Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Cornbread Sausage Casserole

Cornbread Sausage Casserole

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound kale, rib removed and coarsely chopped
  • 1 pound loose Italian sausage
  • 1 large onion, peeled and diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
Boil kale until soft.

Saute Italian sausage and onion together until sausage is mostly cooked.  Add garlic and cook a few minutes longer.  Add kale, squeezing out water and breaking up chunks before adding, and cook a few minutes longer.  Spread in greased 9x9 square dish.

Combine all cornbread ingredients and pour over sausage kale mixture.

Bake at 400 degrees until cornbread topping is cooked through.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Greek Style Turkey Burgers

I hate it when recipes get taken down but thanks to the Wayback Machine I was able to retrieve this one.

Greek Style Turkey Burgers

  • 1 pound uncooked ground turkey or chicken
  • 1 egg white
  • ⅓ cup fine dry wheat bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1/2 of 0.7 ounce envelope Italian salad dressing mix
  • 4 pita bread rounds
  • ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese (1 oz.)

Salad to go on top

  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 cup tomato, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup cucumber, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped pitted kalamata or ripe olives
  • 1/2 of 0.7 ounce envelope Italian salad dressing mix

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Texas Sheet Cake

From Grandma Katie

Cake

  • 1.5 c butter
  • 1.5 c water
  • 6 Tb cocoa powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 c buttermilk
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla
  • 1.5 Tb vinegar
  • 3 c flour
  • 3 c sugar
  • 1.5 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt

Place butter, water, and cocoa powder in saucepan and bring to boil.  Meanwhile, mix eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, and vinegar.  Add sugar, flour, salt, and baking soda and mix again.  Mix in hot butter mixture.  Pour into greased 9x13 pan.  Bake at 325 for 45 min.

Frosting
  • 3/4 c butter
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 6 Tb cocoa powder
  • 5 1/2 c powdered sugar
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla
Boil butter, milk, and cocoa powder together.  Add powdered sugar and vanilla.  Pour over cake while both cake and frosting are hot.