Showing posts with label sides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sides. Show all posts

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad




My mom makes THE BEST potato salad!! She makes it old school, with the Miracle
Whip and the relish and the eggs. Me, always looking for something new, decided to create this delicious bacon ranch potato salad!! The crisp, crunchy bacon and chopped green onions take this over the top!! My family enjoys this and I hope yours does too!!

1 5lb bag of white potaoes, peeled and cut into chunks (bite-sized)
1 stalk of green onions, chopped
2tbl of sugar
1 packet of dry ranch dressing (Hidden Valley)
4 tbl of salad supreme
Mayo (Hellmans) 1cup or more to taste
Pepper to taste
6 slices of bacon

Cook bacon in pan until nice and crisp (always start bacon off in a cold pan). Drain on papertowels and set aside. (Save the bacon grease!! Lots of uses for it.)

Peel the potatoes and place in salted water, boil for 10-15 until tender, but not mushy. Drain and run under cool water.

In a mixing bowl, add the ranch packet, mayo, sugar, salad supreme and black pepper. Add potatoes on top and mix well (try not to overmix, or that will cause the potatoes to breakdown and become mashed potatoes). Crumple bacon and sprinkle on top of salad, and sprinkle chopped green onions on top as well!!! You can eat this warm or cold!!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Cake Honey Butter Cornbread



This cornbread is the mother cornbread of all cornbreads!!!! Soft, moist, sweet, dense, just like cake!!! Great for dinner or desert!! Once you make this delicious cornbread, you can put the box Jiffy Cornbread to bed!!! Enjoy!!!









Dry ingredients:



2 cups of flour



2 cups of cornmeal



1 cup of sugar



2 tbl of baking powder



1 tsp of salt






Wet ingredients:



5 eggs



1 cup of oil



2 1/2 cups of milk






Butter, honey of course!!!!






Grease a 13x9 inch pan. Set aside.






Mix the dry ingredients first in one bowl, in another bowl, mix the wet ingredients until well mixed. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until well blended (don't overmix it).






Pour into the greased pan, bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cornbread!!! Once you remove it from the oven, top the cornbread with pats of butter and let it melt over the cornbread. Then squeeze some good quality honey over the top. DON'T BE STINGY WITH THE BUTTER OR THE HONEY!! YUMMY!!!!!