Preparing For The Holidays: Step Three- cooking

 Now's the time to get out all those special recipes we love to make at Christmas. What goes better with family and friends but good food. Baking and cooking fill the home with the sweet aroma of Christmas!

I love to make sour dough rolls and share them at Christmas with a tub of honey butter, I must admit I've gotten a late start this year and my first batch will be coming out this week. It takes five days to make the starter! Nothing says I love you like giving something homemade where your time and effort are part of the gift.

We can never match the gift that was given that first Christmas day. The sacrifice Jesus made when He left His heavenly home to come here and endure this world. The nine months Mary endured the ridicule of the world while she carried the savior of the world. All the effort Joseph put into the care of this little one whose real Father was the most high God. Only God could have prepared this recipe. He made it for everyone, you only have to partake.

The following recipe is one of my favorites, it also is good to put in a decorative container and give to friends as a gift with a bag of tortilla chips.

Blackeye Pea Salsa
2 cans Black eye peas, drained
1 can white Hominy
a jar medium salsa
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
3 stems parsley, chopped
mix all and add 1/2 bottle of Italian salad dressing

I hope you enjoy it!