New Year’s Hopping John – Traditional

This New Year’s Hopping John is a tried and true traditional recipe for New Year’s Day in the South. This recipe is tops!

 

Now there are a lot of recipes for hopping John. So before you holler that this ain’t traditional just think about it. Maybe it’s not your traditional but it’s somebody’s!

It wasn’t mine until I gave it a trial run.

I normally use smoked hog jowls. But my fatty pork days are over and I was looking for a substitute and came across this recipe.

This is the one for my New Years tradition from now on!!!

I serve it over rice liberally sprinkled with Tabasco sauce. I like it spicy. A great meal with some greens and cornbread!

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

New Year's Hopping John
Print
New Year's Hopping John
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
 

Some would say this is not true Southern New Year's Hopping John but to me it is.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: New Year's Hopping John
Servings: 6
Calories: 325 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon oil bacon drippings or 1 tablespoon butter
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 10 1/2 oz cans chicken broth (or 2 1/2 cups)
  • 16 ounces black-eyed peas fresh or frozen, thawed
  • 1/2 lb cooked ham cubed
  • 1/4 teaspoon dry crushed red pepper
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 3 cups cooked long-grain rice
Instructions
  1. Saute the first three ingredients in a large Dutch oven in hot oil, bacon drippings, or butter until tender.
  2. Add the water and the next five ingredients.
  3. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes or until the peas are tender.
  4. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
  5. Serve over rice.

Enjoy!

Up Next:

Smoked Sausage And Peppers Supreme

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Recipe based on one by PanNan
Photo by PanNan

Follow me

Ramen Noodle Casserole – So Easy But Delicious!

This Ramen Noodle Casserole is a very easy casserole that’s fairly cheap and very quick to make. This recipe can easily be increased for a last minute get together. Just add more noodles!

This is a also a great base recipe to really add different ingredients and make something new each time. Use diced chicken and chicken flavored ramen!

Just add a salad and you have a great dinner.

Be sure to Like Foodgasm Recipes on Facebook and Foodgasm on Pinterest for more great recipes.

Ramen Noodle Casserole
Print
Ramen Noodle Casserole
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Just add a salad along side the Ramen Noodle Casserole and you have a great dinner.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ramen Noodle Casserole
Servings: 4
Calories: 395 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground chuck
  • 1 medium onion Diced
  • 1 14 1/2 ounce can diced rotel tomatoes
  • 3 3 ounce packages beef-flavor ramen noodles
  • 3 cups water
  • Velveeta cheese
Instructions
  1. Brown the hamburger and onion and then add the flavoring packets from the ramen noodles. Cook and stir for about 4 minutes.
  2. Add the water and the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Add the ramen noodles and cook for about 4 minutes more.
  3. Pour into a casserole dish and cover with sliced Velveeta cheese.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes at 350° or until cheese is melted.

Enjoy This Ramen Noodle Casserole!

Up Next: 

Secret Sirloin Steak

Be sure to Like Foodgasm Recipes on Facebook and Foodgasm on Pinterest for more great recipes.

Recipe based on one by Sandy in Texas
Photo by *Parsley*

Follow me

Crock Pot Beef Short Ribs

If you’ve never made Crock Pot Beef Short Ribs before – you probably don’t know what to expect and might be a little apprehensive – no need to be!

These ribs are sooo delicious, so moist, the meat falls off the bones and the sauce is fabulous!

You won’t believe how good these ribs are until you taste them!!! Served over rice, it is a totally wonderful meal.

Give the recipe a try and my bet is you won’t have anything but rave review.

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Crock Pot Beef Short Ribs
Print
Crock Pot Beef Short Ribs
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
9 hrs
Total Time
9 hrs 30 mins
 
Beef short Ribs are browned and then slow cooked for 9 hours with a brown sugar/vinegar sauce until tender. Delicious served over rice!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 210 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 1/2 lbs boneless beef short ribs
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 3/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup chili sauce
  • 2 tablespoons catsup
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
Instructions
  1. Put the flour, salt and pepper in a bag. Add the ribs and shake to coat. Brown the ribs in butter in a large skillet.
  2. Place the ribs in a slow cooker.
  3. In the same skillet, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring.
  4. Pour over the ribs.
  5. Cover and cook on low for 9 hours.

Enjoy!

Up Next:

Crock Pot Pepper Steak

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

By MizzNezz
SharonChen

Follow me

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

This Hot Fudge Pudding Cake is light, spongy and extremely flavorful. The sauce is smooth and silky and sooo chocolately. It’s also really quick and really easy to make. A definite candidate to go into the keeper box.

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

It almost magically makes its own fudge sauce. Serve it with ice cream and you’ve got an extra special treat.

Try it. I think you’ll love it.

Be sure to Like Foodgasm Recipes on Facebook for more great recipes.

