Corn Souffle

My pot luck dish is usually corn souffle. It is easy, quick, I usually have the ingredients and it keeps well. So by request, here is the recipe. I double it for a 9x11 pan.  The single recipe makes enough for a pie plate. This is a dish I discovered at a pot luck in intensive care  at Bon Secours Hospital bakc in the 1970s!

Corn Souffle

4 c corn
1/2 c evaporated skim milk
1/2 c margarine (can decrease to 1/3 for lower fat)
1/2 c sugar
1 T flour
2 eggs well beaten (I use egg beaters)
1 1/2 t baking powder

Melt margarine. Add sugar and flour. Blend in milk and eggs. Add baking powder. Mix all together with corn. Pour in greased dish.  Bake 350 30 to 45 minutes.  Check at 30 minutes for browned top.  Time varies by air circulation in your oven and altitude.

Fruit crisp

Blueberry crisp is my nephew Brett's favorite.  Cranberry or rhubarb crisp is my family's favorite.

I usually double this recipe for a 9 x 11 inch pan.  The single recipe makes a pie plate size.

4 cups peeled, cored, sliced Granny Smith apples (or frozen blueberries, any berry, or fresh cranberries, fresh or frozen rhubarb, or a mixture of fruits, I like peaches and rasberries)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup flower sifted
1 cup sugar (I decrease to 1/2 cup for tart cranberry or rhubarb crisp, other fruits I use the full cup)
1/3 cup margarine

Spray pan with non stick spray.  Arrange fruit on pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon, salt and water.  Combine flour, sugar and margarine with pastry cutter or a fork. Mix until consistency of coarse meal.  Sprinkle mixture over the fruit.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Roasted vegetables with cranberries

1 head cauliflower sliced and cut into fourths
1 large red onion, cut into fourths and layers separated
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
Salt
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray baking pan with non stick spray. Spread cauliflower and onion in pan.  Drizzle with olive oil (I like to use Misto, a spray device available for $10 at Bed, Bath and Beyond.  It allows you to spray on oil and decrease the fat in recipes).  Salt and stir. Bake for 15 minutes.  Stir in cranberries and bake another 10 minutes.

While that is baking, mix vinegar and honey in a small saucepan.  Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.  When you remove the cauliflower from the oven pour this mixture over it and stir.  Grind a small amount of pepper over the vegetables.

Great served with potatoes or brown rice.

Granola

Home made Granola (a favorite of my nephew Theron)

3 cups oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup sesame seeds
2/3 to 1 cups honey (sweeten to your taste)
1/4 c oil  (use an oil with mainly unsaturated fat like safflower)

Mix all together.  Use a cookie sheet with raised sides.  Spray with non stick spray.  Spread raw granola in a thin layer.  Toast at 325 degrees, for about 15 minutes.  Stir and toast another 10 minutes.  When you remove from the oven immediately scrape the granola into a large bowel (or it will harden in a clump)  Then stir in :
1 cup raw sunflower seeds
2 cups chopped dates
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped dried pineapple
1/2 cup  chopped dried apricots
1 cup walnuts if desired

This is the fun part.  You can put in more of your favorite dried fruit, smaller amounts of other dried fruit. They main thing is to have a variety of dried fruit.