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Mama’s Corn Bread

April 11, 2010 7 Comments

I love corn bread!  And I’ve tasted all kinds!  I have 2 recipes that I use regularly. Today’s recipe is the one that I think of as the “classic version.”  This is my mom’s recipe, and it is always a crowd pleaser!
I personally use the white cornmeal.  I’ve had cornbread made with the yellow plenty of times, but my mom uses white, so I use white. (Sorry I can’t think of a better reason than that!)  This recipe also uses buttermilk, which is what I think makes it so good.  I’ve had this cornbread, made with regular milk before, but in my opinion, it’s just not the same without the buttermilk.  And if you make this, you must have some butter on hand, because it is SO good with butter!  Hope you enjoy!
Recipe for Mama’s Corn Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup self-rising corn meal (I use white.)
1 tablespoon flour
3 tablespoon oil
1 egg
Add buttermilk (I don’t measure, just add enough to get desired consistency.)
Directions: Mix dry ingredients together. Then add oil, egg, and mix. Mix together. Bake at 425 for 20-25 minutes.

-Jerri

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Favorite Mashed Potatoes

February 21, 2010 4 Comments
We love mashed potatoes at our house! Actually we love potatoes in general.  And I can’t do instant….I just can’t!  I just never have really liked them.  There are a lot of things I can take shortcuts on or make “from the box.”  But I have to do potatoes from scratch!
Today I’m sharing my “recipe.”  I’m using the quotes, because I don’t actually have an exact recipe.  It’s one of those foods that I just sort of throw together.  But I do have some approximations for you at least!
Also, while we’re on the subject of mashed potatoes, I should tell you that Tater Mitts are awesome! My husband bought me some not long after they came out at the stores, and I love them! (So much that my hubby and I even have a song that we sing about the tater mitts….yeah, we’re just a kind of a little bit nuts!)  Anyway I use these every time I make mashed potatoes. (The secret is boiling your potatoes for about 20 minutes—skin & all…not chopped—and then the skin comes right off.  The instuctions that come with the mitts say 8 minutes I think….but I always do it for 20-25 minutes.  And then after you do your peeling and chopping, you just put them back in your pot to cook till they are done.) It’s so easy and quick!

Recipe for Favorite Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
4-6 potatoes (boiled, peeled chopped)
about 3 heaping spoonfuls of mayo
little milk (I’d say about 1/2 a cup)
Pepper
Morton’s Nature’s Season  (or salt/pepper/garlic salt)

Directions: Peel, chop, and boil your potatoes. (Or boil, peel, chop, and boil, if using tator mitts.) Drain the water off your potatoes. Add your milk and mayo. Stir.  Add seasonings. (I generally add, then stir, then add, then stir, until I have it right.)   Stir until  you reach desired consistency.  (We like ours a little lumpy.)

-Jerri

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Creamy Apple Salad

December 1, 2009 4 Comments
Photo Credit: Kraft

Today Toni at at The Happy Housewife is hosting salads and sides for the Bloggy Progressive Dinner. So today I’m sharing a salad this Creamy Apple Salad. It’s something I remember seeing around Christmas time as a kid. This is very light, and it would be a great thing to make to counter all the sweet and fattening items we generally indulge in this time of year, and as you can see this dish is also the perfect color for the holidays!

Recipe for Creamy Apple Salad

Ingredients:
2 cups of red and green apples, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup light mayonaise
1/2 cup raisins (optional)

Directions: Mix all ingredients; cover. Refridgerate several hours or until chilled.

-Jerri


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Thanksgiving Menu Must-Haves

November 23, 2009 1 Comment
Need a little inspiration to get you through the Thanksgiving holiday? Here’s a collection of recipes to get you started. Happy Eating! And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Cornbread Dressing from Southern Living

Chicken-Green Bean Casserole from Tablespoon

Sweet Potato Casserole from Taste of Home

Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes from Good Housekeeping

Caramelized-Apple Spice Cake from Martha Stewart

Ultimate Pumpkin Pie from Food Network

-Jerri


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Pinto Beans

October 5, 2009 7 Comments
I just love pinto beans! I can’t tell you how many pots of pinto beans were eaten in my house as I was growing up, but I can tell you that they always got eaten, and we never got tired of them! They are the ultimate country food and my favorite bean to eat. And they are so delcious with chicken & dumplins, fried potatoes, and corn bread. Yum!

Recipe for Pinto Beans:

Ingredients:
1 lb dry pinto beans
10 cups water
3 or 4 pieces of bacon, a ham hock, salt pork, or a little oil

Soaking Instructions:

Quick Soak Method: Rinse and sort beans. To 1 lb of beans add 10 cups hot water. Bring water to rapid boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for one hour. Drain soak water and rinse beans.

Overnight Soak Method: Rinse and sort beans. To 1 lb of beans add 10 cups cold water. Let stand overnight or at least -8 hours. Drain soak water and rinse beans.

Cooking Instructions:

Stove Top Instructions: Add 6 cups of water to drained and rinsed beans. Simmer gently until desired tenderness is reached, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Add salt and pepper to taste. Salt pork, ham, bacon, or oil may be added during cooking for extra flavor.

Crock Pot Instructions: Add 6 cups of water to drained and rinsed beans. Add oil/ham/bacon/pork. Let cook all night on high. (If you have a fast cooking crock pot, you should check your beans in the middle of the night and give them a stir. You could also start your crock pot in the morning so that your beans will be ready by dinner time.

