Marinated Corn Salad

Delicious, refreshing, full of flavor, and perfect for parties!

(picture shown served with Taco Nacho Rice)

Ingredients:

1 (16oz) package frozen whole kernel corn

3-4 green onions

1 (15oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes

1/2 cup mojo marinade

1 tbsp honey

diced cilantro (to taste, about 1 tbsp)

Thaw corn in colander under cool running water. Slice green onion and add to corn. Stir in remaining ingredients. Let stand 10 minutes for flavors to blend. Stir and serve alone or with tortilla chips.

Sweet Potato Casserole

This was another "must-have" growing up during the holidays. My mother was always the one making this dish for family get-togethers. And now, it is my turn!





Ingredients

3 cups cooked sweet potatoes
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
1/4 tsp vanilla
Mix all together and pour into a greased 9x13 pan.

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup pecans
mix, and sprinkle on top of sweet potatoes

Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes

Macaroni and Cheese Homemade

Chloe has named this dish. She is always asking for Mac and Cheese homemade. It is a recipe my mom made once and has quickly become a favorite in our home.

Ingredients

3 cups milk

1/2 stick butter

1/2 cup corn starch

8oz Velveeta cheese

8oz cheddar cheese

1 box macaroni noodles, cooked

Mix milk, butter and corn starch in a medium sauce pan. Heat until thickened. Add cheese and mix until melted. Pour over macaroni noodles and put in 9x13 greased pan. Sprinkle top with shredded cheese and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

My girls love it when I add ham to it, too! Just dice up some cooked ham and mix it in before you bake it.

Swedish Rice Pudding

Growing up, Christmastime always brought out the delicious Swedish foods. Rice pudding was always a "must have".

3 eggs- beat in casserole dish
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
3 cups milk
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 tsp. vanilla
sprinkle with cinnamon

mix all ingredients and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.

Velvet Pudding

Everyone has their holiday traditions. Whether it be pie, cookies, cakes, etc. Growing up in my house, it was Velvet Pudding. A wonderous combination of creamy and fluffy pudding, this pudding is the delicious ending to any meal, during the holidays or any time of the year!
(my apologies for not having a picture. I forgot to take one last time I made it.)

1 cup hot milk
1/2 cup white sugar
1 envelope Knox gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup whipping cream

Soak gelatin in the water. Heat milk and sugar and stir into gelatin. Cool and whip.
Whip the cream and mix with gelatin/milk mixture. Chill until set. Best served with raspberries in syrup or strawberries in syrup (or fresh fruit).

It has been a while

My apologies. I have tons of recipes in the works. Hold tight, they will come soon!

Tuna Cheese Buns (or the southern tuna melt)

Growing up, we ate tuna melts. You know, the open-faced tuna sandwich with cheese on top toasted under the broiler? Well, I married a southern boy. And, down south, they dont eat tuna-melts. They eat tuna cheese buns. When I first heard about them, I didn't realize how big of a part of my life they would become. They are kinda a big deal here. If there is nothing to eat, there are always tuna cheese buns. Easy. Quick. And, some may say, tasty.
Ingredients
Hamburger buns
Tuna fish
Miricle Whip
Hard boiled egg (bear with me)cut up
Velveeta cheese- small diced

Great thing about this recipe, it is easy for 1, and just as easy for 10.

So, for every 5oz can of tuna, mix 1/4 cup miricle whip, 1oz cheese, cut up, and salt/pepper to taste.
Now, the egg. I know. I hated the thought at first. TOok a while for me to accept that eggs were in tuna. But, it works.
Cut up 1 egg and mix in with tuna fish.
Place on bun, wrap in foil, and bake at 350 for 11 minutes. It comes out perfectly toatsted and delicious.