Mexican Munch

I made this a couple of weeks ago but haven't posted it yet. It was a great dinner. One that made my mom sneeze plenty (she's allergic to corn and this has it aplenty.)
The side dish was a Corn Pudding. It tasted amazing. Even good warmed up and taken to work for leftover lunch. This one could easily be turned into a regular rotation it's so easy to fix and not expensive at all. I think the kids would like this one though when we made it the first time the kids weren't here to test it for me so I'm not sure.

Ingredients:
4 ounces softened cream cheese15-ounce can creamed corn3/4 cup thawed frozen corn
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 chopped onion
2/3 cup milk
3 tablespoons butter melted1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon sugar1/2 cup shredded cheddar
Beat cream cheese, creamed corn, frozen corn, and cornmeal and set aside. In a small pan cook onion in a little oil until tender. Then add to cheese, corn mixture. Stir in milk, melted butter, egg, sugar, and cheddar cheese. Spread in a buttered 1-quart casserole dish and bake 45-50 minutes at 350 degrees. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.


Doesn't that just look so appetizing. The next one of it is in the casserole dish but unfortunately still not cooked. I forgot to take a cooked photo. It was nice and golden brown on top though.


The main part of the meal was some oh so scrumptious creamy chicken enchiladas. These were a snap to make and yummy to boot.

You'll need:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can green enchilada sauce1 cup of sour cream
1 cup of salsa
2 cups of cooked shredded chicken
2 cups of grated cheese (I used Monterey Jack)
2 tsp of chili powder
10 6" flour tortillas
1 large tomato, chopped
3 green onions, sliced1 avocado,

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Mix the cream of chicken soup the sour cream the salsa and the chili powder together.

Take 1 cup of the mixture and 1 cup of the cheese and add it to the chicken. Mix that together then separate that equally into the tortillas and place them seem side down into an 9x13" dish.
Take the can of enchilada sauce and poor it over the enchiladas then take the rest of the sour cream/soup mixture and spread that evenly over the enchiladas and then top with the rest of your cheese.

Take a piece of foil sprayed with pam and place pam side down over the pan and place in the oven for 35-40 minutes.

Once served top with tomatoes/onions/avocado as desired

Blueberry-Brown Sugar Plain Cake

I love blueberries and this is a really good recipe to throw them in. I took this one from Baking From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. I got the book less than a year ago when I first started my baking craze and out of the ones I've made only one was I not super sold on. It was good but not my favorite. This one is not that. I love this one. This is the second time I've made it. The first I did it in a loaf pan because that was all I had available. I would not recommend it. The way the batter is you don't want to use a loaf pan because it takes to long to cook the middle and the edges are too tough. The kiddos who shared this seemed to enjoy it as well.

Very simple recipe:
1 1/3 Cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp plus a pinch salt
2 large eggs, separated
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temp
1 Cup (packed, as if there were any other way) light brown sugar
1/2 Cup whole milk
1 pint blueberries fresh if you have them, frozen (but not thawed if you need to go frozen)

Optional:
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and butter an 11x7" baking pan to set aside.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and 1/8 tsp of salt in a small bowl and set aside.

Beat the egg whites, together with a pinch of a salt, until they form peaks. Set aside or if you need to use the same bowl, gently scrap the whites into a clean bowl for holding.
Put the butter and sugar in a mixer bowl and beat on medium speed until creamy. Add the egg yolks and beat for 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add half the dry ingredients, then all the milk and then the remainder of the dry stuff.

Switching to a rubber spatula gently fold in the egg whites. The egg whites will deflate because the batter itself is so heavy this is ok just work as gently as you can. Once the egg whites are folded in still working with a light hand fold in the blueberries and scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 35-40 min or until golden brown. Let cool but eat warm if possible. You can dust with confectioners' sugar before serving if you'd like.

I don't have my regular pictures of all the steps but I do have a final product picture to share.