Leftovers :)

Ya for another post! Horay!
Last time I said something about cornbread. That I had never made it from scratch. Well, my wonderful cousin Jodi corrected me. She gave me the recipe and I made it and it was delicious and it was easy.
1 cup flour 1 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup of sugar more if you want it sweeter
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
4 tsp baking powder
Mix the dry ingredients first. Cook it at 425 until it is done.


Now for Thanksgiving things. I have never cooked a Thanksgiving meal before this year. I have to say, I think I did a pretty wonderful job. I cooked a 10 pound turkey. Yes, a whole turkey, not turkey meat from the store that's already made. I actually took a frozen turkey, took out the what-what and baked it. Lemme tell ya how :)

What you need:
a turkey
some apple juice
an injected
an oven bag
an oven

I took the apple juice and injected the meat with it. Then I poured and rubbed some on the outside and under the skin. Then I just followed the directions on the oven bag. It was pretty easy. I also made a very unique gravy type thing. It ended up being more of a sauce than a gravy but it complimented the turkey very well.

What you need:
2 large, ripe tomatoes
1 cup apple juice
2 medium sweet apples (peeled and cored)
olive oil
honey (to taste)
Worcestershire sauce (to taste)

Cut up and then puree the tomatoes and apples until very very smooth. Heat up in a sauce pan with your apple juice, olive oil, honey, and worcestershire sauce. You might want to add a little bit of salt but I wouldn't put much. Once it's nice and warm, turn it down to simmer and let it cook until nice and thick. I had to keep adding honey and apple juice because I didn't think it was sweet enough yet so you might want to taste it often and add things until it's just right for you.

I also made a veggie thingy ma-jig that was pretty tasty and extremely easy to make. I'm sure it would be more tasty with fresh veggies but canned is just plain cheaper this time of year.

1 can corn
1 can string beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can green beans

Just put them all in a pot and add a little rosemary and thyme. There's already plenty of salt in the cans, so don't add any.

The rest of the dinner was from other people bringing food. We had sweet potato pie, green spaghetti, mashed potatoes, rolls, and cranberry sauce. There were plenty of leftovers. This was for the ASL class I teach. For my family Thanksgivings, I didn't cook nearly as much. Actually, I didn't cook at all. For my step mom's family, I forgot to bring something but everything else was delicious. For my dad's family, I made salad (lettuce, cheese, and croutons). For my husband's family, we went to Luby's. I did take leftovers from my family Thanksgivings so my fridge is full of food. Not healthy food, like the kind this site is dedicated to, but food. Starting later this week, we'll get back to the recipes I normally make :)

Healthy Yummms

So I am definitely a slacker blogger. When I didn't have a life, it was easy to post every other day or close to it. Now it's every few months. Eep! We are eating healthy, mostly (we had mac & cheese on Monday) and allowing cravings daily (we have a cheese snack with lunch) I'm just not posting new recipes. I'm gonna do better! Probably. Maybe. We'll see....
For dinner tonight:

Pepper Onion Rice
1 teaspoon habanero pepper
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper
1 tablespoon red bell pepper
1 tablespoon red onion
1 tablespoon white onion
1 teaspoon green onion
2 cups rice
some sausage :)
salt and pepper to taste

Finely dice all your peppers and onions. Cut up your sausage into however big you wanna (I like slices but you can do chunks). Throw it all in while your rice is cooking and add your salt and pepper. The flavor of the peppers and onions will cook into the rice and sausage so you don't really need other spices. If you'd like to add them, I'd go easy and only use the basics like rosemary and thyme.

Jalapeno Corn Bread
I make a lot of things from scratch and it ends up being just as easy to make and is more delicious but corn bread is just plain easier from a box. It's the taste I grew up loving and honestly, I'm not that great with bread things from scratch. So to make jalapeno corn bread, you get a box of corn bread and follow the directions. The you slice up some jalapeno. Pour the juice into your batter. Put your batter into your pan and stick the sliced jalapeno into it where ever ya please. Bake and enjoy :)

When everything's ready, put a slice of cornbread into a bowl and put the rice on top. It's delicious. Save left over corn bread for breakfast in the morning. Here's the recipe for the best cereal ever. My daddy made this for me often growing up and I'm hooked.

Corn Bread Cereal
Put cold corn bread in a bowl and crush it so it's a big pile of crumbs. Add a splash of milk and sprinkle some sugar. I haven't tried this for jalapeno cornbread but it sure is tasty with sweet corn bread. Guess I'll find out tomorrow morning!

Well, that's all for now. I'll update ya tomorrow, perhaps. Or next week. You never really know with a lazy lady like myself :)