This week’s recipe is one of Matthew’s family favorites. They served it at all of their graduation parties and I made it for his sister’s welcome home party last weekend. This was my first time making it, and it was just as easy as it sounds. I used red cabbage instead of green, because I [...]
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Mom’s Black Eyed Peas Recipe
January 5th, 2012 
Megan The New Year has begun and you know what that means, right? Black Eyed Peas! The Southern tradition is to eat black eyed peas first thing on the first of the year to bring you luck throughout the year. This is my mom’s recipe. If you have to eat black eyed peas, might as well [...]
Gran Evan’s Corn Bread Dressing
November 22nd, 2011 Emily This is Matt’s favorite Thanksgiving dish, as I mentioned on Monday. I don’t really like dressing/stuffing, so I hadn’t paid attention enough to know that this dish was from my Great Grandmother Evelyn, who we called Gran Evan. She died when I was young so I didn’t really know her well. From what I hear, [...]
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Tags: dressing, side dish, stuffing, Thanksgiving 
3 Comments »Tips for a Stress-Free Turkey Day
November 21st, 2011 Megan I know it is only the Monday before Thanksgiving, but we just wanted to stop in with a few ways to spend the day stress free. Ready? OK! (Can you hear the cheerleader in me??) Don’t get turkey grease on you. According to my dad, it stains forever. He has lost his favorite pair of [...]
Posted in Entertaining, Family Recipes, Holidays, Thanksgiving Tags: Thanksgiving, tips, turkey 3 Comments »Healthier Green Bean Casserole
November 16th, 2011 Megan I love fried things, especially those crunchy fried onions. They are ALWAYS on my salads — which makes me want to eat salads more. I often see the green bean casserole recipe on the side of the can, but I never make it. Maybe I made it once before? This classic side is on many [...]
