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Texas Caviar

This is the original recipe, but I change it to match our tastes.

I omit the cilantro and only use a small jalapeno.

Texas Caviar

By Gina Rae Vinson on August 11, 2006

About This Recipe

"Slightly sweet, not too spicy. Serve with tortilla chips. Print copies of this recipe, people always ask for it!"

Ingredients

o    1 yellow bell peppers

o    1 orange bell peppers

o    1 red bell peppers

o    2 jalapeno peppers

o    1 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas

o    1 (15 ounce) cans black beans

o    1 (11 ounce) cans white shoepeg corn

o    1 (16 ounce) bottles Italian dressing

o    4 roma tomatoes

o    1 bunch cilantro

Directions

1.    Remove membranes and seeds from peppers.

2.    Dice peppers and place in a large plastic bowl (jalapenos should be finely chopped).

3.    Drain and rinse the black beans, blackeye peas, and shoepeg corn and add to peppers.

4.    Add italian dressing and stir well.

5.    Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 8 hours.

6.    Drain.

7.    Dice roma tomatoes and cilantro and stir into mixture.

8.    Serve with tortilla chips.

April Menu is finished and up on the board!

Now to stick with it! :-)

Working on April's Menu

I am working on April's menu.  I need some new meal ideas.....

Off to do some surfing...

Menu Board

I finished it!

Here are some pictures:

I only planned two weeks at a time this month.  I have planned until next Friday after next.  I will be adding to this and tweaking it as the need arises.

Here is the blog that I got the directions from:  http://robbygurlscreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/robins-menu-board.html

**Pictures are not cooperating with me.  I will try and fix it later.

Almost done with March's Menu

Will post it all once I am done.

Canning

I will be canning this weekend.  I was able to get a great price on dried beans this past week (and will get some more before the sale is over) and plan to can some of them this weekend.

I also have about three ladies that I know that are telling me that they want me to teach them to can this summer.  That's scary on my part.  Of course, I am going to school to teach elementary kids, so I think I should be able to teach three adults how to can. :-)

I am also itching to start planning the garden for this summer.  I want to try a few new things to see if it makes a difference.

Also, I am determined to get the chicken coop up this spring! 

What are all of you planning and/or working on?