Mexican Cornbread~~~~ This is a meal, not just a bread!

Ingredients:

1 cup cornmeal
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 can cream corn
1/2 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 lb. ground meat
grated cheese
jalapenos


Brown meat, drain, set aside. Combine all other ingredients except cheese and jalapenos. Mix well. Add 1 tsp of the jalapeno juice and about 5-6 cut jalapenos, and a handful of cheese. Mix. Pour half the mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 pan sprayed with Pam. Add the ground meat, then the rest of the cornbread mixture. sprinkle with a lot of cheese to cover the top. Add jalapenos on top of the cheese. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.

Bacon Wrapped Green Beans

Ingredients

a bunch of fresh green beans
a pack of bacon
olive oil
salt and pepper

Directions:

Cut the ends off the green beans. Gather about 5 that are roughly the same length. Cut a strip of bacon in half. Wrap it around the beans. Place in a pan. Keep wrapping until you are out of bacon or green beans! Drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper. (easy on the salt, heavy on the pepper!) Place in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until the bacon is done.

Russian Chicken

Ingredients:

1 chicken cut up-or just buy it cut up!
1 bottle Russian Salad Dressing
1 jar Apricot Preserves
2 pkgs. Onion Soup Mix


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Remove skin from chicken and wash. Arrange chicken in a deep pan in a single layer. In a bowl, mix salad dressing, preserves, and onion soup mix. Pour over chicken. Bake for about 45 minutes--until chicken is done.

Goes great with potatoe salad and baked beans!

Taco Soup

Since it's going to be VERY cold this week, I will be making a huge pot of Taco Soup tonight and we will be eating on it all week! This is my favorite thing to eat when it's cold!

Taco Soup

1 lb. ground beef
2 cans pinto beans
2 cans corn
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 can water ---I usually put more in
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 pkg ranch dressing mix
shredded cheese
sour cream


Brown the meat and drain. In a large stock pot, put meat, taco seasoning, pinto beans, corn, tomaotes, 1 can of water, and ranch dressing pkg. Mix all together and let simmer for about an hour.
Serve over Fritos, or Tortilla chips or nothing at all!
Add cheese and sour cream to the top..or not! It's delicious either way!

Hint: Do NOT drain the juices from the cans.
You can also substitue one can of tomatoes for Rotel for a little spicyness!