Hardscrabble

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Dirty Rice

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 cup black beans

2 1/2 cups water

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (optional)

1 package ZATARAIN'S® Dirty Rice Mix, Original

Directions:
1. Brown ground beef in large skillet on medium-high heat. Drain fat. Set aside.

2. Bring water to boil in medium saucepan. Stir in rice mix, black beans and ground beef; return to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until rice is tender.

3. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork before serving

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 ¾ cup flour 
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup oil
• ⅓ cup sourmilk (add a tsp of vinegar to regular milk and stir; let it sit for a couple of minutes)
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 2 ripe bananas mushed up

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350
2. Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. 
3. Mix in the wet ingredients.
4. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top,
5. Spray pan and pour in the batter.
6. Bake for 40-45 minutes.

Optional: put walnuts in it 

Mt. Katahdin (8/5/12)

 

 

 

 

 

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