Taco Salad

Layer:

Tortilla chips (I love Snyder of Hanover chips)
Salad- with any kind of salad toppings, usually include red or green onions
Beans- Any kind is yummy
Top with cheese and dressing!

***I usually serve with muffins.
Super easy, and one of my favorites!! Enjoy!

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

To go along with your chili...you've got to have cornbread! I have just the recipe!

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375 deg. Grease an 8 in square pan. Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar (I mixed everything in the same pan that I melted the butter in=less dishes). Quickly add eggs and bet 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 about 30 min. (Mine actually only took 25, so check it a little early). It is done when a toothpick comes out clean. Top with butter and honey and enjoy! We had the leftovers for breakfast and I think it was even better the second day!

Chili for Ann :)

The Best Vegetarian Chili in the World

I had a pumpkin carving party at my house last night and made a huge batch of this for my entire family - it was a hit! SO hearty that the boys didn't even know it was vegetarian! I did add one can of chili beans and used Morningstar brand veggie crumbles. Just before serving I topped it with shredded cheese, sour cream and green onion and served over spaghetti noodles (sounds weird I know but that's how we do it in my fam - it's good!). YUM! Enjoy!

Chili?

Does anyone have a really good Chili recipe they can post!? I have never made it and I want a good one so that when I do, my husband will want to eat it again! ha :)

Old Fashioned Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth. 

Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.  

 

* I like to double the recipe and store 1/2 the pancakes in freezer bags to stick in the toaster or microwave for a quick breakfast! 

 

Recipe found at allrecipes.com -  click here to go to their website.

Potatoes in Sour Cream

Hey everyone. This is my recipe that I didn't have printed out for the recipe swap and have yet to email everyone. Sorry! I'm a slacker. But here it is now!

5-6 Med. Potatoes
2 Tbsp. Butter or margarine
1 Onion, minced
1/4 C. Bread Crumbs
1/2 C. Cheddar Cheese
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
1 C. Sour Cream
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/8 tsp. Pepper

Scrub potatoes and cook in boiling salted water. Drain, peel and slice into 2 Qt. baking dish. Melt butter in skillet, add onion, and brown slightly. Add onion, bread crumbs, and cheese to potatoes. Beat eggs and stir into sour cream. Add salt and pepper. Pour over potatoes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until well heated and slightly brown.

Easy Peasy Chicken Cordon Bleu

This is one of my most favorite chicken recipes....my mother-in-law has made this for years and I would always request it for my birthday dinner. Her original recipe was called Swiss Cheese Chicken and didn't call for the ham slices - but it's good both ways!

Ingredients:

8 chicken breasts (boneless/skinless & thawed)

8 slices Swiss Cheese (I've used mozzarella and think it tastes great, too)

8 slices ham

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/4 cup water (or milk)

2 cups dry stuffing mix (I use chicken flavored - but any would work)

1/2 cup melted butter

Directions:

Arrange chicken in shallow baking dish with a slice of cheese and ham over each breast. Stir soup and water together and spoon over chicken. Put dry stuffing mix over chicken and drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes, or until chicken is done.

Note: I usually only cook 4 chicken breasts but I still use the whole can of soup with 1 cup stuffing and 1/4 cup butter.

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup plain yogurt (or sour cream)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2-3 bananas)

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
(I usually use the whole bag.. but that's just me!)


Directions:

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, oil, yogurt and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in bananas and chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees F for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
   

Let's Get Cookin'

Here it is - our very own "Michigan Mormon Mom Cooking Blog"! Now that's a mouthful. You must be added as an author before you can post so I will be sending out e-mails to those whose addresses I have, if you don't get an invite soon,  please e-mail me at brian.lexie@gmail.com so I can add you as an author. I'm not going to bother asking who wants to be added because I'm sure you ALL do! When you post a recipe please make sure to Label it (down in the bottom right hand corner when you are posting there is a space to add a Label for the post. For each recipe just type in what type of dish it is: main course, casserole, soup, salad, dessert, drink.... you get the idea) This way we can keep track of all the recipes and make it easy to look them up later. I am super excited to see all the great recipes.

Now - let's get cookin'