Monthly Archives: December 2011

Menu Plan Monday & Black-Eyed Pea Recipe

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Counting down: 20 days until Christmas! If you’re needing some special recipes, check out my Recipe Index at the top of my home page.
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My mother nearly always made black-eyed peas with snaps, so that’s one reason I like snaps so much.  Also, they just taste good!  So here’s and easy, healthy recipe for Black-Eyed Peas with Snaps & Ham:
INGREDIENTS:

  • Pictsweet Field Peas with Snaps
  • 1/3 package Hormel Natural Choice “Smoked Deli Ham” (No preservatives, 100% Natural)
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil (the fat in this recipe is healthier than fat from ham)
  • Salt & Pepper

DIRECTIONS:

Cook peas & ham according to directions on the package of peas.  I use about 1/3 package of ham.  Let everyone add olive oil, salt & pepper to taste.  This is so good and healthy.

Here’s our menu for this week:

Monday:  Hormel Natural Choice Deli Ham sauteed in olive oil (2/3 pkg), Black-Eyed Peas, baby carrot sticks

Tuesday:  Chicken Tortilla Soup (didn’t have it last week after all)

Wednesday: Leftover Chicken Tortilla Soup

Thursday:  Italian Chicken Pasta

Friday: Pizza

 

Checking My List

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December is here, and it’s time to get in high gear getting ready for Christmas. I have plenty of wrapping paper that we got after Christmas at Target one year , so we’re doing fine in that department. Now, I just need to check and make sure we have tape, utility knives, scissors, and packing tape for any packages that need to be mailed. We have just about everything on our gifts-to-buy list. I still need to find several gifts for the people I work with and some friends, but we already have gifts for family, gifts for my students at school, for the two tutoring students, etc. I keep checking my list, though, to make sure I haven’t forgotten anybody or anything.

Friendly Friday 12/2/11

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