Sylvia's MeatLoaf

• 1/2 pounds of ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 onion
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup dried bread crumbs or corn flakes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar for topping
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 1/3 cup ketchup

Preheat oven to 350 degreesIn large bowl combine the beef, egg, onion, and the bread or cornflakes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and place in a lightlygreased 5x9 inch loaf pan and form into a small loaf. Or use a 9x 13inch baking dish lightly greased. In separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard and catchup. Mix well and spread over the top of the meat loaf. Bake 350 for 1 hour.

Oriental Cabbage Salad

Oriental Cabbage Salad

1/2 small head green cabbage
3 scallions, chopped
2 TBSP dark sesame oil
2 TBSP rice wine vinegar
2 TBSP sesame seeds, toasted

Combine the cabbage, scallions, oil, and vinegar. Toss well and chill until ready to serve. Add the sesame seeds and toss again before serving.

Serves 4
per serving: 103 calories, 5 carb, 9 fat, 1 sat fat, 15mg sod, 2 fiber

Olive Salsa

1 can med black olives, chopped (or one of those little cans of black olives already chopped)
1/4 c green olives, chopped
1 can chopped green chilies
1 medium tomato, chopped
1/4 c pickled jalapeno slices (to taste, or a fresh jalapeno if you prefer), chopped
1 T vinegar
3 T olive oil
1 t garlic salt
salt & pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients. It tastes better if allowed to sit for an hour and let the flavors blend. However, it tastes darn good even if you don't.

Kay's Best Cornbread

Kay's Best Cornbread

1 C Flour
1 C White Cornmeal
¼ C Sugar
2 t Baking Powder
1 t Baking Soda
2 C Buttermilk
2 Eggs

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Add 2 T oil to a 10” iron skillet and heat on burner until really hot and smoking. Mix dry ingredients then stir in buttermilk and egg. Pour into hot oil and place immediately into hot oven. Bake until golden brown.

White Cornmeal tastes best, but you can substitute yellow. Also plain milk with 1 tbs of vinegar added may be used instead of buttermilk, but it greatly impacts texture and taste. I have a cooktop and I cannot use an iron skillet on it so I use my heated oven instead and heat the skillet until hot but not smoking.