Some of you wonderful bloggers have suggested that I share some things that I enjoy.
Well, this is not one of them, but what I finally did today was worth it.
I do not enjoy cooking.
When I get hungry enough for something and get in the mood I will cook. I cook enough of what I make to put in the freezer for later meals. Less cooking that way. :)
Needing to be gluten free for health reasons has brought challenges. Mostly it has been finding prepared foods that I can eat and not wanting to cook.
My sweet sister has to eat gluten free also. She has been a great help to me in finding foods I can eat.
I never was one to follow a recipe back when I cooked for my family. So I don’t mind so much making soups, stews and chili. I can make them pretty much like I always did. Just a few little changes.
Today I made vegetable soup.
I do follow directions on the gluten free cornbread, waffle and pancake mixes. It took awhile, but I do enjoy them now. I just wish they had left out the sugar in the cornbread mix.
I am not fond of sweet cornbread. The gluten free turns out great when I cook it in my iron skillet. For me there is no better way to cook cornbread than in an iron skillet.
Do you like cornbread? Do you prefer it to be sweet or not?
Hugs and blessing to all. Thank you for visiting my blog.
44 responses to “I finally did it”
I am not sure if it is a regional thing, but corn bread has to be sweet for me and my family. They even sometimes add extra sugar to the jiffy mix!
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That is quite okay. As long as we can enjoy cornbread the way we like it that is a winner. Thank you Mars for stopping by and commenting. Hugs and blessings. Have a wonderful day!
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Yummy looking! Yes to not sweet cornbread. A pat of butter is plenty. And yes to cast iron cooking :)
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Good stuff.
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That soup looks really good. I love to cook but don’t do it nearly as much as I once did.
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It tasted okay, I will make a few changes the next time that I think will make it better.
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😋😋😋
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My preference is with just a little sugar for a touch of sweetness. I grew up on my mother’s utilitarian cornbread—no sweetness, but it would stick to you! And always with vegetable soup!
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Trying hard to like it with the little sugar the gluten free mix has in it. Being raised on it without sugar Keep enjoying it the way you like it.
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Delious soup x
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Thank you, for stopping by and leaving a comment, Joey. Hugs and blessings
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Oops……Delicious 😆
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No problem I knew what you meant. Hugs
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This looks like a healthy, yummy soup, Maggs. I vary my cornbread recipes/sometimes sweet, sometimes savory with added ingredients such as cheddar and jalepeno or fresh corn.
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It tasted good to have something homemade that was healthy. I have never tried corn in cornbread. I do love corn.
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That looks really appetising!
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Thank you, it tastes okay. I prefer someone else’s cooking to mine. :)
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You’re welcome Mags
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I prefer my cornbread to taste like cornbread, so do not add sugar. If there is sugar, it should be only a small amount, like a spoonful in a large skillet of cornbread. I once ate at a soul food kitchen that had so much sugar in it, it seemed out of place with the food. I had never eaten cornbread that sweet. We also had a lot of hot water cornbread growing up, which did not have sugar either.
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The mix that I get doesn’t have much sugar, but I sure wish it had none. I have made hot water cornbread. If it has sugar it is more like cake to me…not cornbread. I am glad I am not alone in liking cornbread with no sugar. Thank you for your comment. Hugs
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Yum! That looks delicious. Cooking is not my fav thing either. So blessed to have a husband who does love to cook and I even have a son who is a Chef. GOD provides!
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Thank you. That is wonderful that you are blessed loved ones who love to cook. There are some in my family, but none live near me. You are so right that God provides. Hugs and blessings.
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Looks yummy Mags 😋 I make soups all winter. I like to cook but not just for myself! I make a dish and it lasts a few days or I freeze it. As for cornbread… Nobody knows what that is in Ireland 🤣 I used to make it in the States and always liked it more savoury with jalapeños xxx
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Thank you, Mae. Cooking for just myself is what I don’t enjoy. What I cook now doesn’t taste as good as it did when I was cooking for more people. I can’t seem to get soups and stews to taste how I like them to in smaller quantities. Oh, I like cornbread with jalapenos too especially with beans.
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I eat corn, but I’m not familiar with cornbread. Your food looks healthy and yummy, Win
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Thank you, sweet Hazel. Hugs and blessings to you.
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Hugs, and blessings back, Win. You’re most welcome. Enjoy your week!
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Thank you.
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Cornbread with chili or with your soup sounds perfect.
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I have never tried cornbread with chili. I should give that a try;. Since I like them both I might just like them together. Hugs and blessings
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They go really well together.
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I do like cooking and have to do a lot of it now my wife is limited in what she can do now.
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It is good that you like to cook Ian. I would enjoy it more if I had someone besides myself to cook for. Hugs and blessings for you and Georgine.
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I do like cornbread a bit sweet, warm with a bit of butter. :)
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If I eat just cornbread with butter on it I don’t mind a bit of sweet. I have eaten it that way a few times. I don’t eat it with butter on it otherwise. Keep enjoying it the way you like it. Hugs and blessings.
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Your soup looks so yummy, Mags! I also cook a family-sized meal and freeze some of it in single serve containers for later. I like to cook, but I sure don’t want to do it after a long work day. I never had such sweet cornbread until I came to southern Ohio. Everything is sweeter in the south, haha. The way they make it here it is more like a cake than a bread. I like it better than what we had in New York, lol.
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Thank you, Jean. You are right that it is more like cake than bread. I live in Arkansas not the deep south but still south. My family never made sweet cornbread. The only way that I care for something sweet is in deserts or a few treats. I am glad you enjoy cornbread the way you like it. The little sweet is growing on me, but slowly. :) Hugs and blessings, Jean.
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I like cornbread and enjoy it with or without sugar. I grew up in West Tennessee, where the dish was most often sugarless. I married a Yankee who much preferred a sweeter version, and our children voted with him. It has not yet occurred to me to bake cornbread just for myself.
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Growing up in Tennessee then I understand that you have eaten cornbread without sugar. I was born in Arkansas and have lived most of my life here. I never made sweet cornbread until I began using the mixes. I made it from scratch often before I had to go gluten free. Now I don’t make it so much. I sure miss that good ole country cornbread without sugar. Maybe one day you will bake some just for you. :) Hugs and blessings.
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I do make biscuits for myself, but I never thought about cornbread. Thanks for the idea.
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You are welcome.
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Corn Bread, yum! I’ve never made it though. The soup looks fantastic, Mags! I love soup but the issues the sodium, making it at home would be better I guess. Happy Saturday!
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Thank you, John.. I use no salt seasonings in my soups and stews. I also use them on other foods to cut down on salt. Hope you are having a great Sunday. Hugs and Blessings, John.
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That’s good news, Mags! Salt is not your friend…
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