Last week was so busy that I missed taking part in Shannon’s WFMW blog carnival at Rocks in my dryer (and actually hardly posted anything at all!). This week isn’t much better, but I am nothing if not determined, so today I present you with something that really Works-For-Me (and not just on Wednesdays): my recipe for corn cookies.
I don’t know about you, but in our family there aren’t many meals that everyone likes (the boys can’t even agree on Spaghetti). Usually, one of the boys will gobble up the meal while the other refuses to even touch it. Not so with this recipe. And it isn’t just us either. I took the recipe in to the boys’ preschool and they have prepared it for lunch there several times - quite successfully.

Not only is it tasty, but also inexpensive, easy to prepare (no need to get hung up on the exact measurements) and fast. You can really sit down to eat barely 30 minutes after you start cooking - and you’ll even have time to unload the dishwasher and set the table! What more could you want?

After all that fanfare, here the recipe:

Yummy-in-my-Tummy-Corn Cookies

Ingredients:

• Small can of corn
• 1 egg, separated
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• Some oil for frying

How to make it:

1. Combine the flour, cornmeal, milk and egg yolk in a bowl, stir together and let sit for about 15 minutes. You can use this time to prepare a salad (which would go really well with the corn cookies - if your kids will eat it) or to set the table.
2. Put a generous amount of oil into the skillet and heat.
3. Add some pepper, salt, hot sauce etc. to the batter (according to taste)
4. Beat eggwhite until stiff. Drain the corn and stir into the batter. Fold in the eggwhite.
5. The oil should be hot by now. Drop batter by spoonfuls into the hot oil to make little “cookies” (mine are usually about 2”-3”). Fry for a couple of minutes, flip over and cook on the other side until golden brown.
6. Take out of the skillet and drain on paper towels for a moment to get rid of excess oil. Serve with tomato sauce /katsup for dipping and salad (if your kids are more amenable to it than mine).

Notice the extra effort in presentation. Salad would

make some nice “hair”.