Awesome Homemade Cornbread

I was given this recipe from a friend and it is the best. So I had to make it this week.  Problem is I ate most of it myself!  But I tweaked it as usual with the ingredients I had on hand, but it was still good!  So here goes:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 c. sugar (I used splenda)

1/2 c. yellow cornmeal

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2/3 c. plain low fat yogurt (I only had vanilla)

1/4 c. melted butter

3 tbsp. milk

1 large egg

2 tbsp. fruit sugar (I didn't have)

 

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cup & level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder & salt in a bowl stirring with a whisk. Make a well I the centre. Combine yogurt, melted butter, milk and egg, stirring with a whisk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Place 12 muffin cup liners in muffin cups. Divide batter evenly among cups. Sprinkle batter evenly with fruit sugar, if desired. Bake at 375 F. for 20 mins. Cool on a wire rack.

I used a small loaf tin and cooked for 24 mins. Or until toothpick comes out clean. Also recipe can be multiplied up to four times. This was as good as any cornbread I have had at a restaurant. Good luck and enjoy!

 

Add dry ingredients together.

 

The egg, yogurt, milk & egg

 

Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Whisk together.

 

Put in loaf pan.

 

All done.

 

Problem, one piece is never enough.

 



Crockpot Fish Chowder

I decided to make something out of the fish I had on had this week so this is what I came up with.  Next time for sure I would add more potatoes & carrots and cut my fish in bigger size pieces.  But like with each recipe you learn from it and do different next time.  It had an awesome flavor, especially the next day.  So here goes:

Remember I tweet a lot and make things my own, so I will give you the original along with my own.

4 slices of bacon

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic

6 cups of chicken broth ( I used 4 cups and 2 cups of water)

1 cup of corn (I didn't have so I used peas)

2 large potatoes (I used 5 medium, and I could have used more)

celery (I didn't have)

2 large carrots ( I used 4)

pepper

1 cup scallops

1 cup uncooked med shrimp (I didn't have shrimp, so I used haddock)

1 can of can milk

I added 1 can of boneless skinless salmon.

 

Cook bacon, drain excess grease. Cook & stir onion and garlic into bacon until tender.

Pour chicken stock into slow cooker. Mix corn, potatoes, celery & carrots into stock.

Season with Pepper & red pepper flakes. (I used S&P)

Cook on high for 3 hours

The next part I precooked a little in my fry pan. I put a little oil in pan and added scallops, haddock and can of salmon (or used fresh)

Add to vegetables. Cook 1 more hour.

Add a can of evaporated milk and heat through and serve.

Oh yum.

 

Adding the potatoes to the broth.

 

I love my new Rachael Ray fry pan my family gave me :)

 

I used the fish I had on hand, you can use whatever you like.

 

Looking good!

 

Auh, supper. Along with my homemade cornbread which I will share also!

 



Sunset Time

I probably have a hundred sunset photos.  To some it may be boring, but to me it is fascinating.  The sky has so much beauty and mystery, so much to take in and explore.  We are finally having nice spring temperatures, the grass is now green, the spring flowers have all awakened.  My tulips are almost ready to bloom. Love all of the new growth and rebirth.  The sun sets this week have been very beautiful, so I will share one with you all.

The fun part is, that it keep changing colors (the sky) as the sun disappears.

Same trees, same yard, just different sunset.

 And it disappears pretty quickly.

There is just something about it.

Down she goes.

Another one done, can't wait to see tomorrow nights!

Pudding Poke Cake

I haven't been blogging in awhile, so I thought I would get a couple of my recent recipes put on.  It's great when you try new recipes and they actually turn out good!  So here goes:

You will need a box of yellow cake mix
a few Nilla cookies
2 boxes of pudding of your choice, I chose chocolate,
mixed with 4 cups of milk
One container of cool whip (I picked low fat)

Bake the cake as instructions call for.
Cool just a few minutes and take a wooden spoon and poke your holes, (this is the fun part haha)

Take your 2 pkgs of pudding whisk with 4 cups of milk.  I found if you whip to long it gets thick, you don't want that, so just mix until they are combined.  I had to add more milk to make mine thinner.

Looks a little thick, but maybe the heat from the cake made it go in the holes nicely.

By this time it has cooled enough to put your whip cream on top.

Put some Nilla cookies in a baggie and crush with a rolling pin.

Add them to the cake.

I don't like rich desserts so this was a "PASS" It is light and fluffy with low fat ingredients to boot.  Got to Love It.

 

Homemade Chalkboard

I like easy, and boy was this easy.  Even for a craft challenged person like me.

The chalkboards are quite popular right now and I have been wanting to do one.

So on the weekend I went to Michaels and found the chalkboard paint.

And it was only $1.69 oh yeah. Then I needed a brush $1.29.

Then I figured I would need chalk of course. $2.29.

Then I went to the Dollarama and got a canvas $1.00.

That's it, so you do two coats, one vertical, wait an hour.

Next one horizontal.  I waited another hour to be completely dry.

Then they say rub chalk over it to condition, and you are ready to go.

Now, next time I will get a bigger canvas, or a picture frame, or a window.

You can tell I have got the chalkboard fever!

 

My almost finished product.  I also decided to paint around the outside.

I didn't pick it up or anything, just took the brush and went around the outside.

 

 



The conditioning part.

 

 

I am so happy to have this for whatever reason!

 

 

My little easter egg tree (about 4 1/2 dozen) eggs on it.

Compared to my moms with well over 200!

And my chalkboard :) It's first official duty.