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- I was so hoping that you would add a cookie recipe? It's one of my all-time favorite cookies in the whole world: the...
- How about a minestrone recipe? An easy one with ground beef? Thanks! --Linda
- I am looking for a homemade spaghetti sauce. My mother would make one that she would cook today to serve tomorrow. She...
- If a recipe calls for self-rising flour but I only have all-purpose flour, what substitution can I use? I suppose it's...
Texas Caviar
Do you have a recipe for Texas Caviar?
-Donna
Hello Donna,
Traditional Texas Caviar is a marinated make-ahead salad consisting of black-eyed peas, chopped bell pepper, onion and celery, and seasoned vinaigrette. Many Texas Caviar recipes also include green chilies, jalapenos, tomatoes, black beans, or cilantro, too.
I do have a Cowboy Caviar recipe, which is like Texas Caviar but also includes avocado and corn for a bit of a twist. But you can always adjust the ingredients to your liking for this recipe—the wonderful thing about recipes like this one is that you can really get creative to suit what you and your family enjoy!
And if you enjoy black-eyed peas, be sure to give my New Year’s Black-Eyed Peas recipe a try! They’re delicious any time of year, but I always make them for on New Year’s Day for good luck.

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QuestionGood morning. Could you please add a recipe for Chicken Diane? Thank you. --GlendaMarch 2012
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QuestionHi Betty, My friend has a cookie recipe that requires baking ammonia. Where can you buy baking ammonia? --LauraMarch 2012
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QuestionHi Betty, All of your recipes are delicious! Do you have a recipe for homemade granola? I look forward to your response. Thank you in advance, --CindyMarch 2012
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QuestionDo you have a recipe for Waldorf Salad? I have found a few but none of them look or taste as good as the deli's or restaurant's. --KathleenMarch 2012
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QuestionI'm looking for an old German potato pancake recipe. --JimMarch 2012
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QuestionHi, I would love to see a recipe for an old-fashioned sweet potato pie. Like my grandmother used to make--I haven't had one in so many years. --Julia Could you add a sweet potatoe pie recipe please? Because we eat a lot of sweet potatoes! --ValerieMarch 2012
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Hello Betty, My wife is baking an old-fashioned butter cake which looks great. We live at elevation 4,600 feet in the forest of southern Oregon. What, if anything, needs to be done to this recipe for a high elevation? Thank you ahead of time, Betty.
--Robert
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I have some banana chips. Do you have any recipes that I can use them in?
—Angela
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QuestionBetty, I had a roast of beef for dinner yesterday and now have quite a few leftovers. Have you got any great ideas for fixing it up differently -- in a casserole or some other way? Thanks, JanetteMarch 2012
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Could you please add a recipe for apple butter?
– LynnSeptember 2012





