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No cook, makes a lot, isn’t too expensive = perfect for a potluck!

2 cans Niblets Mexicorn, drained
1 16 oz sour cream
1/2 C mayo
1 small can green chilies
3 green onions, chopped
10 oz cheddar cheese, grated/shredded
1 small can jalapeños, chopped

mix and refrigerate overnight (it tastes SO much better overnight)
serve with Fritos (the large scoop ones work the best) or corn tortilla chips

Oven 325, grease a bundt pan

Put all this stuff in a mixing bowl:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
4 T bourbon
1 t salt
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking solda
1 cup milk
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 eggs

Mix on medium for 3 minutes. Batter will be light and fluffy.
Put in bundt pan and bake for 60 minutes.

Make bourbon/butter sauce and put on cake while still hot. Poke cake all over with a fork.

Sauce:
3/4 c sugar
1/3 c butter
3 T water
2 T bourbon

heat up in pan until sugar is melted and mixed together but do not boil

The original recipe said to use vanilla, not bourbon (and not so much) but–bourbon makes everything better!

Disclaimer: I am a white girl from Iowa, so I like my salads wet and I don’t like really spicy foods.

Make dressing marinade:
2 cups rice wine vinegar
3 T sugar
2 cloves pressed or chopped garlic
6+ drops tabasco sauce
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add in-
2 cucumbers, seeded and sliced thin
1 large carrot, cut into thin coins
1 onion, sliced thin
cilantro–don’t add too much

Mix and add salt & pepper to taste. Ideally, chill for 1 hour before serving….although we ate it right away.
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Slice up 3 onions thinly–today we used 2 vidalia and 1 red

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large (ideally cast iron) skillet
Put onions in skillet on medium heat, and cook until they are carmelized. Stir often-don’t let them burn!

This will take 30-40 minutes….be patient.

Then add 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar and cook for 10 more minutes.

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Put 1 pie crust (I buy mine) down on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
If it came in a pan, take it out of the pan.

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Put mozzarella cheese on the crust. Leave 1.5 inch margin around the outsides.
Add onions.
Add more cheese

Fold the pie shell around the mix, leaving a circle of onion showing. This doesn’t have to be perfect….that’s why the name of this is “rustic.”

Bake in 450 oven for 10 minutes. Turn the oven down to 350 and bake 20-25 more minutes. Crust will be brown.

Let this rest 10 minutes before serving.

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Not a fast meal, but it meets several Sarah criteria:

cheap, easy to make with ingredients I usually have on hand, and ONIONS make everything better!

Bake a pie crust at 450 for 5 minutes. I buy mine….any recipe is probably fine.

Slice up about 6 roma tomatoes, sprinkle on salt and let sit on paper towel for awhile

Mix topping up:
2/3 c mayonnaise (the real stuff, no substitutes)
1/3 c parmesan cheese
1/3 c mozzarella cheese
2 cloves minced garlic

Put tomatoes in partially baked shell. Add some pepper, and top with the mayo mix. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Tomatoes should be cooked, and the topping should have some brown spots.

Comments:
Sarah–this would be good with chicken
Russell–I like it
John–threw his piece in the dog bowl.
Hamilton & Sissy–woof, more please