Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes Recipe from The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook

When I first saw The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook online browsing one day, I knew I had to check it out. Luckily my local library had it, and I was able to request it. This cook book has over 100 recipes, both savory and sweet. 

I decided to try these amazing Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes since I'm not a fan of regular pancakes. They turned out so delicious!! The flavor isn't too sweet and I just love the texture that the cornmeal adds. I served them with the Mixed Berry Syrup that I posted last week. My daughter loved them so much, she ate all of the leftovers that day. Some other recipes in this cookbook that caught my eye were Mexican Hot Chocolate Shortbread Cookies and Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Cobbler. Can't wait to try them! Enjoy!

Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes (print recipe)

What you need:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 stick of butter, melted 
butter for serving
mixed berry syrup

Directions:
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, salt and sugar.

In a large measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and 6 tablespoons of the melted butter.  Whisk the wet mixture into the dry, until just combined.

Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Grease the hot skillet with remaining 2 tablespoons butter. (I used less) 

Pour 1/4 cup of the batter onto the hot skillet for each pancake, making 4 at a time. After 2-3 minutes when bubbles start forming, lift pancake up halfway to with a spatula to check if it's golden brown. If so, flip each pancake and cook about 2 minutes more until golden brown. Serve, or keep warm on a heatproof plate in a low oven while you cook the remaining pancakes. Serve with butter and mixed berry syrup.


 
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Pineapple Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe

Need an easy weeknight dinner? Look no further! This tasty recipe is a 30 minute meal and is great for work lunch the next day!

Pineapple Sweet and Sour Chicken

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Salmon and Pasta with Lemon Dill Sauce Recipe

A delicious and easy meal that's great for any night of the week!

 

 This Salmon and Pasta with Lemon Dill Sauce turned out to be such a delicious pasta dish. It's quite easy to prepare, and it would be perfect for any day of the week. You can serve it with a salad, or any veggie side for a complete meal. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

Salmon and Pasta with Lemon Dill Sauce Recipe

by Sheena

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Ingredients (3-4 servings)

• 1/2 pound bow tie pasta
• 8 ounces salmon fillets, thawed (seasoned with salt, pepper and dill weed)
• olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup onion, finely diced
• 1/3 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
• juice from one lemon (about 2-3 tablespoons)
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/2 cup cream
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
• salt and pepper as desired

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place seasoned salmon in a greased glass baking dish. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until fish flakes easily. Flake fish into bite sized pieces. Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse and set aside.

Meanwhile in a large skillet, heat some olive oil over medium heat. Saute garlic and onion for about 5 minutes, or until tender. Add broth, wine, dill weed, salt, pepper, lemon juice and zest. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add cream and parsley, simmer for about 3 more minutes. Add pasta and salmon, and toss to coat. remove from heat and serve.

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Mixed Berry Pancake Syrup Recipe

We love fruit. You can always find some type of fruit in the fridge, freezer or sitting out on the counter at our house. I decided to try out a new pancake recipe, and just knew homemade berry syrup would be the perfect topping for the pancakes. 

I really love how this syrup turned out. It's easy to make, and you can't beat the wonderful flavor. It's great for topping waffles, french toast, pancakes, cheesecake or ice cream. This is a must for any of our breakfasts from here on out. Enjoy!! 

Mixed Berry Pancake Syrup

What you need:
2 cups mixed fruit (fresh or frozen, thawed)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine fruit, sugar, water and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until juice has thickened into syrup. Stir occasionally while cooking and smash berries with the back of the spoon while stirring. Serve over pancakes, waffles or ice cream!

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Book Review: Take One for the Team by Thomas Slater

Summary from Goodreads:
The compelling sequel to No More Time-Outs finds Wisdom Jones accepting the terms of a deadly proposition from his old enemy: a life for a life. Wisdom Jones’s mother needs a kidney and the only donor is one of his old enemies, Highnoon, who offers the organ for the chance to kill Wisdom. Jones accepts the proposition, but issues a stipulation of his own: he wants one week to intervene in the lives of his trifling family members and steer them away from a pathway of destruction.

With only a limited time on earth, Wisdom is left with the task of saving the marriage of his only sister from the wrath of her thuggish lover. The next ones will be tricky, but somehow, Wisdom must manage to convince his baby brother to give up the crack pipe and persuade his elder brother from living a very dangerous lifestyle. But the true test will lie in convincing his television evangelist father that pimping from the pulpit can be costly; a forbidden appetite that could ultimately turn fatal.