Print
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar divided
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 7 tablespoons cocoa divided
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine melted
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 1/4 cups water hot
  • whipped topping
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350'F.
  2. In medium bowl stir together 3/4 cup granulated sugar, flour, 3 Tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend in the milk, butter and vanilla and beat until smooth.
  3. Pour the batter into 8- or 9-inch square baking pan.
  4. In a separate bowl, stir together the remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar and remaining 4 tablespoons cocoa. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the batter.
  5. Pour hot water over the top; do not stir.
  6. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until the center is almost set.
  7. Let stand 15 minutes; spoon into dessert dishes, spooning sauce from bottom of pan over the top.

Serve with with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

More recipes you might enjoy.

Soft Molasses Cookies
4 Ingredient Fudge Crinkles
French Silk Pie

By Marg (CaymanDesigns)
May I Have That Recipe

Follow me

Overnight French Toast Casserole

This Overnight French Toast Casserole is a fabulous make-ahead breakfast dish! So easy to make and so tasty. Absolutely delicious!

 

When you have guests over for breakfast serve them this dish along with some fresh fruit.

A super-easy way to serve a group of people.

This make-ahead dish is moist, sweet, cinnamony and everyone loves it! It is soooo good.

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Overnight French Toast Casserole
Print
Overnight French Toast Casserole
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Marinate
12 hrs
Total Time
13 hrs 15 mins
 

French toast with a twist!

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Overnight French Toast Casserole
Servings: 6
Calories: 395 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 12 slices white bread
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 5 -6 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
Instructions

  1. Melt the butter in a 9 x 13 baking pan. Put 6 slices of bread in the bottom of the pan.

  2. In a bowl mix 1 cup brown sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon.

  3. Sprinkle 1/2 of this sugar mixture over bread. Add another layer of 6 slices of bread.

  4. In a bowl, whisk eggs with milk until well blended. Pour over the bread layers.

  5. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar mixture.

  6. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

  7. Bake covered at 350F 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking 15 minutes or until set and browned.

 

Enjoy!

Up Next: 

Texas Breakfast Casserole

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Recipe based on one by Leta
Photo by May I Have That Recipe

Follow me

Christmas Nuts N’ Bolts Snack

Christmas-Nuts-N'-Bolts-Sna

This snack is standard issue at a lot of households during the holidays but it’s not just for Christmas. This is great party fare regardless of the occasion. I’m thinking couchgatin’ for football games!

It is great during the holiday season though. You can take it to holiday parties or even make up a nice presentation and give it for gifts.

The sauce is is what makes the dish in my opinion. Almost any combination of other ingredients will work just fine. Two I don’t leave out, however, are the peanuts and pretzels.

This is definitely a keeper and a must try. Make up a batch with the kiddies. They’ll enjoy eating their own creations!

Be sure to Like Foodgasm Recipes on Facebook for more great recipes.

Christmas Nuts N’ Bolts Snack

Ingredients

For the Sauce

1 cup butter
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons garlic salt
2 teaspoons seasoning salt
1 teaspoon onion powder

For the Snacks

1 (10 ounce) box Cheerios toasted oat cereal
10 ounces shreddies cereal
1 large bag pretzel sticks
8 ounces Bugles original flavor snacks
5 cups original Ritz Bits miniature crackers
4 cups salted nuts

Directions

In a large glass bowl, melt the butter in the microwave. Stir in the worcestershire and all the spices, whisk until well blended.

Pour the snack ingredients into a large turkey roaster and pour the sauce over the top.

Mix well and bake uncovered at 225 degrees for one hour, stirring every 10 minutes.

Store in tins, makes a great hostess gift.

More recipes you might enjoy.

Bleu Cheese Crescent Spirals
Christmas Crackers
11 Minute Easy Cheesy Bread Sticks

Recipe based on one by Chef Dee
Photo by Chef Dee

Follow me

Texas Breakfast Casserole – Easy Peasy

This Texas Breakfast Casserole is something you should think of on those occasions when you know preparing the morning meal will be a hassle

 

All the prep work is done the night before and on that particular morning, you just pop it in the oven.

It’s great for Sunday mornings or holiday mornings. Especially Christmas when the kiddies are opening gifts. You can shoot video while breakfast cooks and you haven’t done a thing!

What I really like about this dish is its versatility. The recipe as listed is just a jumping-off place. You could add onions, crumbled cooked bacon, ham, green and red peppers, etc. to this dish to make it even tastier.

A wonderful way to wake up and have a cooked breakfast without the fuss!

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Texas Breakfast Casserole
Print
Texas Breakfast Casserole
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Resting
12 hrs
Total Time
13 hrs 30 mins
 

This Texas Breakfast Casserole is perfect for Sunday mornings!

