Beans and Cornbread-Come Home to the South

Beans are high in fiber and low in fat. Also a good source of protein. I made a big pot of northern beans for dinner tonight. Lots of onion and garlic and pepper and bacon (you don't have to use the bacon, it's for flavor). They were delicious! Leftovers tomorrow. I made a 13 x 9 pan with baked cornbread and then I also made some fried. Both kinds are wonderful. I just buy the cornmeal mix and follow the directions for country cornbread. When I fry it I just fry it like pancakes. In fact, we tried it with syrup the last time I made it and it is actually really good. I even made a spice bundt cake for dessert. No frosting though. We haven't had a slice of that yet but I'm sure it's fantastic. I can remember going to Kentucky when I was a kid. The food was unbelievable. Breakfast would be waiting for you when you got up. I'm talking food, food and more food. There would be biscuits, gravy, sausage, bacon, ham, potatoes, eggs, and even dessert! And that's just breakfast. No wonder I always put on a little weight while visiting there, lol. Back then they would eat their biggest meal around 1pm. They called this dinner. Toward evening was supper. This is when they ate what we might eat for lunch. There would be just as much food, if not more, for dinner as there was for breakfast. Cornbread was always a part of this meal. Good old fashioned in the cast iron skillet cornbread. The best! Southern fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, gravy and always dessert. Memories are delicious! Happy eating and stay healthy!

What a good dinner we had!

Hello, Tonight we had BBQ ribs, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and biscuits. Everything turned out delicious. I used the country style ribs. Half with bone and half without. Parboil ribs for twenty minutes. Cover bottom of baking pan with bbq sauce. Place boiled ribs in pan and cover with sauce. Amount of sauce depends on how you like your ribs, so, by taste. Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes. My roommate had a can of Campbell's beef gravy and I must say that it was fantastic! The first time that I have had that. There was a time in my life when I cooked every day. I had a husband and a son and I was a housewife. Now I am divorced, my son is 32 with a son of his own, and my boyfriend and I live together. I love it! I cook when I want to, not because I have to. It makes cooking so much more fun. I have plans on beans and cornbread tomorrow. I have the beans (northern) soaking for the night. I have to run out in the morning to get cornmeal mix and milk. I'm going to fry up some cornbread. The way my gramma taught me. yummy! I have a problem with wanting something sweet in the evening. I try not to be too bad so what I am going to do is mix some peanut butter with some honey and spread it on pumpernickel bread. It kills the sweet tooth and it isn't too unhealthy. Just don't eat a whole loaf of bread and you will be fine, LOL. I love food!! I just want to say that I am a person that doesn't like salt much. Only on certain things. So, when you eat my cooking you usually need to add salt. Although, no one complains about my cooking:)