Miss Kate came to visit me this evening for some dinner and some much-needed catch-up time. I served her specialty, crack corn dip, as an appetizer (recipe below). I assembled several trays of it during the snow storm and froze it (when you see the recipe, you'll know why I didn't want to eat it all alone.) Since couldn't find/didn't have all of the required ingredients, I improvised with stuff I had in the fridge. I'm writing them both down because I thought they were equally good--it's the type of recipe you can really play around with. In the end, how bad can cheese dip get?
Next we made butternut squash risotto and finished up the meal with some chocolate peanut butter oatmeal bars. I used to LOVE a dessert they served like this at Interlochen (yes, something good came out of the cafeteria there) and am so happy I finally recreated it. The ingredients could use some tweaking, depending on your personal taste--I found a few similar ones on about.com that had more sugar and more or less chocolate, peanut butter, and oatmeal. None of this stuff is healthy (sorry, mom) but at least it's all gluten free!
Crack Corn Dip
1 can mexicorn (green giant) [note: not found at 3 different Baltimore grocery stores!]
1 cup pepperjack
1/2 cup Parmesan
1-2 spoonfuls of mayo
OR
2/3c corn
~3T chopt green peppers
1 spoon adjuka (Russian hot pepper spread--hot pepper flakes would work fine)
~5 slices pickled jalapeno (fresh would work fine)
1c cheddar
1-2 spoonfuls of mayo
Stir everything together in a shallow baking dish, ~8x8--a casserole or cake pan works fine. Bake for 23 min at 400. Serve with chips (tortilla chips work well).
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Boil 1/2c milk (or almond milk, as I used today), 1 stick butter (chopt), scant 1/2c cocoa, and 1.5c sugar for 2 minutes while whisking occasionally. Remove from heat and promptly stir in a generous 2.5c oatmeal (most recipes recommended instant, but regular works fine), a generous 1/2c PB, and 1t vanilla. Spread into a pan (~8x8) and refrigerate or allow to rest at room temperature.
Enjoy!
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I always thought those oatmeal chocolate bars were so gross! But I ate them anyways! Ah, childhood at Pinehurst. I vividly remember the kitchen staff having a cat and seeing it walk on the oatmeal chocolate bars one day ... Been thinking a lot about Interlochen, lately. No particular reason.
Glad you and Kate had some fun together! I hope she's doing well.
PS - crack corn dip sounds like an appropriate baltimore specialty.
Yeah... we used to always say "flush twice, it's a long way to pine crest!"
This reminds me of one of the first recipes I ever made. Gram taught it to me when I stayed with her, maybe at age 8, at Aunt Pauline's house in Champaign. Melt chocolate chips (this was back in the day with no microwave!!) and stir in peanut butter. Then mix in Special K cereal. Form clumps of this delicious mixture on a cookie sheet and refrigerate.
Actually, Pinecrest's is a good deal healthier.
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