Corny cornbread dressing! The secret ingredient? CORN NUTS!!!

Corny Cornbread Dressing

Corny cornbread dressing? What the? You heard right. Dressing, stuffing, whatever you call it, it’s that deliciousness that sits up next to your turkey for Thanksgiving. Everyone has their very own version. Some make it with cornbread (hey my Southern peeps!), some make it with bread, or some make it with rice (those couyons in Louisiana!) but it’s necessary. I mean, you just have to have some sort of dressing/stuffing for Thanksgiving. Aside from my mom’s cornbread dressing, which she made with pure love, this corny cornbread dressing is my favorite. It’s way more “intensive” than my mom’s – she…

Smoky Pimiento Cheese - Not your everyday pimiento cheese. Nope. We used smoked cheeses, a dash of chipotle powder, and sun dried tomatoes for extra smokey goodness!

Smoky Pimiento Cheese

Smoky pimiento cheese – pimiento cheese with a twist.  Yes, it’s delicious, but it’s not your mom’s pimiento cheese.  Nope.  At least not my mom’s.   But before I tell you about this one, I’ll tell you about mom’s, since you mentioned it.  Ok, maybe I mentioned it.   I love my mom’s pimiento cheese.  It’s one of those foods that since she’s passed I know I’ll never get it again – from her kitchen, you know what I mean?  But my sister came to visit and made “mom’s pimiento cheese” to refresh my memory of the recipe.   My mom’s pimiento cheese…