Homemade Chili and Cornbread

Williams Chili

Serves: 8

Time: 25 Minutes

Ingredients:

1.5-2 lbs hamburger (depending on how meaty you'd like your chili)

3 cups tomato juice

1 can pinto beans, half drained

1 pkg. Williams Chili Seasoning (you can find this at Smith's, Walmart, and Fred Meyer)

Cook hamburger in a large skillet over medium-high heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir until combined. Turn heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with cheese.

Buttermilk Cornbread (via)

Serves 9

Time:45 Minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup flour (either wheat or white. longer cooking time for wheat)

1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove from heat and add sugar. Mix well. Quickly add eggs and mix unto combined. Mix buttermilk and baking soda in separate bowl and add to butter mixture. Mix well. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt.

Pour mixture into a greased 8x8 pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Eggnog

Sorry I've been completely absent lately. Life is busy and the truth of the matter is, I haven't cooked or baked a whole lot in the past few weeks. After next Thursday I will be done with school and be back in the kitchen and back to posting more on this blog.

For now, here's something new I tried tonight. I made homemade eggnog! And it's actually quite delicious. It's not as thick and heavy as store-bought eggnog. Hope you enjoy.

Ingredients:

4 eggs, separated into whites and yolks

1/2 cup sugar

3 cups milk

1 cup whipping cream (I used half and half because dinner tonight called for half and half and I didn't want to buy both and have both go bad. Plus, I think the half and half is a teensy bit healthier)

3 tsp vanilla

1 tsp rum extract (or you can use orange extract, just use a little less)

Dash of salt

Ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Gradually beat in sugar. Stir in milk, cream, vanilla and rum.

2. Add salt to egg whites and beat until they stand in peaks. Fold into egg yolk mixture.

3. Serve in punch cups. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg.

This recipe is delish, but must be consumed kinda quickly. Because of the eggs, try to drink all of this in a couple days. Which will not be difficult because it's so good!