Corn Bread Anyone?

Found this recipe when I was looking for heart healthy choices for some of my favorite foods. What I liked about this one, as you can see at the end, it gives you Calorie count and other nutritional values. Interesting! Valuable.

Good-for-You Cornbread
(From CDC.gov website)

This is not only good for you, but good in you—making it a healthy comfort food.
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup low-fat (1%) buttermilk
1 egg, whole
¼ cup margarine, regular, tub
1 teaspoon vegetable oil (to grease baking pan)

1. Mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder.

2. In another bowl, combine buttermilk and egg. Beat lightly.

3. Slowly add buttermilk and egg mixture to dry ingredients.

4. Add margarine and mix by hand or with mixer for 1 minute.

5. Bake for 20–25 minutes in an 8 x 8-inch, greased baking dish. Cool.

Cut into 10 squares.

Heart Healthy Home Cooking

Yield: 10 servings

Serving size: 1 square

Calories 178

Total Fat 6 g

Saturated Fat 1 g

Cholesterol 22 mg

Sodium 94 mg

Total Fiber 1 g

Protein 4 g

Carbohydrates 27 g

Potassium 132 mg



Special thanks to Wahida Karmally, Dr.P.H., R.D., CDE, CLS, and her colleagues at the Irving Center for Research at Columbia University for testing the recipes with the African American community.