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My dad talked about this Halloween alot....my second or third and I was TERRIFIED of him and for the most part refused to let him get anywhere near me!


My oldest son has pneumonia...so he won't be trick-or-treating this year and is pretty bummed about it. But, I told him that it would be fun to make the house spooky and scare kids...he agreed with that! 

My little guy is going to be a King and the big guy decided he wanted to be a Zombie Skateboarder. I'll post some pictures tomorrow! 






I LOVE sweet cornbread!!! I've lived off boxed cornbread for years and never thought to venture out on my own until a few weeks when I was looking through AllRecipes.com and found this beauty: Golden Sweet Cornbread!! I always thought it would take forever to make homemade cornbread - but I was wrong...this stuff is from the mixing bowl to the table in 30 minutes, and everything it takes - you already have around your kitchen. This cornbread is a perfect pairing with a great chili.

Oh My GOODNESS! It's sweet but not too sweet, it's moist and doesn't even need butter. 
You've gotta try this!

Golden Sweet Cornbread from AllRecipes.com 


INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
2/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
2.In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3.Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.





When baking, I like to get everything out at the start - then I know that I'll have enough of every item that I need. BTW, I am in love with my measuring cups from Williams Sonoma, a birthday gift from my best friend! 

Measure everything into you bowl and stir with a fork - but with cornbread it's important to not over-stir. You still want it to have a grainy appearance. 

I used a 9 inch square pan for mine because it's easier to cut. 


I am in love with this cornbread! It's so, so SO yummy! Like I said before, you almost don't need any butter for it. Try it...you'll like it! 


What kind of cornbread do you like? Sweet? Cake like? Dry? With real corn in it? Skillet fried?
Feel free to leave links in the comments to your favorite recipes! 



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Our days are a little hectic around here. My husband is going back to school and currently has classes on Monday and Wednesday nights and all day Saturday and Sunday. He gets home from work on Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:30 and is usually wanting to eat before he has to go to class, which ends at 9:30. So I'm trying to find meals that can be easily put together and then re-heated for the kids and myself when we're ready to eat (about 6:30.)

Here's whats on the menu this week:

Monday - Chili (crock pot) and Cornbread
Tuesday - Biscuits and Gravy with eggs
Wednesday - Chicken Tacos (freezer meal), Rice, Refried Beans
Thursday - Pork Chops (freezer meal), Potatoes, Veggie
Friday - Angry Birds Pizza and Bread sticks
Saturday - Chicken Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, Veggie
Sunday - Dinner at my moms

Like most of you, I spend at least two hours a week pouring over Pinterest and I found the cutest Angry Birds Pizza! My oldest son, Ashton was walking by the computer and said "You have to make that mom!!!" So, I'm excited to have the boys help me make that this week!

For now, here's my chili. It's about the easiest chili you'd ever find. It also goes along with meatless Mondays for us.

Throw in a crock pot, two cans of beans and two cans of tomatoes. I use which ever type of beans are on sale or I have on hand. I always buy canned tomatoes when they're on sale (two weeks ago they were $0.50 a can plus my coupon of $0.40 off 3 - so I bought 30 of them.)


After that I toss in ketchup, garlic salt, cinnamon, dried onion, worchester and BBQ sauce. The only thing left out of this picture is salt, pepper and red pepper. Since the kids and I are wimps when it comes to spice, I only add a little bit now and let Chris (the hubs) add as much as he wants to his own bowl. 


Give everything a good stir and set to high for 4 hours or low for 8. 

Like I said, this is a simple chili, but it's good! The cinnamon adds a nice extra level of flavor in there. If it's not a meatless Monday for us, I usually add some fried ground turkey or hamburger. 


I happen to be a snob about good cornbread, so I'll post my recipe for some of the sweetest, best-tasting cornbread tomorrow!

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