Chess Squares

CHESS SQUARES

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar
1 stick butter
1 c. pecans (optional)

Melt butter in a 9x13 pan. In a large bowl mix 1 egg, cake
mix and melted butter. Pat this mixture into the 9x13 pan
that you melted the butter in. Sprinkle pecans on top of
dough. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and 3 eggs. Pour
this on top of dough. Bake on 350 degrees for 25-30
minutes. Cut when completely cooled.

I know I need to work on presentation, but what these babies lack in beauty they more than make up for in taste. Y-U-M-M-Y!!

Cornbread Salad

My mom told me about this & I all but refused to try it. Once I did, I cou;dn't get enough. This really is a yummy recipe!

Cornbread Salad

1 recipe of cornbread (crumbled)

1 chopped green pepper

1 chopped tomato (I use grape tomatoes)

4-6 chopped green onions

1/2 chopped purple onion

1 bag real bacon bits

1 can whole kernel corn drained

1 bag shredded cheddar cheese

salt & pepper to taste

enough mayonnaise to moisten

Mix all of the above ingredients & top with cheddar cheese. Refrigerate several hours. (It tastes best if made the night before you plan to serve.)

Cornbread

1 1/2 cups self rising cornmeal

1/2 cup self rising flour

1 egg

1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put a teaspoon of oil in cast iron skillet and heat. Mix all ingredients and pour into heated skillet. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Seafood Bisque

This recipe is absolutely yummy!! I craved this and seafood gumbo when I was expecting Hadley.

Seafood Bisque
3-12oz. bags crawfish tails
2 lbs white crab meat
5 lbs shrimp(I use 90/110 size)
2 sticks of margarine
2 onions, chopped(I only use 1 large)
1 1/2 bunches of green onions, chopped
4 cans cream of potato soup
1-2 cans diced new potatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
4 cans cream styled corn
2 cans niblet corn, drained
2 TBS liquid crab boil (be sure you use liquid)
5 cups half and half

Sauté all onions in butter in large soup pot for 15 minutes. Add seafood and crab boil. Sauté for 15 minutes. Add cream of potato and mushroom soup. Cook 15 minutes. Add corn and cook 5 minutes. Add half and half and cook 10 minutes. Serve over rice, in a bread bowl, or alone.

You can use whatever seafood you like. I just like the crawfish, shrimp, & crab. This makes a HUGE pot so be ready to share or freeze!