"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

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Thursday, January 9, 2025

What's Cooking?

 

It's been in the teens, and we are getting more snow.  It's 16 degrees this morning.  I'm thrilled to be getting about an egg a day again.  

We got more snow last night, but it's a wet snow.  According to the news weather report, there is another snow storm brewing up.

Breakfast side meat has been chicken breakfast patties, and we love them!  They are much better than the turkey ones, and are nice to enjoy between sage sausage and bacon.  If you haven't tried them, they are delicious on their own or in a breakfast sandwich.



We tried a new crockpot recipe for black eye peas and ham.  I added collards to it and it was fantastic.  I used the recipe from Skinnytaste online, but used a ham bone and diced ham both (because I had both in the freezer), and again, added collards.  It will be a keeper recipe for sure.  The red bell pepper and jalapeno were also both from the freezer (from last year's garden).

What's Cooking? © January 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

6 comments:

Faith said...

I like these types of meals, they are hardy. We grew 1 collard plant year, and it flourished, harvested from it many times, we will be planting another this year.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Faith, we planted collards last year, but the drought and raised bed did not produce a harvest. Also, the bugs attacked them, despite trying neem spray. I am praying for a good harvest this year.

Betsy said...

That sounds delicious. I've never had black eyed peas and ham, or collards. Can you tell that I'm not from the south? :-)
Blessings,
Betsy

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Betsy, we are not from the south either, and I'm so glad I tried it. We eat very little black eye peas, so we decided to give it a try. Very good too. I'm betting the ham bone helped the broth a lot.

Carol said...

That looks like a perfect southern cooked meal

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Carol thanks. I am not a southern either ha ha! It is a keeper recipe for sure.