I harvested well over a half bushel of Turnip Greens today and  they are headed straight for Christmas Dinner. We started the Turnip Greens on their journey back in September when we cleared the summer garden and planted the fall and winter greens. Fall Garden Planting We got just the right sun and rain and by Thanksgiving they were doing really well and we were able to harvest enough for our Thanksgiving Dinner. Fall Garden Now we are ready to prepare the Turnip Greens for our Christmas Dinner. Turnip Greens Miz Helen's Kitchen 6 to 8 small to medium Turnip's with the Greens 6 slices of bacon chopped 1 medium yellow onion 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoons pepper Optional: 2 teaspoons sugar Take the green tops off of the turnips. Remove the long stems from the greens. Soak the greens in a bowl of ice cold water for at least 20 minutes. This allow all the sand on the leaves to float to the bottom of the bowl. Soak The Greens ...

My Mother was a great cook and she came from a long history of great southern cooks. She like any good cook had her favorite things that she liked  to make. She loved sweets and she loved making candy at Christmas and of course we all loved eating it. One of her favorites that we all looked forward to was her Divinity. In honor of my Mother at this Christmas Time I am pleased to present her Divinity.

The cream puffs are one of Leonard's favorite desserts and today I am making them to surprise him.  We will be having some friends over later in the day so he gets the first bites of part of the desserts we will be serving tonight.  I have been making these cream puffs for years and it is a great recipe that never fails, plus you can use any filling you want to make them just a little different.  I know that my guy will love these and sure hope you will.

Our family just loves Christmas it really is one of my favorite holiday's. No matter where we have been in life, we have always tried to make Christmas special for our family. We have many traditions that have evolved over the years. After dinner on Christmas Eve we all gather round the tree and someone reads the Christmas Story from the Bible. Then we sing some Christmas Carols and each person gets to open one gift from under the tree. Sometimes the younger children will produce a Christmas play with written programs, of course directed by the older ones who are now passing the tradition along. One of the traditions we  have is our food. On Christmas Eve we always have Mexican Food, and this week I will feature  Tamales on Christmas Eve. For the first time I will not have the recipe on this post because it is to long. I have my Tamales recipe in addition to the sauce and you will be able to link back to them. Feature Recipe Friday Christmas Eve Tamales  Corn an...

For more  years than I can remember we have had Mexican Food on Christmas Eve and most of the time the meal was centered around the Tamales. We will be having the Tamales on Christmas Eve this year and I wanted to share them with you. I really don't know how many times I have made the Tamales or who made them first in our family, it is just something that is passed along from one generation to another and each one puts his or her special little season to the Tamale. Corn and Black Bean Tamale  With Orange Cranberry Sauce Basic Tamale Dough Miz Helen's Kitchen Makes 12 Tamale 2 cups Masa Harina 2 cups Boiling Water 11 tablespoons vegetable shortening or Lard chilled 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper 1/2 cup chicken stock, chilled In a mixer with paddle attachment mix the Masa Harina, cumin, and Cayenne pepper Add the boiling water in a steady stream to the mixing bowl while the mixer is...