Corn Bread Muffins

These are so fast to make and so good! I especially love that there are no eggs so if I'm out eggs, I can still make these muffins! Enjoy!

2/3 cup corn meal
1 and 1/4 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
1 cup corn (optional) can use rinsed canned or frozen

Mix dry ingredients then add oil and milk. Stir in corn if using. Spoon into muffin tins.

Bake 350 degrees
Regular size muffin tins 15-17 minutes
Jumbo size muffin tins 23-25 minutes
Mini muffin tins 12-14 minutes

Tomato and Olive Penne

Courtesy of Martha

Ingredients:
salt and pepper
1 pound penne or other short pasta
1/4 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves thinly sliced (look at the garlic in the picture, they look like round disks)
2/3 pound cherry tomatoes (2 cups) halved or quarterd
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (optional) I actually like to do MORE!
1/4 cup Kalamata olives pitted and sliced (I'll be honest, I don't even know what those are so I just use regular sliced olives)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving

Directions:
1: In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook penne according to package instructions until al dente, about 13 minutes. Drain

2:Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, and cook, stirring, until just golden, about 1 minute. Add the cherry tomatoes, oregano, crushed red pepper. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring until tomato juices run. about 3 minutes

3: Add the penne, olives, parsley, and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese to the skillet and toss to combine. Serve with more cheese if desired.

Goes especially well with French Peasant Bread

Shepherd's Pie

1 pound Ground Beef
1 onion chopped
dash of salt
dash of pepper

Combine in Skillet and cook until meat is done.

Add:
1 can green beans drained
1 can tomato soup
Pour into glass pie dish or double recipe and pour into a 9x13 pan)
Top with mashed potatoes (this dinner is REALLY FAST if you have left over mashed potatoes from Sunday Dinner)
Sprinkle potatoes with Parmesan cheese

Bake 350 for 25 minutes. Serves 6, doubled serves 12

Taco Salad

1 pound Cooked ground beef
2 cans Chili with Beef
1 can tomato soup

Combine in large skillet and heat through.

Serve over corn chips (Fritos are delicious) but regular corn chips work great

Top with:
Cheddar Cheese
tomatoes
lettuce
avacadoes
olives