Oven roasted corn on the cob

I just love corn on the cob in the summer.  What I don't love is preparing it.  Husks and silk everywhere, huge pots of boiling water etc, etc... I'm not opposed to it on the grill but sometimes, I'm just not in the mood for that charred flavor.

When Brian came home from the farmer's market last weekend with some great corn, I was determined to find a better way to prepare it.  I searched the web, and came up with this recipe.

I will never ever prepare corn any other way again.  This was so simple and easy and the corn was out of this world delicious.  The husks and silk slipped off with very little effort from me.  My new go to way to prepare corn.  I'm a happy girl.

Oven roasted corn on the cob

Ingredients:

Fresh ears of corn

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.  Place the corn in the husks directly on the oven rack and roast for 30 minutes or until the corn is soft.  Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack until the corn is cool enough to handle.  Remove the husks and silk, serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Rachel

Source: Tyler Florence

Light and fluffy waffles

Everyone loves waffles, and we really aren't any different.  We have some keepers in our recipe file, Chocolate waffles, Cake waffles, and Yeasted waffles (you can find them all over in Young Adventures). When my dear friend Colleen pinned a recipe for waffles that her Dad made her when she was growing up, I had to try them.

These were light, fluffy and had a delicate flavor.  Everyone loved them, and we will be adding this recipe to our waffle collection.

Light and Fluffy Waffles

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all - purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

2 egg yolks

1 3/4 cups milk

1/2 cup canola oil

2 egg whites

Directions:

1.  In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.  Make a well in the center of the mixture.

2.  In a small bowl mix egg yolks slightly, stir in milk and oil.

3. Add the egg yolk mixture all at once to the dry mixture.  Stir just until moistened, there will be lumps.

4.  In another bowl mix egg whites until stiff peaks form.

5.  Gently fold whites into flour and egg yolk mixture, leave a few streaks of egg white.  Do not over mix.

6.  Spoon waffle batter onto your waffle iron and cook according to  manufacturer's directions.

Enjoy!
Rachel

Source: Colleen via Better Homes and Gardens