Cornbread - Great Grandma Coe's recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cups milk
2 tsp lemon juice
2 cups yellow cornmeal
2 cups flour
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Directions:
Melt butter and stir in sugar. Add eggs and blend well. Combine milk and lemon juice. Stir together cornmeal, flour and salt and baking soda.

Grease 9 x 13 pan and cook @ 375 degrees for 30-35 min.

Goes great with chili, serve with a dab of butter and honey if you wish.

Cilantro, Lime Corn Salad

Ingredients:

3 cups corn (one 16 oz bag frozen sweet white corn, thawed)

2 avocados, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1 large tomato, chopped (can substitute cherry tomatoes, halved)

Dressing:

2 1/2 Tbs. olive oil

1 tsp. grated lime zest

1 1/2 Tbs. fresh lime juice

2 Tbs chopped cilantro

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

Combine the corn, avocado, and tomatoes in a large bowl. Mix together the dressing ingredients in another bowl, pour over the salad, and gently toss to mix.

Crock pot Fiesta Chicken

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts or 6 thighs, frozen or thawed

1 can black beans, drained

1/2 bag frozen sweet white corn
1 (15 ounce) jar of your favorite salsa
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 

Directions:
Put chicken into crock pot. Add black beans (drained),  salsa, and corn.  Cook on low for about 4-5 hours or until chicken is cooked. Once it is cooked, take it out and shred it. Return shredded chicken to the crockpot.

30 min. before eating, add 1 package of cream cheese of cream cheese on top. Stir just before serving. 

Serve over rice, in warm flour tortillas or as a chip dip. 

Corn Salsa

Ingredients:
1 can black beans (drained)
1/2 bag frozen sweet white corn (thawed)
3 avocados, chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 mangos, chopped (optional)
3 bunches green onions, diced
1/2 tsp. cilantro (cut up--optional)
1/2 bottle Italian salad dressing (lite is ok too)


Directions:
Mix all ingredients and eat with chips!

Jambalaya

Ingredients:

1½ cups rice (3 scoops rice and fill water to the 3 line)

1 pound chicken

1 pound sausage

1 tsp. garlic, minced

1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix

½ cup salsa

1 cup frozen corn

Directions:

Cook rice.

Cut up chicken into bite size pieces and fry with sausage. Season with salt, pepper, garlic (minced or powder). Add Lipton onion soup mix, salsa and corn. Add rice to frying pan and fry for 5 min.  

Other add ins include: chopped zucchini, peas, and shrimp

Cream of Corn Soup

Ingredients:

Chicken

½ onion

garlic powder

Salt

Pepper

2 cans chicken noodle soup

1 can cream of corn

1 can evaporated milk

bacon pieces*

Directions:

Cut up chicken and onion into small pieces and cook in a frying pan with water. Season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Once chicken and onion are cooked, put it in a pot along with chicken noodle soup, cream of corn and evaporated milk. Cook until warm. *Alternatives include: adding sliced zucchini and/or crumbled bacon