Cooking with Ellen

I also asked my mom to share her Thanksgiving Cornbread Dressing recipe with me. Here in the South, it’s Cornbread Dressing, NOT STUFFING!
One making of cornbread, made in a 10″ iron skillet. If you don’t have one, here is one to use:
Sift together:
1 cup flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 cups corn [...]

6 sweet potatoes
3 tablespoons light butter
1/4 cup Splenda
1/4 cup brown sugar + extra for the top
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons chopped pecans
Wash sweet potatoes and cut into large sections. Boil sweet potatoes until tender. Drain and slip skins off.
Place sweet potatoes in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add light butter. Beat on medium speed until [...]

1 pkg long grain and wild rice (Uncle Ben’s is good)
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup broccoli flowerettes, chopped
4 green onions, chopped
3 celery ribs, thinly sliced
1 2-oz. jar pimento
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
Prepare rice according to directions, cool completely. Combine rice and next 5 ingredients. Add dressing and chill at least 2 hours. Mix in [...]

Yet another favorite way to cook broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, and vegetable blends is to steam them. I, thanks to wedding gifts (and a find at Dirt Cheap), I have 3 ways to steam my veggies.
- Electric Vegetable Steamer/Rice Cooker – this was my Dirt Cheap $6 find! My steamer cooks rice to perfection and [...]

If you haven’t noticed from reading this newsletter, I have become a huge fan of frozen vegetables. With just Ryan and I in the house, I have nearly cried throwing away several different fresh vegetables that we just couldn’t eat up fast enough!
Buying frozen or freezing vegetables has worked great for us. As soon as [...]