Mac N' Cheese Idea

Make your favorite homemade mac n' cheese, and add peas, bacon bits, spread in a pan sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and broil for 5  minutes. =D

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

(www.allrecipes.com)

This has to be the best cornbread on earth! I hate when cornbread is all dry and crumbly, don't you?  Well not this cornbread! It's very moist and stays together nicely.  It's sweet and buttery.  Delicious! 

Makes one  full 9 by 11 inch pan.

ingredients:

1 cup and 2 tablespoons butter

1-1/2 cups white sugar

4-1/2 eggs

2-1/4 cups buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

2-1/4 cups cornmeal

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 9 by 11 inch square pan.

Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Beef and Rice

This dish is so good!

ingredients:

1 Green Pepper

1 Yellow Pepper

1 Green Pepper

1 Onion

1 Clove of Garlic

1 1/2 pounds of beef

4 cups of uncooked rice

Butter

Salt/Pepper

4-5 Packets of Brown Gravy

Chop the peppers and place it in a pan with the Beef, Cook until the meat is cooked.



 Place the meat into a separate bowl and try to save the drippings from the beef for the gravy.  After you have done that start the rice and dump the beef mixture into the water with the rice.  Put salt, pepper, and a pat of butter into the rice.  Cook until the rice is tender.  When the rice is almost done start the gravy, pour the grease from the beef into a pan, then follow the directions on the back of the gravy packet. 



After the gravy is thickened place rice on individual plates and spoon gravy over them.  Serve hot. Enjoy!

Whole Wheat, Oatmeal, Flax, and Banana, Pancakes

I made this for dinner tonight and I think it's the best Pancake recipe ever!

Serves: 15

ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups uncooked rolled oats


• 2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour


• 1-3/4 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour


• 1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons brown sugar


• 1/4 cup flax


• 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda


• 1-1/4 teaspoons salt


• 2-1/2 egg


• Blueberries optional


• 5 cups milk


• 1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil


• 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract


• 2-1/2 banana, mashed

1. Place the rolled oats into the jar of a blender and blend until the texture resembles coarse flour. Whisk together the blended oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, flax, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside.


2. Whisk together the egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Stir in the mashed banana. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Let the batter stand for 5 minutes.


3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium-high heat. Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle, and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, about 2 minutes. Flip, and cook until browned on the other side. Repeat with remaining batter.