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Skillet Roasted Okra

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 03 May 2024 15:14:37 +0000

Skillet Roasted Okra is an easy way to cook okra. As the okra browns, the natural sugar develops and results in a ton of flavor with no slime. Roasting vegetables is nothing new to me. I’ll roast anything thing that tries to move. Recently, it occurred to me that I had never...

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Buttered Rutabagas

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:08:36 +0000

Buttered rutabagas are a delicious and nutritious cool weather root vegetable. Simply boiled and seasoned with butter, they’re a excellent choice for a side dish with most entrees. Rutabagas are a common vegetable on Southern tables. We grew up knowing about rutabagas. However, I was embarrassingly old before I figured out the correct name. My...

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Southern Summer Vegetable Casserole

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:53:00 +0000

Southern Summer Vegetable Casserole is layers of tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, and Gruyere cheese that sits atop a bed of caramelized sweet onions. Southern summers, especially Deep South summers, bring on weather conditions that seem downright intolerable at times. But those same conditions that try our souls, bring forth a bounty of delectable produce that’s so...

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Southern Field Peas and Okra

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:34:18 +0000

Summer in the Deep South is hard on our bodies and spirits. The oppressive heat and humidity makes us wonder if we’re going to make it out alive. As miserable and grumpy as we get about the weather, summer is the season for some of our best fruits and vegetables. The crown jewel of Southern...

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Garden Vegetable Frittata

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:55:05 +0000

When you find yourself with a little of this and little of that leftover vegetables, turn them into a frittata and you have a complete meal. A Garden Vegetable Frittata is a great clean-our-your-refrigerator meal. In addition to using up leftover vegetables, it will take care of pieces and scraps of cheese, too. I had...

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Chili Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:44:57 +0000

Chili Roasted Sweet Potatoes is the best of both worlds: sweet and savory. Sweet potatoes offer up sweetness and chili spices plus onions add a remarkable blend of savory flavors. We awoke to a definite nip in the air. For that matter, we went to bed with a nip in the air. The temperatures took a...

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Summer Vegetable Casserole

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 23:46:41 +0000

We had our grandchildren for most of last week while their parents were out-of-town. Jackson had been sick and was still on medication and not completely well when he came to us. The second day in, Ella gets sick. They are so pitiful when they’re sick. Just as I did with my sick children, I devoted...

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Roasted Roma Tomatoes

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:28:26 +0000

Roasted Roma Tomatoes is an easy side dish to serve alongside most entrees. Roasting intensifies the flavor of tomatoes. Roma variety holds up well to roasting and will consistently yield a good result. Between tomato seasons, when it’s hard to find vine-ripened tomatoes, you can rely on Romas. Next to cherry-type tomatoes, they...

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