Chili

1 quart baked beans (1 large can or 2 16-oz cans)
1 16-oz can kidney beans, drained
1 16-oz can garbanzo beans, drained
½ lb bacon
1 lb ground beef
1 small onion, diced
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
½ c. brown sugar-use approx 1/3 C sugar
2 Tb molasses-omitted, did not have
¼ c. ketchup
¼ c. barbeque sauce (This time I used Famous Dave's Rich & Sassy and it was great!)
¼ tsp chili powder
1 tsp mustard
2 Tb Worcestershire sauce
about 1 1/2 cups water-I omitted

Brown beef, drain. Cook bacon, drain, and chop. Saute diced onion, bell pepper, and celery in same pan. Add remaining ingredients together in a large pot and heat thoroughly. Add water to your liking (as it heats up, it will thin a little). You may let it simmer, covered, on low for up to an hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Or you can serve it after simmering for 10 minutes.


Z'TEJAS CORNBREAD
(It seems like all the other cornbread recipes I have tried have been either super oily, super sugary, super dry, or super bland. This one is just super! :) It's moist, has a great texture, and tastes fabulous. I halved this and used a glass 8x8 pan.)

1 1/2 cup corn meal 3/4 C corn meal
1 1/2 cup flour 3/4 C flour
1/2 cup sugar 1/4 C sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 tbs baking powder
1 tablespoon baking soda 1/2 Tbs baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 tsp salt
1 cup plain yogurt 1/2 C plain yogurat
1/2 cup creamed corn 1/4 C creamed corn
1/2 cup frozen corn 1/4 C frozen corn
1 1/2 cups buttermilk or 3/4 C buttermilk
1 1/2C milk and 11/2 TBS of lemon juice
3 eggs, slightly beaten 2 eggs
1/3 cup butter, melted 3Tbs butter, melted

Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. In a large mixing bowl, whisk yogurt, buttermilk, eggs and butter together. Add the creamed corn and frozen corn. Pour into a greased 9X13 pan or use a buttered cast iron skillet and fill the skillet 1/2 full (if using a skillet you will have leftover batter so go ahead and make some cornbread muffins or a smaller pan of bread). Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes my oven 30 minutes.(check with a toothpick that should come out clean).