Side Dishes

Late summer means okra time in the South so I made my first batch of gluten-free, dairy-free fried okra. Below are the basics of creating this dish. Southern-style okra-frying is an art and difficult to quantify, thus no exact measurements are mentioned. Until the last year or so, I’ve had great freedom with cooking ingredients. …

I always thought home canning was time-consuming process that required special equipment, time, and patience in spades. This is case for many foods, but not for jalapenos. I had no idea it was this easy to pickle peppers until my dad enlightened me with this pickled pepper recipe. This is the way he cans jalapeno …