According to tradition, New Year’s Day supper will bring you fortune in the year to come. Everyone in the South will be eating some type of pork, collard greens or cabbage, black eyed peas or Hoppin’ John, and cornbread. It’s tradition, but how did it start? Well back in the days of that unfortunate …
Southern New Year Recipes
In this post I am sharing how to make Southern Style Collard Greens. Collard greens are a favorite winter crop in the South and a new year dinner tradition to bring luck in the coming year. I can’t recall a first dinner in the new year that didn’t involve freshly cooked collard greens, …
In this post I’m sharing how to cook Black Eyed Peas Recipe. Black Eyed Peas do not require soaking overnight like some dried beans. I soak them anyways. A southern favorite side dish and you’re sure to find these on the dinner table on New Year’s Day! It’s a southern tradition! Traditions …
In this post I am sharing how to prepare Southern Pan Fried Pork Chops. Y’all will love these easy Pan Fried Pork Chops. In the summer months I do grill quite a bit more, so us southerners don’t fry everything all of the time. Let’s face it though – Fried Food is Southern …
In this post I am sharing how to prepare Tasty Brussels Sprouts with Bacon & Garden Veggies. The combination of bacon and brussels sprouts go together like peas and carrots. It is so delicious when combined with the other vegetables in this recipe for an amazing side dish. Here’s what you’ll need 1 lb of …