One of my Favorite Recipes!

I love Rachel Ray and I love this recipe from her daily show. I love making this recipe. Its so good.

This is what I made earlier today. They were a little burned in the middle. 

Jalapeño Popper Cornbread Waffles

INGREDIENTS

• 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
• 1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded and chopped
• Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 6 ounces cream cheese, cut into chunks
• 1/2 cup, sharp yellow cheddar cheese, about a handful
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• Honey, for drizzling
• 4 eggs, fried (optional)

Yields: Makes 4 Waffles 

PREPARATION

Preheat waffle maker to medium heat.

Prepare cornbread to package instructions, adding in chopped jalapeños and black pepper. Fold cream cheese and cheddar into the batter.

Once warm, brush inside of waffle maker with melted butter. Pour in batter and cook for 5 minutes or until the cornbread waffles are golden brown.

Drizzle with warm honey. (Tip: Warm the honey in a glass container on top of the waffle maker while the waffles are cooking!) I had mine with warm jalapeno jelly. They were amazing.

For a brunch item, top each waffle with an egg.
They would also be good with a big bowl of chili.

Most of this I copied straight from her website because I use the exact directions she has. 

Rachel Ray

I didn't realize I had kept it a secret until today

     I love to read; blogs, magazines, books, cookbooks, and newspapers. One particular one is called Susie Magazine. I know its for teen girls but I love the simplicity of it and I save what I can for when my daughter is of her teen years.
    So I was reading on the website at the beginning of the month how Lent was coming up. I'll be the first one to admit that even though I am a born again Christian I still deal with temptations and still make mistakes. Though taking part in Lent was something I haven't taken part in since I was in my early teens. I decided that I would take the Lent Challenge on the Susie Magazine. When March 9th came around I didn't think anything of it and just starting drinking tap water.
    Today when I was getting my glass of water and my child's juice my cousin looked at me strange and handed me a bottle of water. I told her no thanks.She asked if I was on some kind of weird water diet. I asked her had I not told her about my challenge. She was amazed that I hadn't told anyone. I'll admit I have a really bad headache today but that's from others things as well as the caffeine. But I'm proud of myself.
    Here was the challenge in print and the link for it. Susie Water Challenge

1. Make water your only beverage for 40 days.

2. Take time each day to pray for those in other countries who go without clean water, and ask God for the strength to continue your fast for Lent.

3. Keep track and save the money you would have spent. You could also ask your parents to stop buying the drinks they normally buy for you, and ask them to donate that money as well!

4. At the end of 40 days, donate what you saved to support water projects. I choose Blood Water Mission, but there are many other clean water organizations. Choose one close to your heart.
5. Share your experiences on the forty days of water Susie page. Post pictures, stories and suggestions. Let’s journey through this together and aid in the clean water initiative.