I have a favorite ingredient I like to use in a variety of dishes to add a little kick, and a deep smokey flavor. I stumbled on it quite by accident.
I was using chipotle chillis in adobo sauce as an ingredient in a Mexican stew and decided I wanted the chillis in smaller pieces [...]
Tags: Add new tag, cabbage, chipotle chillis, collard greens, kale, Kicked up kale, St. Patricks Day alternative, surprising cabbage
Mom’s corn pudding is real comfort food. This is a very easy recipe that everyone will love. It’s not low cal but it is delicious.
One can of whole kernel corn, drained
1 can cream style corn
8 oz sour cream
1 cup oil
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 box Jiffy corn meal muffin mix
Mix all ingredients. Pour [...]
Tags: comfort food, corn meal muffin mix, corn pudding, cream style corn
While in Florida during the holidays I went fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. We caught a lot of fish, which is nice. We caught some grouper, which is even better. We had the grouper filleted when we got back to land. When we got home we discussed how best to fix them.
We decided to [...]
Tags: fillets, fish, fishing, florida, fried grouper, grouper, grouper fingers
I first had this punch in 1974. We had just moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ruth was a neighbor. She invited us to her annual Christmas party. This punch became an immediate favorite.
1 Cup orange juice
1 Cup lemon juice
1 Cup unsweetened pineapple juice
2 pkgs strawberries or raspberries
2 oranges, cut in thin slices
11/2 Cups grenadine
2 5ths [...]
I remember this BBQ sauce from my earliest childhood. It was used for chicken and sometimes other meats like pork or beef but the thing I remember the most is barbecued mullet. Yes, that is a fish and they are indigenous to the warm waters around the Gulf of Mexico. I can remember my grandfather digging a hole out under a big grapefruit tree in his back yard, lighting a fire in it and when the coals were ready putting a grill over the coals and placing the mullet on to cook and painting them with this wonderful BBQ sauce. I would squat by the fire and breathe in the wonderful smell of those fish cooking with this special sauce on them. Here’s how to prepare this very old time Florida dish.