CORNBREAD MUFFIN BITES

With the green onions coming in. These are so good to make. But make sure that you cut the onions up real fine. You can also make these in the regular sized muffin pans. I do not like to fill them up to the top tho as it makes them to thick.

2/3 Cups flour
1/2 Cup corn meal
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1/2 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 Cup Thinly Sliced Green Onion
1 Cup Cream-style Corn
1 Large Egg, beaten

Combine the flour, meal and sugar in a medium mixing bowl. In another bowl combine the remaining ings. Stir with a wisk. Then add this mixture to the flour mixture stirring just until moistened. Spray 2 miniature muffin pans. Pour batter into each one and bake on 350 for around 10-12 minutes. Cool and flip out on a plate. Serve.

NASHVILLE FLOODING

After going on facebook and seeing all the pictures at "I survived the great Nashville monsoon of May 1st". It is so unreal to believe that all of this water could be in Nashville, Tn.
 How many times I have drove down I40 and would not never in so many years believe I would see it covered in water and cars everwhere. There is no water no where that is near Blue Hole Road on the interstate. This just shows what can happen with rain.
 Nashville sits down in a valley and most of all the snow and rain goes around it. I have been everywhere in Nashville and the areas around it and can't believe it is most all under water.
 Operland hotel with water in it. It is so beautiful that you think it looks like what a touch of heaven will look like with all of the pretty flowers and trees.
My son said that maybe the rain has even caused some flooding down in the Amish country. I hope they have not worked hard and got most of their gardens put out yet.
We all need to pray for the people as most of them may not have flood insurance as there is never that much rain to cause flooding.
 I know a lot of our friends don't have any and they have businesses and don't have any for them.
 I have been thru two floods. You just get out with your life. You lose most everything. No time to grab your photos, clothes or furniture or important papers. Some things is like in a fire they can never be replaced.
You can gut your house and still ten years later be sweeping flood mud or vac. dried flood mud from your carpets even tho you put down new. It just keeps coming out of the walls. You just can't get rid of it.
 If anyone goes to help with the clean up make sure you wear some kind of rubber or plactic gloves. My mom get real sick from handling some of our things without gloves on and almost died back then. They never had the disposable gloves to wear back then. I guess people just don't think to wear them.
Anybody that can needs to lend a helping hand down there.
A lot of the dogs and cats have been misplaced and needs to be feed so don't forget about them. Take them in and help feed them.
 I am sure you can get a picture of them, if you find any, on one of the tv stations website or on facebook and may help brighten a childs eyes with a found pet after losing their home or toys.

FRUIT DELIGHT CAKE

1 Box Butter Cake MIx
1/2 Cup Oil
1 (11)oz. Can Mandarin Oranges with juice
4 Eggs

Mix all ings. together in a bowl. Pour batter into a 9-inch sprayed bunt pan. Bake at 325 for 30-40 minutes. Let cake cool. Remove from pan and ref. for 1/2 hour. Punch holes in cake with a fork and spread on the frosting. Keep ref.

FROSTING:
1 (3)oz. Box of Instant Vanilla Pudding
1 (8)oz. Bowl of Cool Whip
1 (8)oz. Can Crushed Pineapples with juice
In a bowl combine the pudding mix and cool whip. Drain half of the juice from the can of pineapples and add it and the pineapples to the mixture. Mix and frost cake.

QUICK AND EASY GUACAMOLE

2 Avocados, peeled and diced
1/4 Cup Salsa, such as Pace
Lemon Juice
Salt

Mash the avocado and add salsa, lemon juice, and salt. Keep ref. Serve with tortilla chips.

EASY HOME-MADE PANCAKE SYRUP

2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Water
1-2 Tablespoons Corn Syrup if you have some on hand
Pinch Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Imitation Maple Flavor

In a kettle bring the water, sugar and corn syrup and salt to a boil. Contine boiling for 2 minutes. Then remove from heat and add the maple flavoring. Let cool and keep ref. Makes about a pint. If you do not have the maple flavoring and have some maple flavored syrup add it to the kettle and it will flavor it.

POUND CAKE PUMPKIN ROLL BARS

1 Box Golden Pound Cake MIx
2 Eggs, divided
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 Cups Chopped Nuts, divided
3 Teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice, divided
8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1 Can (14)oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 Egg Whites
1 (16)oz. Can Pumpkin
1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 15 x 10 jellyroll pan. Set aside. In a large bowl combine the cake mix, one egg, butter, 1/2 cup nuts and 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. Using pasty blender mix until crumbly. Place on the jelly roll pan. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl mix the cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in the condensed milk, the egg white and egg, pumpkin and remaining pie spice and salt. Mix well and pour over crust. Sprinkle 1/4 cup nuts on top. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool. Chill. Cut into bars. Store in ref.

STRAWBERRY SHORT-CAKE CAKE

1 Box Vanilla or Yellow Cake Mix
1 Box Frozen Sliced Strawberries with syrup
1 Medium Cool Whip
1 Pack of Strawberry Glaze

Make up the cake mix using directions for a 9 x 13 pan. Let cool. Punch holes all over the cake. In a bowl take the strawberry glaze and the frozen strawberries and mix together. May not need all of the pack of glaze. Pour over top of cake. Add the cool whip over the strawberries. Keep chilled.