Sweet Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread

1 cup cornmeal, yellow

3 cups all purpose flour

1 1/3 cup white sugar

2 Tbls baking powder

1 tsp salt

2/3 vegetable oil

1/3 cup melted butter

2 Tbls honey

4 eggs, beaten

2 1/2 cup whole milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.

Stir together the dry ingredients.

In another bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients.

Blend wet with dry. 

Pour into the prepared pan.

Bake 45 minutes.

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White Bean, Sausage and Spinach

White Bean, Sausage and Spinach

1 lbs smoked sausage links (I used smoked wild rice sausage links)

1 large jalapeños, seeded and diced very small

1 small onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp oregano

2 cups chicken broth

1 cup chopped tomatoes (next time I want to use canned tomatoes like rotel)

2 cans cannellini beans or navy beans, rinsed

6 cups fresh spinach

Slice up sausage links, brown in a large pot.  When the sausage is brown, add onions and jalapeños, cook a few minutes.  Add garlic and oregano, cook a few minutes.

Add chicken broth to pot and tomatoes.  

Cook 10 minutes to combine the flavors.  

Add beans, cook for another 5 minutes. 

At the very end, add the spinach. 

Serve this over fresh cornbread.

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Gyro Meat

Gyro Meat

1 lbs ground Lamb

1 lbs ground hamburger 80/20

1 small onion

1/2 cup plain bread crumbs

1 1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp greek oregano

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp pepper

Mix all the seasonings in a small bowl. Put the onion in food processor and pulse to make the onions finely chopped.  Put the lamb and hamburger in a large food processor, add seasoning and turn the food processor on to blend the seasoning and meat to a nice paste.

Put the meat in a loaf pan. press it down flat to get all the air out of it.  

Now you can cook it or wrap it up and put it in the refrigerator to blend the flavors.  

To cook it, turn on the oven to 350 degree.  Cook uncovered for 30 minutes.

Take the loaf out of the oven, take the meat out of the loaf pan and put the top side down on a larger cookie sheet pan with sides.  Cook the meat another 30 mins to brown all the other sides.  

After the meat cooked for 1 hour. Take it out of the oven and let cool.  

Now slice the meat and start building your Gyros.  Get really good pita bread, tzatziki sauce, tomatoes and white onions. 

Enjoy!!

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