Cornbread Salads (excerpts from “From Katie’s Kitchen Cookbook, vol. one”

ByMrs. Katie

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Cornbread Salad #1

Shared with me years ago by source unknown and includes my changes

Cornbread Salad #1

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Course: Salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 T. Ranch-style Dressing Mix
  • 8 oz. sour cream
  • 1 c. mayonnaise
  • 1 9 inch pan Mexican or plain cornbread, baked and crumbled
  • 2 16 oz cans pinto beans, drained
  • 3 large tomatoes chopped (or one 14 oz. can, drained)
  • ½ c. green onions chopped (may use red onions)
  • 2 c. cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 c. cooked bacon crumbled
  • 1 can whole kernel corn drained

Method
 

  1. Combine dressing mix, sour cream, mayonnaise. Set aside.
  2. Place half cornbread in bottom of large serving bowl. Top with half amounts of each: beans, tomatoes, onions, cheese, bacon, corn and dressing.
  3. Repeat all layers, ending with dressing. Cover, chill at least two hours before serving.
  4. Garnish with additional cheese, bacon, tomato wedges.

Notes

Notes:  This is a great recipe to use leftover cornbread and is very adaptable for a large family or guests. We also enjoy it the next day.

Cornbread Salad #2

This was shared in the 1980s by a wonderful cook and dear lady, Gloria Watson Grogan.

Cornbread Salad #2

Print Recipe
Course: Salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pkg white cornbread mix
  • 1 pkg Mexican cornbread mix
  • 1 cup bell peppers chopped
  • 1 cup celery chopped
  • 1 can whole kernel corn drained
  • 3 tomatoes chopped
  • 1 cup green onions chopped
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
  • 2 cup Hellman's mayonnaise
  • 3 boiled eggs chopped

Method
 

  1. Mix cornbread batters together and bake according to package directions. Cool.
  2. In large bowl, crumble bread into nickel or dime sized pieces. Add other ingredients with bread and lightly mix. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.

Notes

Each of these cornbread salad recipes have been included because they are so different but tasty in their own rites. I have used both through the years. 

Mrs. Katie of Heritage Ways educates and encourages Diligent Homemakers by sharing her family’s homemaking and homesteading traditions and knowledge. A mother of six and Grandmarmee to a growing number of blessings, her favorite thing to do is cook for a table full of hungry folks. Find Mrs. Katie teaching at homemaking and homesteading events. She’ll be the one wearing an apron and counting her blessings.

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