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Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
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Friday Feasts is hosted by Momtrends.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
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-Jerri


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Sweet Thursday: Muffins & Breads

August 20, 2009 6 Comments

It’s time for our Sweet Thursday Muffin & Bread round-up! Big thanks to this month’s contributors! These are some yummy treats!

Join the Round-Up: If you have posted a dessert that goes with this month’s theme and would like to be included in my round-up, just leave your link in the comments section and I’ll add your dessert to the post.

Next Month’s Sweet Thursday Theme will be: Cookies. If you’d like to be featured in the next Sweet Thursday Round-Up, send an email with a link to your post to simplysweethome@hotmail.com. Deadline: September 24.

Black Berry Muffins from Snooky Doodle cakes & more

Deluxe Apple Muffins with Streusal Topping Chaya’s Comfy Cook Blog


Cinnamon Bran Muffins from I Blame My Mother

Carrot Cupcakes from Snooky Doodle cakes & more

Black Berry Cream Cupcakes from Snooky Doodle cakes & more

Cinnamon Sweet Bread from Nina’s Recipes

Chocolate Zucchni Muffins from Barbara Bakes

Banana Espresso Chocolate Chip Muffins from Obsessed with Baking

Banana Bread from Simply Sweet Home

I’d love to have more Sweet Thursday bakers. It’s a great way to share recipes and show off your blog, so if you’re already posting a recipe that will fit in with our theme, you might as well send it our way. To be a part of my Sweet Thursday Cookie Round-up in September, just email your submission to me by Sept 24. For more information on this event, check out my Sweet Thursday guidelines.

-Jerri


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Banana Bread

August 17, 2009 13 Comments
Since muffins and breads are the theme for the Sweet Thursday event I’m hosting this week, I decided to post my banana bread recipe so I’d have something to add to my round-up.

 

I just love banana bread and banana muffins for breakfast or as a snack. Usually I make banana muffins from a mix, because hubby doesn’t like banana flavored stuff, and I don’t like to spend a lot of time on something that’s just for me. But I’ve been wanting to make homemade banana bread for a while, so I searched around and finally picked out a recipe to try. And it actually didn’t take a lot of time to make. It was very good too!


Recipe for Banana Bread

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan.



 

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Homestyle Pancakes

August 9, 2009 12 Comments

Usually I make the easy bisquick pancakes (just add milk & egg), but a while back I was trying a box of off-brand baking mix, and it had a recipe on the box which I decided to try. I apologize for my less-than-beautiful pictures. It’s still a good recipe!

Recipe for Homestyle Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups baking mix
1 1/3 cups milk
1 egg
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract (if desired)

Directions: Stir all ingredients together until smooth. Cook on a hot griddle or frying pan on mid-high. Cook until bubbles form on the surface (about one minute). Then flip and cook the other side.

-Jerri


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With A Side of Cole Slaw

August 2, 2009 8 Comments
No summer barbecue is complete without a little slaw! If you search on the internet, you’ll find countless recipes for slaw. Here’s an easy one for you. Unlike a lot of other slaw recipes, this one only contains a few ingredients and seasonings.

And this recipe is very easy to play with. You can easily double or cut the recipe in half. You can change the amounts of mayo and vinegar to suit your tastes, or you can add additiona veggies or seasonings. It’s up to you!

Add this to a sandwich, use it as a side item, or even use it as the base for salad. Enjoy!

Recipe for Slaw:
1 ½ lb green cabbage, shredded
2/3 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoon cider or malt vinegar
2 medium carrot grated (optional)
¼ teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper (or more to season – optional)

Directions: In a large mixing bowl, toss the cabbage with the vinegar and salt. Grate the carrots and add to the mixture. Add the mayonnaise and toss well. Season with pepper if you desire.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour. Then toss just before serving. (Or if you’re in a hurry, you can skip the refrigerating and serve immediately, but refrigerating for 30 minutes is recommended.) If you want the slaw to be less crunchy, you can let it set in the refrigerator overnight.)

-Jerri

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Easy Cinnamon Sticks

July 27, 2009 11 Comments
Like those cinnamon sticks you get from the pizza place? A couple of weeks ago I was hungry for something sweet, but I didn’t want to spend an hour mixing and baking, so I decided to make my own cinnamon sticks. And they turned out great!

These would be perfect to have for dessert with any meal, especially your own homemade pizzas! And they would also make a great snack and a perfect breakfast food. Enjoy!

(I apologize for the lack of exact measurements, especially on the frosting. This recipe was an experimental-throw-together type thing. It’s amazing what “a little bit of this” and “a little bit of that” can do!)

Recipe for Easy Cinnamon Sticks

Bread Ingredients:

1 can refrigerated pizza dough
1-2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Cinnamon
Sugar (optional)

Icing:
1 8 oz cream cheese, softened
a splash of milk
sugar

Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Unroll pizza dough and place on baking sheet. Take a knife and make nine cuts in the dough (as shown below). This will make 10 bread sticks. Don’t cut the dough completely in to separate pieces. Just make slits in the dough. When the bread is baked, the sticks will pull apart easily. Next melt your butter, and spread it over the dough. Then sprinkle the dough with as much cinnamon as you desire. If you want your cinamon sticks sticks to be topped with sugar, sprinkle it on at this time too. Bake the bread as directed on the package, about 15-18 minutes.

While the bread sticks are cooking, prepare your frosting. There’s no recipe per se for the frosting I made. Just take a block of cream cheese and can cut it into a few pieces and place it in the microwave for 10-30 seconds, or until soft. Then add a small splash of milk and and sugar. Just add a little sugar at a time and stir it until you get your desired taste and consistency. (You can also use confectioner’s sugar if you prefer.)

-Jerri

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