Baby Love

A few days ago I found my son and my daughter sitting together, just a gigglin' and chattin', talkin' it up really. They both had the two biggest smiles I have ever seen, Zoey was trying to rub Caelex's face and Caelex was sharing his sip cup and I just hope they keep their relationship as they grow older. They are almost Irish Twins but not quite. Seeing them grow up together warms my heart more and more every day. They are my babies, they are my loves, and they are siblings. Maybe some day my children will be able to look back at this and remember their best child hood memories. There is nothing better than parenthood. LOVE is the strongest bond and should never ever ever be broken. 

Monday Dinner

In the south is all about fried, smothered, and covered. If you have ever been to Waffle House you might know what I'm talking about.

My kids have this new found thing to not like vegetables, and that's weird for any southern kid, but it happens. Needless to say I have found ways to dress them up and make them a little more appealing to my children.

Butter Cinnamon Carrots

1 Bag Raw Baby Carrots (I use the Kroger brand)

1/4 Cup Butter (REAL butter please) 

Cinnamon to taste (I normally use 1-3 Tablespoons

Boil your carrots in water

Add in Butter and Cinnamon when brought to a boil

Boil until tender to your likin'

Whole Carnal Corn

1-2 Cob's Real Corn (I get mine from a market here in town)

1/4 cup butter (REAL please!)

Salt to taste

I normally wash and peal my corn first. 

Take a knife and cut corn off of cob and put into pot

Boil until cooked 

Add Butter and Salt if desired

Smothered, Creamy, Covered Pork Chops

Two Pork Chops

1 Egg

1/4 Cup Milk

1 Cup Flour

1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

1 Can Cream of Mushroom soup

1 Can of Milk (using cream of mushroom soup)

Thaw Pork Chops

Beat 1 egg and add 1/4 cup milk to egg mixture

Cover Chops in egg mixture and then flour mixture

Cover skillet with vegetable oil and let sit for 2 min on Med.

Add Chops to skillet and fry until golden brown on top sides

Add 1 Can Cream Of Mushroom Soup and 1 Can Milk

Stir soup 

Let Chops cook until white and tender middle.

SERVE!

A little about me/ Butter Milk Pie

I guess I will start straight from the heart. My name is Chelsey Ann Moses Harris, named after one of the two women who have taught me tricks of the trade and shaped me to become the woman I am today. Growing up my "Nana" (Ann) taught me the good ole fashioned cooking of a southern woman growing up in the mountains of TN. Her daddy was a strawberry farmer, and her mother a stern but loving woman. The other major woman to help me find my way with my artistic skills and teaching me that all my dreams could come true if I just used a little bit of that  "over active imagination" that I had already developed to life. I call her my "Roo Roo" her name is Rhonda.  Now I am eight teen, a young mother, of two, but I'm finally getting my head on straight. Well three if you count my husband, hes just like a big kid, but I think thats why we get along so well.  So here I am born and raised in the very middle most part of TN, just a country gal brought up with souther bell hospitality and home maker blood running through my veins.  I hope to bring fun and good ole hospitality to all of my readers homes, and share some but not all of the things I enjoy the most in life.

Butter Milk Pie

Possibly one of the most southern pie's you can make.

What you need

1 and 1/2 cups sugar

1 table spoon flour

1 tablespoon lemon zest

4 large eggs

1 cup butter milk

1 stick sweet cream butter (real butter, I recommend Land a Lakes REAL BUTTER)

1 pie crust (and I also recommend using a home made pie shell, not store bought, but as you will find out, I don't recommend buying anything store bought at all!)

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F.

2. In a large-ish mixing bowl add sugar, flour, and lemon zest. 

3. Whisk in eggs ONE at a time

4. Stir in your butter milk and cup of melted butter.

5. Pour the buttermilk mix into your UNBAKED Pie Shell and bake untill a light brown and center has set. Should be 20 to 30 min.

6. You can serve cold, room temp, but if you ask any southern they will tell you it is best served warm from the oven, with a glass of milk!

ENJOY!!