Hushpuppies...

Everybody loves hushpuppies with fish.

6 cups of peanut oil

1 1/2 cup self rising cornmeal

1/2 cup self rising flour

1/2 teas. baking soda

1/2 teas. salt

1 small onion chopped opt.

1 cup buttermilk

1 egg lightly beaten

Using your fry daddy or a deep pot preheat oil to 350. In a mixing bowl stir cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt and stir in the onion. In a smaller bowl mix the buttermilk and egg together. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until blended. Drop batter in fryer in tablespoonfuls. After each puppy dip spoon in glass of water. Fry until golden brown and make sure to turn these during the cooking process.

My Favorite Lunch....

Roast beef and munster cheese yummmmmmmm... I have this for lunch on most weekends..


1 loaf of french bread
1 lb deli roast beef
1/2 lb. Munster cheese
mayo
dijon mustard
salt vinegar chips


Cut some slices out of the french bread loaf. Spread mayo on one and dijon mustard on the other. Put roast beef and munster cheese on slices and get some salt and vinegar chips and take a break from all the laundry and house cleaning that you have today...

Thought of the day...

Count your age with friends but not with years...

Coming Saturday...

Baked Flounder Fillets
Hush Puppies
Milky Way Cake  (for Moms Birthday)

Chicken Divian

I love Chicken and Broccoli together. And with all the cheese in this dish the kids will love it too. It is a great way to use up leftover chicken and broccoli.

2 pks. frozen broccoli florets
 2 cooked boneless chicken breast chopped
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream mushroom soup
1/2 cup mayo
1 teas. lemon juice
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese (I like pepper jack)


Place broccoli in bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Top with chicken. In a small bowl blend the cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup mayo and lemon juice together. Pour over the chicken and broccoli. Top with cheese  and bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Thought of the day..

We have so many needs in our life, but at the end of the day, all we need is to be needed....

Coming Friday..

Chicken Divan
Thought of the day

Northern Bean with Ham and Cornbread

These are a great crockpot rainy day dinner. You can put them in early and they will be ready in plenty of time for dinner. Very budget freindly, goes all way and easy....

1 lb bag northern beans
1/2 lb. cooked ham
2 teas salt
1 teas white pepper



Wash beans and place in crock pot. Place ham and add salt and pepper. Fill crock pot with water until a inch over beans and cook on medium all day. Make some corn bread and enjoy...

Moms Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate icing

If you love Chocolate, you are going to love this cake. My mom gets so many comments about this cake. She made it for our reunion, so I wanted to share it with all of you...


2 sticks butter
1/2 cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups cake flour sifted
1/2 teas. baking powder
1/2 salt
1 cup milk
1 teas.vanilla and butter flavoring
4 tablespoon cocoa

Cream butter,crisco and sugar together. add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each one, Add flour and baking powder in a small bowl. Pour lemon, vanilla and butter flavoring together with milk. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternating in between..Grease a tube pan and flour. Bake 350 for 1 hour until tooth pick comes out clean.

Chocolate Icing

4 cups confectinoary sugar sifter
1 stick butter softened
1/2 cup crisco
1 teas vanilla and butter flavoring
3/4 cup cocoa

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If the icing is a little stiff add a teaspoon milk until spreadable. Keep cake in a cool place..

Cooking tip of the week....

Try using milk instead of water when making a pie crust to make a more tender crust and to have it brown nicely.

Thought of the day....

Be yourself- everyone else is taken....

Coming Thursday...

Northern Beans and Ham and Cornbread
Moms Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate icing
Thought of the day
Cooking tip of the week

London Broil with Gravy

This is one of the best things I have ever tasted.  I have tried many times to make London Broil and it has not turned out the way I wanted it to. It is a very picky piece of meat, it has to be cooked just right. But this way is awesome. You have got to try this if you like London Broil. It is so easy to make.

1 london broil
1 pk. ranch dressing
1 pk. italian dressing
1 pk. brown gravy
2 cups water

Place the meat in a crock pot and mix the ranch,itialian and brown gravy packs together and spread over meat. Pour water over the meat to mix the dry ingredients and let cook on low all day. Make some rice or mash potatoes and dig in...