Healthier Cheesy Cornbread Casserole

Gingernut's Note:

This is a based on a casserole recipe I found on 'Zaar (#35583). I wanted to make it a bit healthier, so I added more veggies, wholemeal flour, and reduced the cheese. I also can't get cornbread mix where I am, so I had to combine it with a from-scratch cornbread recipe (#4496). I normally would just post my changes in the feedback, but these changes were pretty extensive and I am interested to see the difference in the nutritional values. You may need to fiddle with the baking time as I used a non-standard baking dish and I have a really dodgy oven. The original recipe called for a 3-qt dish and 30 minutes of baking time. NOTE: I have updated this recipe as somehow managed to leave out the cornmeal! Amazed that the review still came out so well *LOL*!

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup cornmeal or 1 cup polenta
• ¼ cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground sage
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• ¼ cup canola oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped jalapenos (optional)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1 cup sliced green onion
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• 6 hot dogs , quartered lengthwise and sliced
• 1 cup low-fat cheddar cheese , shredded

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 400.
2. Mix first 8 ingredients in a large bowl, set aside.
3. Whisk together eggs, milk, oil, and jalapenos in a small bowl, set aside.
4. Saute celery, onion, and peppers in butter for 5 minutes in a large skillet or wok.
5. Add chopped hotdogs to vegetable mixture, saute 5 more minutes.
6. Add corn kernels to skillet, cook till warm.
7. Make a well in the dry ingredients.
8. Pour egg mixture into dry ingredients, stirring just till moist.
9. Add all but 1 cup of hot dog mixture, plus about half the cheese, to batter and mix to combine.
10. Spread batter into a shallow baking dish.
11. Top with remaining hotdog mixture and remaining cheese.
12. Bake for 20- 30 minutes until golden brown and a fork or skewer comes out clean when you poke it into the casserole.

Reviews

[ruby_slippers]

I made this for breakfast, and it was great! I only had two hot dogs left, so I halved the recipe and made it a little lean on meat. The only other modification was that I added honey in place of sugar. I would add more jalapeno next time, but my tastes are on the spicier side.

[Chef #805131]

Tasty recipe! I have made this before using Jiffy cornbread mix, but this is a great alternative. I use veggie dogs instead of hotdogs and it comes out perfect. Thanks for posting!

[Smilyn]

We like this recipe. I did change the hot dogs to chorizo sausage and liked it that way. We didn't have wheat flour, but next time I will make sure to add that. This is very good and we will be keeping this. Update: I just figured I can make this vegetarian using soy chorizo... I'll let you know of the results.