Take One for the Team leaves Wisdom Jones matching wits with deadly adversaries in an attempt to free his family from the hand of destruction and deliver them into the land of righteousness.

My Thoughts:
I loved Wisdom's character from No More Time Outs, so I was excited to find out there is now a sequel! With death hanging over Wisdom's head, he decides before he dies, he needs to set his family on the right path. Both of his brothers are still a mess, both lost to the streets. His sister and preacher father haven't changed either, and are still out cheating on their spouses. Wisdom knows he needs to pull the family together for his mother's sake. If he's giving his life for his sick mother's replacement kidney, he needs them to make some sacrifices as well. Wisdom comes into some crazy drama and obstacles during his week long journey to bring his crazy family together. Some of these people in this book have completely fallen off their rocker and will stop at nothing to get what they want. I also love this book is set in Detroit! One of my favorite cities!

This book is non stop action, just like Slater's other books. I love how he switches between main characters, alternating chapters, so you see it through everyone's eyes. I didn't lose interest through the entire book, and I was anticipating what the next round of craziness would be. I really liked the ending and how everything turned out. Great read!

I rate this book 4.5 out of 5 stars! 

The author sent me this book to read and review. It did not affect my opinion in any way.

Pumpkin Rice Pudding Recipe

This fall pumpkin dessert pudding is delicious and so easy to make! It's a great way to use leftover rice and it's best with whipped cream and cinnamon sprinkled on top!

Pumpkin Rice Pudding

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Breakfast Beef Roast Hash Recipe

Use your leftover beef roast and potatoes in this delicious breakfast beef roast hash! Pure old school comfort food that's great with a fried egg on top, scrambled eggs on the side, cheddar cheese or sliced green onions on top!

Breakfast Beef Roast Hash

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Book Review: Detroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark Binelli

Summary from Goodreads:
Once America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neo-pastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists—all have been drawn to Detroit's baroquely decaying, nothing-left-to-lose frontier.

With an eye for both the darkly absurd and the radically new, Detroit-area native and Rolling Stone writer Mark Binelli has chronicled this convergence. Throughout the city's "museum of neglect"—its swaths of abandoned buildings, its miles of urban prairie—he tracks the signs of blight repurposed, from the school for pregnant teenagers to the killer ex-con turned street patroller, from the organic farming on empty lots to GM's wager on the Volt electric car and the mayor's realignment plan (the most ambitious on record) to move residents of half-empty neighborhoods into a viable, new urban center.

Sharp and impassioned, Detroit City Is the Place to Be is alive with the sense of possibility that comes when a city hits rock bottom. Beyond the usual portrait of crime, poverty, and ruin, we glimpse a future Detroit that is smaller, less segregated, greener, economically diverse, and better functioning—what might just be the first post-industrial city of our new century.

My Thoughts:
I was super excited when I found out that I won this book from First Reads on Goodreads. Detroit City is the Place to Be, is a great title for this book. It describes how I feel about the city perfectly. I had the chance to go to Detroit with my sister Shannon, in the summer of 2011. We visited the Heidelberg Project, met Tyree Guyton, saw Michigan Central Station, and even ate at an awesome artisan deli in Corktown, called Mudgie's. These are just a few places that makes Detroit, the amazing city it is today and in the future!

This book describes Detroit's history, it's people and what might happen in the future. It mentions true crime stories, info about the failed auto industry, describes various structures and neighborhoods, and corruption within the city government. The descriptions about the city landscape are very accurate and real, even though you really have no idea what's it's like until you see the city with your own two eyes. The author did a fantastic job researching and writing this book and I was hooked from page one.

I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars!



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Tator Tot Hotdish Recipe

Minnesota is the land of hotdishes! They are rarely called casseroles, and more than likely include a can of cream of something soup! I love looking at old church cookbooks from Minnesota. Almost every recipe in the main dish section is a hotdish. You can tell they were very popular in the 70's and 80's!

Tator Tot Hotdish is a favorite from my childhood. Everyone makes it a little different, but my Mom's was of course the best! (hehe!) I changed it up slightly by adding garlic and mushrooms. Because everything is better with garlic and mushrooms, right? It's been a long time since I've made this. My daughter wasn't too sure about it at first, but after she tried the first bite, she loved it! Not too long after, her plate was completely cleared. 

This is easy to make and will feed a family for a reasonable price. I hope you enjoy!!

