Friday, July 15, 2011

Key Lime Cake

At a Teachers Conservation Workshop at Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville, MS, Andy Chumbly, an asst. principal in Tishomingo County brought the second-best cake I have ever eaten. Ask me sometimes, and I will tell you about the best.

You HAVE to try this:

Key Lime Cake
1 box lemon cake mix
1 small box lime Jello
1 1/2 C veg. oil
1/2 C orange juice
5 eggs

Glaze
4 T conf. sugar
1/2 C lime juice

Frosting

1 stick margarine (softened)
1 8 oz. cream cheese
1 box conf. sugar
1 t. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Mix ingredients into 3 well-greased cake pans. Bake for about 20 min. or until when cake springs back into middle when touched with fingers. Remove from pans and while cake is warm, mix glaze and drizzle over layers. Frost when cool, garnish with lime slices.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Julie's Superbowl Hotdogs (From Publix)

4 (2-oz) beef franks
1/2 C cilantro, coarsely chopped
1/2 C mild salsa
8 slices cured chorizo (Italian sausage, like pepperoni)--@ 1 1/2 oz
1/2 C guacamole
4 hotdog buns
1 (8 oz) bag shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese

Chop cilantro & set aside.
Cook franks in grill pan 2-3 min. on medium-high, turning often, or until hot.
Heat salsa in small saucepan until simmering.
Turn off heat & stir in cheese until smooth & blended.
Add cilantro.
Place buns, cut side down, in same grill pan; cook 1-2 min. or until toasted.
Place 2 slices chorizo, 2 tblsp guacamole, & a frank in each bun; top with cheese sauce.

Craig doesn't like guacamole/avacadoes, & it took some doing for him to sample these at Publix Grocery, but we loved them! They had each one cut into 3 small sections with a toothpick, which is what I plan to do for our Superbowl Party tomorrow night!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Harold's Creole Baked Chicken with Veggies

This is very quick to prepare, and is a meal in itself.

Three skinless chicken breasts
one sliced large white onion
two sliced bell peppers
two stalks chopped celery
one can cream of mushroom soup
Toney Chachere's Creole Seasoning (to taste)
Maybe salt, depending on how much Creole Seasoning you use.

Place chicken breasts in baking dish
cover with vegetables
pour can of soup over all (do not add water)
sprinkle on Creole Seasoning -- the more the spicier. If you add a lot of Creole seasoning, you won't need salt. It might be best to salt at the table.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked.

Serve over rice.