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Texas Breakfast Casserole
Servings: 6
Calories: 395 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 12 ounce can crescent rolls
  • 1 lb sausage cooked and drained
  • 1 lb fresh mushrooms sliced
  • 3/4 lb monterey jack cheese grated
  • 6 eggs beaten
  • 1 10 1/2 ounce can cream of onion or mushroom soup
Instructions

  1. Open and unroll the crescents and line a 13x9-inch Pyrex dish with them.

  2. Cover the crescents with cooked sausage, mushrooms, and half the cheese. (This is where you add any extra ingredients you decide on).

  3. Mix the eggs with the soup and pour over the casserole. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.

  4. Chill overnight. Next morning bake at 350° for 1 hour.

 

Enjoy!

Up Next:

New Mexico Breakfast Burritos

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

By gertc96
French Tart

Follow me

Irish Potatoes Candy

Irish Potatoes Candy

Are you a bit skeptical? Well, this recipe really doesn’t contain potatoes! It gets it’s name from the look of the candy. I was a bit skeptical at first, but the fact is these turn out so cute and tasty!

They’re sweet and rich and I definitely could only eat a few of them at a time. But I always go back later for more.

Give the recipe a try. Party guests will thank you so much… Everyone will fall in love with them.

Be sure to Like Foodgasm Recipes on Facebook and Foodgasm on Pinterest for more great recipes.

Irish Potatoes Candy

Ingredients

1/4 cup softened butter
4 ounces cream cheese, softened (Not whipped or reduced fat!
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (16 ounce) package confectioners’ sugar
7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut (2 1/2 cups)
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Add the vanilla and confectioners’ sugar. Beat until the mixture forms a ball. Stir in coconut with a spoon.

Roll the mixture between your hands to form small potato-shaped candies or roll into small balls.

Place the cinnamon in a shallow dish and roll the balls in it. Place the balls on a cookie sheet and chill for about 1 hour or until firm.

If you prefer “dirtier potatoes” roll the candy a second time after they have chilled.

Enjoy!

More recipes you might enjoy.

Soft Molasses Cookies
4-Ingredient Fudge Crinkles
Belly Buttons

Recipe based on one by Steve P.
Photo by cookiedog

Follow me

The World’s Most Awesome Baked Ham

To me this really is The World’s Most Awesome Baked Ham. I love this recipe because it’s so easy and it calls for hardly any ingredients.

I always have these ingredients in my pantry. People who ordinarily aren’t too fond of ham because it’s dry and tasteless rave over this one.

Give this recipe a try and you will NEVER bake a ham any other way from now on! It’s so moist and juicy, and just deeeeeeeeeelicious!

Super ham, super sauce, super sandwiches from left overs. One of the best tasting hams you will ever have!

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

World's Most Awesome Baked Ham
Print
The World's Most Awesome Baked Ham
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Resting Time
1 hr
Total Time
5 hrs 30 mins
 

Super ham, super sauce, super sandwiches from left overs.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: World's Most Awesome Baked Ham
Servings: 16
Calories: 325 kcal
Ingredients
  • 15 lbs whole bone-in ham I prefer Cooks SuperTrim brand
  • 1 lb brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup yellow mustard
  • aluminum foil
Instructions
  1. In a medium size mixing bowl, mix the yellow mustard and brown sugar until you have a thick"paste".
  2. Take all wrappers off of ham and trim away excess fat.
  3. Line a baking pan (I spray with Pam in case some of the brown sugar mixture escapes, clean up is easier) with Aluminum foil.
  4. Place ham on foil and spread brown sugar/mustard paste on top. Fold and seal foil. Do not open again until ham is done.
  5. Bake at 350° for 4 hours. Let the ham set for about 1 hr then carve.

Enjoy!

Up Next: 

Easy Weeknight Potato Ham Chowder

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Recipe based on one by Boopster
Photo by Crafty Lady 13

Follow me

Hamburger Steak and Gravy – Real Comfort Food

Hamburger steak and gravy is great comfort food for me. Goes great with mashed potatoes, peas, and cornbread. The gravy really kicks up the mashed potatoes!

 

A very hearty dish that’s easy to make, ready in no time and tastes great. A family dinner that won’t break the bank!

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Hamburger steak and gravy
Print
Hamburger Steak and Gravy
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Hamburger Steak and Gravy could be the definition of comfort food!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Hamburger Steak and Gravy
Servings: 4
Calories: 365 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoone black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon minced dry onion
  • 1 10 1/2 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 1/4 ounce brown gravy mix
Instructions
  1. Mix the ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, garlic, salt, pepper and onion.
  2. Pat out into 4 patties.
  3. Using a wooden spoon handle and make a hole in the center of the patty. Fry the patties over medium-high heat until well done.
  4. Drain grease.
  5. In a separate pan heat cream of mushroom soup, water and package of brown gravy until smooth.
  6. Pour the gravy over the patties and simmer covered for about 10 minutes.

 

Enjoy!

Up Next:

Hamburger Ramen Skillet Supper

Be sure to Follow Foodgasm Recipes on Pinterest for more great recipes!

Recipe based on one by Parkers Mom
Photo by Crafty Lady 13

Follow me