Sometimes when you're Southern...you just have to eat Southern Food!!

My love for all things southern....and my love for southern food....sometimes collide!!!! (case in point...the McCarty vase in the background! )

and that's not always a bad thing!! in fact....I think it makes for a really good meal!!! and alot of fun when you are willing to share that Southern hospitality and have your friends and family over to share it with you!!!

This time...my craving for my mom's homemade relish for black-eyed peas or pink-eye peas got me to thinking about this meal and the fact that I needed to share it! That is the Southern thing to do you know!

This time the meal consisted of White bar-b-que sauce grilled chicken....a staple in our house!!!!

Black-eyed peas with homemade relish

Soul Food squash

Cornbread muffins

      Mom's Relish

                         2-3  chopped tomatoes and 5 green onions, chopped....add together in a bowl and mix together... 1/3 C apple cider vinegar and 1 T sugar....pour over tomatoes and onions....let sit for a few hours before serving with peas!!!! So yummy!!!!!

*the squash was divine as well if you ever want the recipe and alot healthier than the normal squash casserole....the chicken I think I've posted before....the cornbread muffins...when i don't want to make them from scratch...the Krusteaz brand of Honey Cornbread is divine!!! you can do several variations....Hope you enjoy!!