Easy Recipes for the Holidays

The holidays are a wonderful time of year. They’re a time to share with family and friends and of course a time to eat. All families have wonderful recipes that are shared and passed on from generation to generation. Here are a couple of recipes that my family always makes during the holidays. 

The first recipe is for Corn Casserole. If you like corn but are sick of the plain old way of making it, this recipe is for you. Plus, it’s extremely simple to make. The ingredients are: 1 can cream style corn 1 can whole kernel corn (with liquid) 2 eggs 1 box of Jiffy cornmeal muffin mix 1 stick of margarine 1 cup of sour cream Mix all of the ingredients together and bake in a greased 8 ½ x 11 dish at 350 degrees for 40 minutes to an hour. At 40 minutes take the corn casserole out of the oven and stick a toothpick in the center. Pull the toothpick out and check to see if it’s clean. If some corn casserole comes off on the toothpick, then stick it back in the over for another 5 minutes. Keep checking the casserole until the toothpick comes out clean. This is a great way to tell when you’re food is ready to be taken out of the oven. You can also use this tip while baking a cake. A couple of hints for making this recipe even easier, if that’s at all possible, are to melt the butter and beat the eggs before adding them to all of the other ingredients. You can either melt the butter on the stove in a sauce pan or put it in the microwave. I prefer the microwave. It’s a lot easier and faster. Be sure to cut the butter into little squares before putting it in the sauce pan or the microwave. This way it melts a lot faster. To serve your corn casserole all you need to do is spoon it onto your plate. It is extremely easy to serve and excellent to eat. If you’re lucky enough to have any leftovers, just put a piece into the microwave with a little bit of squeezed or spray butter on the top and cook for your desired amount of time. I think the leftovers are just as good as the fresh corn casserole.