We got an early Christmas package from my Mom, well I shouldn’t even say “we” because it was addressed to Dinger and Willow. They now have full Christmas outfits.
I have “What a Feeling” from Flashdance in my head every time I look at them.
Over the weekend I made some black-eyed peas with quinoa and cornbread. I had a bunch of leftovers and fried the black-eyed pea mix into patties, it was really good! If anyone wants the recipe I will be happy to type it up. Basically, I just cooked the peas with onions, garlic, cajun spices, liquid smoke and quinoa. It was pretty good but then while deciding what to make for breakfast the next day I read in Joanna Vaught’s zine Potluck Mania that she does something very similar but fries them into patties by just adding some vital wheat glueten for binding. I added some and mashed it up and it worked great, although getting a good picture was a struggle. I think these patties will be the perfect compliment to biscuits and gravy for a good southern meal.
We made the cornbread from “The Dirty South” and it has become my go to recipe for cornbread. I changed the recipe a tiny bit replacing the corn with jalapenos this time and it was great.
Dirty South Cornbread
1 1/4 C flour
3/4 C Cornmeal
1/2 C Sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 C almond milk
1/4 cup veg oil
2 T cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup apple sauce
2 jalapenos chopped
Preheat to 400. Combine the dry ingredients, add the rest until just mixed. Put in a greased pan for ~25 minutes, stick a chopstick in the middle to see if it is done. If it comes out clean remove, cool and enjoy!
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way cute dog….
Super cute leg warmers!!
I could really go for some cornbread right about now
legwarmers!
EEEK so cute! Your dogs are stylin’.
And that cornbread recipe looks great.
Those doggie leg warmers are too cute! I have to find those for my dog (although he’ll probably hate them).
the legwarmers are TOO precious. i’m dying here.
Oh my, these are the cutest puppy pictures ever. And yes, please type up the blackeyed pea recipe. Thanks. I want to make them for the New Year.
MWAHAHAHA… spins around spastically and drops a bucket of water on self… oh I mean not me my breakdancing male double… HAHAHA… oh jennifer beals… you sassy bra removing wonder!
MMM BEANY QUINOA PATTIES!!!
Again, those leg warmers are way too cute! (And too bad you didn’t have them when it snowed the other week.) I’m liking the fried up black eyed pea balls!
Ding and Willow are too adorable! I love how cool they are with it. Though it would be cute watching them try to pull them off. 🙂
Those doggie leg warmers are the cutest! I love a sweet cornbread – that recipe looks great!
This is the most adorable thing I have seen all week. And they’re such posers!
Awwwh so cute. Someday when I have little puppies of my own I want to get them leg warmers.
Too much cuteness! I love that your parents addressed it to Dinger and Willow. Too funny.