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Rita's Recipes are included each week in Ron Wilson's 'In the Garden' email newsletter.

Rita Heikenfeld, CCP:  Macy’s Regional Culinary Professional / Herbalist / Author / Local TV
and Radio Cooking Expert / Adjunct Professor U.C. Clermont College / Community Press Papers


 

Corn Bread Salad

 
 

This corn bread salad has a weird and long list of ingredients, but it goes together fairly fast, almost as fast as it disappears on the buffet table!  Everyone who eats this asks for the recipe.

 

1 pkg., 8-1/2 oz, corn bread/muffin mix

1 can, 4 oz, chopped green chilies, undrained or 1-2 jalapenos, chopped

3/4 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1 cup ea. mayonnaise and  sour cream

1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix

2 cans, 15 oz ea. Great Northern beans, drained

2 cans, 15 oz ea. whole kernel corn, drained or equivalent frozen corn, thawed

4 good sized tomatoes, chopped

1 bell pepper, chopped

1 large bunch green onions, chopped

12 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

3 cups shredded cheddar

 

Prepare corn bread according to package directions but stir in chilies, cumin, oregano.  Pour into greased 8" square pan.  Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.  Cool.   Combine mayonnaise, sour cream and dressing mix; set aside.  Crumble half the cornbread into a 13 x 9" pan.  Layer with half of the beans, half of the mayonnaise mixture, corn, tomatoes, green pepper, onions, bacon and cheese.  Repeat layers, ending with cheese.   Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.  Serves 12-14.

 

Tips from Rita's garden:

Those cool-weather loving herbs like chervil and cilantro may be bolting to flower already. Although they don't take to pruning as well as hot-weather loving annuals like basil and rosemary, go ahead and trim off the flowers for a longer harvest. Use the flowers in salads, Southwestern and fish dishes.

More recipes, etc. on Rita's web site: www.abouteating.com  

 
 

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