Being a working class family with four kids, my Mom was always trying to stretch a dollar when it came to meals. One of the cheaper meals to fix was a Southern staple...pinto beans and cornbread. It was a favorite of my siblings and I. It's a meal I make a few times a year, but yesterday I decided to change it up a bit. I decided to fry up a half dozen strips of a good quality peppered bacon, then saute a diced Red bell pepper in the bacon grease. The bacon was crumbled and added to the cornbread mix, along with the bell pepper.
It was a great addition, especially with the pinto beans smothering the cornbread. Yummy!