Divine Corn Bread

Serve with the white chili, found below. You won't be sorry.

½ cup melted margarine (cooled a little)*
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs

1 cup soured milk or buttermilk (The lady who gave me this says she always uses buttermilk)
½ tsp. baking soda

1 cup flour (white or wheat)
1 cup cornmeal
1 tsp. salt

Mix together flour, cornmeal and salt – set aside. Stir buttermilk and soda together in a large bowl. Beat margarine, sugar, and eggs until fluffy and add to buttermilk/soda mixture. Stir in dry ingredients. Bake in a greased 8x8 pan at 350 for 30 minutes (until top bounces back or toothpick comes out clean)

*I just made this for the first time yesterday, so I don't know if you could substitute butter for the margarine. ENJOY!

White Chili

2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 jalapeno, finely chopped*
2 cloves garlic
4 cups chicken broth
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilies
2 cans (15 oz. each) white beans, sometimes called Great Northern beans
1 t cumin
1 t ground oregano
1/2 t cayenne pepper*
2 T cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 c cold water
1 c shredded cheese

Saute onion, jalapeno and garlic in oil over medium heat for 2 - 3 minutes. Add chicken broth, chilies, beans and spices and bring to a boil; add cornstarch mixture and reduce heat to a simmer. Add chicken and cheese; simmer until chicken is warm and cheese is melted. Serve with cornbread.

* The original recipe called for a whole jalapeno and a full teaspoon of cayenne pepper, but it was too spicy for our kids so we cooled it down this time. Also, if I want it a little creamier, I add a can of cream of chicken soup, 4 oz. of cream cheese, or sour cream to taste.

Carrot Cake

*Richardson's recipe (i.e. Carly's wedding cake)

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 cup raisins
1-1 1/2 cups walnuts

Mix and pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 325 for 45-55 minutes.

Stuffed French Toast

Eggs
Bread
Strawberry cream cheese
sour cream

Blend eggs. Dip bread in eggs. Cook bread on griddle. Mix cream cheese and sour cream together and spread inbetween two slices of french toast.

Overnight French Toast

1/2 cup butter
12 slices white bread (or 6 slices sourdough)
1 cup brown sugar (can be 2/3 cup)
2 tsp cinnamon
5-6 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk

Melt butter in 9x13 pan. Put half the bread on bottom of pan. In a bowl mix sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle half of sugar mixture on bread. In another bowl mix eggs and milk until blended. Pour over bread layer. put next layer of bread, layer sugar, layer eggs, sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake covered for 30 minutes at 350. Uncover and bake for about 20 minutes or until set & cooked through.

Poppyseed Dressing

1 cup oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs grated onion
1 Tbs poppyseed

Mix all ingredients and shake (or blend it all together).

Homemade Brownies

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
3 Tbs cocoa powder
3/4 cup flour

beat eggs, oil, and sugar. Add rest of ingredients. Bake at 350 for 20 - 25 minutes.