Back to School Week...Beans, Cornbread, and Fried Green Tomatoes

So I may have mentioned it in the intro, but my blog is about sharing Southern Supper Ideas.

I don't claim to be Martha, Rachel Ray, or Giada.....( disclaimer for the delicious simplicity to follow).

My recipes and ideas are simple and southern. Many of them bring back great memories: Sunday dinners around Nana's table, comfort food for my husband after a hard day's work in the field during a July heat wave, and of course, Friday night dinners with our best friends in which the conversation is as much the main event as the wine and food to follow.

So for simplicity's sake, I'm cooking one of my hubby's favorites: beans with ham, fried green tomatoes, turnip greens, and cornbread.

Recipe(s) Idea:

1 pkg dry beans ( great northern or pinto)

1 .5"thick cut piece of ham. individually sealed. cubed

1 can Glory brand pre-seasoned greens

3 small green tomatoes

self rising flour

eggs

jiffy cornbread mix. ( follow label directions and add a pinch of sugar)

After removing any bad looking beans, soak them for an hour in 8 cups of water in a crock pot. After soaking, add cubed ham and turn the crock pot on low for 3 -4 hours, adding salt and stirring occasionally.

Cut tomatoes into paper thin slices. Dip them in egg, then flour. Place in skillet with oil on medium heat. Brown each side 3 to 4 minutes, then remove.

Serve with the turnip greens ( already seasoned....they are awesome!) and cornbread.

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Its so yum ya'll!

Southern Stuffed Bell Peppers

As summer comes to an end, we Southerners anxiously count down the days to football, foliage, and fabulous food reminiscent of Fall. However, the last fruits of our summer gardens beckon us to the kitchen for the season's last tastes of home grown peppers, tomatoes, and okra. Here is the first of 3 down home meals I will be serving up for my hubby (and guests that may pop in) this week. First up: a back-to school recipe guaranteed to please the kids AND the kids -at -heart!

Southern Style Italian Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers.

Recipe:


1 pound Italian sausage
4 bell peppers
1 medium onion diced
2 servings prepared whole grain instant rice
1 can (13 ounces) diced tomatoes
1 can (8 ounces) tomato paste
1/2 can corn( optional) drained.
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 350.

Place skillet on medium heat. Brown onion and your Italian sausage. Add cooked rice to meat mixture and stir thoroughly. Add diced tomatoes, paste, and corn stirring until mixture is heated through. Reduce heat.

Cut the tops off of the peppers and remove stems. Place the whole peppers in 1/4 in water in microwave safe bowl on high for 5 minutes. Remove peppers and stuff the mixture to fill each pepper. Bake for 20 minutes or until browned on top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Enjoy with fried okra and fresh peaches for dessert! Its so Yum Yall!

Now tell me what you are cooking this week!

Welcome to What's for Dinner...Southern Style.

Hey Ya'll. Thanks for visiting and I hope you are hungry.....

If you are like me, you have a "meat and potatoes" kind of husband and you are constantly trying to think of new things to cook for dinner that are easy, that contain common ingredients, and most importantly, that your family will enjoy. So, that was the brainchild for starting this page. Each week, I will update with some delicious, easy, southern cuisine along with a general recipe for each and I will suggest sides to go along with. This will be a work in progress that we will tweak along the way.

I hope that you will also share what you are cooking. I am excited to hear what you are whipping up in your kitchen for weeknight suppers. Think of it as an interactive supper idea page....with down-home recipes from ladies you know.

So break out your grandma's Mississippi mud cookie recipe and dust off the Baptist church cookbook and share your ideas.

Remember, nothing too fancy, and happy cooking!