Southern Chow Chow from the Garden

Pin itWhen this Northeastern Italian/Irish gal married her Southern husband , she got a proper introduction to southern food.  I went from saying, “So… you just eat the pinto beans by themselves?” and “What the heck is Chow Chow?“, to insisting on stone ground cornmeal for my homemade cornbread and singing praises for beans in [...]

My Favorite Recipe: Homemade CAnned Salsa

Pin it My husband planted about 70 tomato plants this year, since we gave almost all our salsa away last year! Yes, hubby actually makes the salsa these days. He loves to experiment with the flavors, he might add some peach or pineapple, or different kinds of peppers. It always turns out different, but it’s [...]

My Recipe for Homemade Tomato Sauce + A Few Tips

Pin it I’ve noticed that lot’s of visitors arrive at this post via Google Search. If you like what you see here, please leave me a comment so I know it was helpful. This week’s post will earn you the “Homemaker of the Year” award from your family! Last week, a good friend offered me [...]