, they just couldn’t take everything. So
they left the black eyed peas in great quantities assuming it
would be of no use to the survivors, since all the livestock it
could feed had either been taken or eaten.
Southerners awoke to face a new year in this devastation and
were facing massive starvation if not for the good luck of
having the black eyed peas to eat. From New Years Day 1866
forward, the tradition grew to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s
Day for good luck."
Cherokee Brasher
Hartsook Guard Camp 2163
Fayette, AL
Now you know. Have a great night. Oh - we started a new class at Church tonight called Fan or Follower. I will fill you in and let you decide if you are a "Fan" or "Follower" of Jesus!!!
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