Last fall we were down in the Birmingham area and went to Jim N Nicks for barbecue. They served the most awesome Cheese Biscuits. My niece, Sarah, asked the waiter if he could give the recipe to her mom! Of course they didn't do that, but I searched on the internet and found a recipe that is supposed to be like them, and they are delicious! Especially when served with Honey Butter.

Here is the recipe:

Jim N Nicks Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup milk (2% works best)
1 egg, beaten well
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into greased muffin pan and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes.

This recipe makes about 12 muffins.

I don't remember what website I found this recipe at and it didn't print off on my page so I can't give credit. I really love this recipe though.

Svelte Blue Cheese Dressing and Dip

1/2 cup plain fat free yogurt
1/4 cup Carnation Instant Nonfat Dry Milk
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 ounces blue cheese
1 small clove garlic
1/4 teaspoon crushed dried basil
1/4 teaspoon crushed dried rosemary
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Combine yogurt and dry milk in small bowl. Add green onions, cheese, garlic, basil, rosemary and salt; mix well.

Cover; refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.

Serves 8

Thursday I had an appointment with Dr. Kukelhan to get my permanent crown. Wouldn't you know, 4AM that day I broke another tooth so had to have her look at that while I was there and I'll need that tooth crowned too. I had asked Dr. Shamerloh once if he thought I'd ever need dentures and he said my teeth were too good for that, I'd never need them. Within a couple of months after that I needed two crowns. I told him he said I'd never need dentures but that he didn't say I was going to have a mouth full of crowns. He told me that I never asked him that! LOL

Friday morning I had a followup appointment with Dr. Berning at the St. Joseph Burn and Wound Center. Dr. Berning was pleased with the healing progress. He said for all intents and purposes, I am done with them. The wound is healed pretty much to skin level, mostly just needs to heal over now. I'm still dressing it with the saline soaked gauze. He was going to contact Home Health Care to have me released from their care. Yay, that means I'm no longer considered home bound! He said to come back in 5-6 weeks but I told him I'd be out of state for the birth of my grandson so we sat it for 8 weeks.

After my appointment I went to the Meijer store and tromped all over about half of it. Then I went to Gordon Foood Service to get a ham, turkey breast and horn of provolone cheese and have them all sliced. Gene seperates them and packages them for the freezer with his vacuum Seal-A-Meal. He also had me pick up a chunk of Asiago cheese. I "had" to get a few other things while I was there also. I like to stock up on frozen vegetables when I go there because they're so much cheaper than at the grocery store. By the time I left there I was so tired I could hardly drag. I had planned to get gas but with being so tired decided I was skipping that because I thought I had enough to get back to Bluffton and the price was the same.

I had just got on I-69 to head home when my "Low Tire" light came on. I slowed down, but decided since it was handling okay that I wasn't stopping on the interstate if I didn't have to. I got to the next exit and got off and as I was exiting my gas tank chimed that it was low so I figured the gas station as as good a place as any to take a look at the tires. They all looked okay so I filled up with gas and decided to take it over to the tire store on down and across the highway, but they were closed and a for sale sign out front. I decided I was heading back to Bluffton unless I started having handling problems, in which case I would use our auto club membership and have someone come take care of it. I got to Bluffton and stopped at Hiday Motors. They found too pieces of wire stuck in the right rear tire and fixed it for me.

When I finally got home I was so tired I took a 3 1/2 hour nap.

Yesterday was Connie and Fred's wedding up at Warsaw. I laid down in the afternoon to put my feet up for a bit and fell asleep. When Gene woke me up we scrambled to get out of here but no way we could make it on time for the wedding so just went for the reception. They were married where they live. They have a beautiful place there.

I sat my alarm to get up and go to church this morning but woke up still so tired I could barely move so shut the alarm off and went back to sleep for a couple more hours. I still got up so tired I could hardly move and I've been tired all day. One of these days maybe I'll bet some more endurance built up. I tinkered on the computer all day, mostly watching live streaming storm chases in Missouri, and watching TV.

This is the recipe I used waaaaaay back in my third year of 4-H for the Banana Bread I exhibited at the county 4-H Fair. I got a blue ribbon and an honor ribbon because it was judged on the possibility of going to the State Fair but didn't. I don't think I've ever made it using chocolate chips.

Banana Bread

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup margarine

2 eggs

1/2 cup sour milk (add 1 tsp. white vinegar to fresh milk and let it stand 10 minutes)

1 tsp. baking soda

2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups mashed over ripe bananas (approx. 4)

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup nuts or chocolate chips (optional)

Cream sugar and margarine. Then add eggs, milk, soda, flour and vanilla. Mix well. Add bananas and nuts. Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans and let stand 20 minutes.

Bake at 325 for 50 minutes. Check doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, the banana bread is done.

Options: You can use 1 1/2 cups applesauce instead of the bananas. You can also use crushed pineapple, crushed cranberries or almost any soft fruit.

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I have a recipe analyzing program that I can enter recipes into and get the nutritional data. I analyzed this with using skim milk and 1 cup nuts but not the chocolate chips. If you slice the loaves into 18 slices, each slice contains 16 grams of carbohydrates and 117 calories. I was adjusting the number of servings trying to hit a 15 gram serving as that is what the ADA considers to be one serving of carbohydrates.