Tator Tot Hotdish (print recipe)

What you need:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1- 8 oz carton white mushrooms, sliced
1- 10.5 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup milk
1- 14.5 ounce can green beans, drained
1- 16 ounce package of tator tots
salt and pepper as desired

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large skillet, saute ground beef, onion and garlic until beef is no longer pink, adding mushrooms within the last few minutes of cooking. Add salt and pepper. Stir in the cream soup, milk, green beans and stir until combined. Remove from heat and pour into a glass 9x13 baking dish. Add a layer of tator tots on top and bake for 30 minutes, or until tator tots are browned.

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Hearty Chicken and Barley Soup Recipe

This delicious and filling soup is full of tender chicken breast, tomatoes, carrots, spinach and barley! The perfect fall or winter lunch or dinner! Freeze or refrigerate leftovers for later!

Hearty Chicken and Barley Soup

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I could make soup everyday, and my 5 year old would be the happiest girl in the world. She loves most any soup I make and it's so much fun to see how she likes some we've never tried before. 

Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

This delicious 3 cheese baked macaroni and cheese is a perfect winter comfort food! Great for Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving, Christmas or any holiday meal! This will cure any soul food craving!

Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese

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Very Blueberry Muffins Recipe

My daughter Ella is on a huge blueberry muffin kick right now. She tried to talk me into buying her some at Target the other day, but we walked out of the store with some frozen blueberries instead so we could make them at home. She had so much fun helping me measure out all of the ingredients and mixing them together. This is the perfect recipe to get your kids in the kitchen and involved with cooking!

These muffins turned out great! They were so moist and the amount of blueberries was crazy good! I am a huge fruit lover, so the more blueberries, the better! Enjoy!

Very Blueberry Muffins (print recipe)

What you need:
2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
additional melted butter and coarse or granulated sugar (I used raw sugar)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Grease eighteen 2 1/2 inch muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.

In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and set aside.

In a separate bowl,  beat the eggs. Stir in the milk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Add to dry ingredients, mix until just moistened. Fold in the blueberries. 

Scoop batter into muffin cups, filling each cup 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until muffin tops are golden brown. 

Remove muffins from the pan and set on a wire rack. Brush each muffin with melted butter, and dip each muffin top in a bowl of sugar to coat.

Sweet Citrus Tilapia Recipe

Fish has always been a favorite food of mine. I have so many memories of fishing on the lake growing up in Minnesota. Our state is nicknamed "Land of 10,000 Lakes" so where ever you are, there's usually a lake somewhere close by!

When I don't have access to fresh fish, I usually buy tilapia. It's easy to cook and you can prepare it with so many methods and flavors. This recipe turned out fantastic!! I love the slight sweetness from the brown sugar and it pairs well with the citrus flavors. The original recipe called for cayenne, but I skipped that because my daughter isn't very fond of spicy foods. It turned out perfect without it! Enjoy!

Sweet Citrus Tilapia (print recipe)

What you need:
4- 6 ounce tilapia fillets
1/2 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt and pepper, as desired
1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Arrange fish in a single layer in a greased glass baking dish. Combine all ingredients except paprika, and pour over fish fillets. Let stand 15 minutes. Sprinkle paprika over fish fillets.

Bake for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Drizzle sauce over fish when serving.

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Brown and Wild Rice with Mushrooms Recipe

Growing up in Minnesota, I've always been a huge wild rice lover. I just love the nutty flavor and the texture too! When I received my Foodie Penpal box this month, I was super excited to find a bag of brown and wild rice blend inside my box. I couldn't wait to use it in a new recipe.

This recipe for Brown and Wild Rice with Mushrooms is the perfect fall or winter side dish! The mushrooms go so well with the wild rice and the end result is pretty much delicious!! This is at the top of my favorites list and we will be having it often!! Enjoy!!

Brown and Wild Rice with Mushrooms (print recipe)

What you need:
1 cup brown and wild rice mixture (I used Gourmet Valley brand)
3 1/3 cups chicken or veggie broth
3/4 cup onion, finely diced
8 ounces white mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
salt and pepper, as desired

Directions:
In a medium saucepan, combine rice and broth and cook according to package directions. (about 45 minutes)

Within the last 15 minutes of cooking the rice, melt butter over medium heat in a skillet. Add onions, mushrooms, salt and pepper and saute for 5-10 minutes or until onions are tender. Add the mushroom and onion mixture and parsley to the rice and stir. Remove from heat, let stand for 5 minutes and serve.

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