Dinner in Marksville

At one of my other favorite Social/Blog sites I used to do posts about what we ate each night, well when I got a chance to anyways. It was a great site where you could earn for your posts, but sadly went belly around the time I decided to blog seriously. Coincidence? Maybe, but I was taught when one door closes another door opens.

I have been thinking about what I want to add to my blog and what I want to take away, and thought about what my readers liked about my other social network/ blog posts and wanted to bring those kind of posts to my blog.

Both of these recipes come from other sites, once which I kept as written, and another which I changed up Marksville Style.

Tonight's dinner will be Campbell's Chili Corn Chip Bake and Creamed Corn Cornmeal Muffins.

Creamed Corn Cornmeal Muffins

Ingredients

• 2, 8.5 oz. packages of Jiffy cornbread mix
• 14.75 oz. can of creamed corn
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1/4 c. sour cream
• 2 eggs, beaten

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
2. Stir till just combined; batter should be slightly lumpy.
3. Line muffin pan with liners (or lightly grease cups if not using liners).
4. Pour batter in cups till two-thirds full.
5. Bake in 350° oven for 25-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Campbell's Chili Corn Chip Bake/ Marksville Style Recipe

What You'll Need

2 1/2 cups corn chips about 4 cups of corn chips

1 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)  1 super large onion 

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend cheese  2 cups of liquid cheddar cheese

1 can (14.5 ounces) Pace® Spicy Chili 3 cans of hormel chili (any kind you like)

1 large 28oz can of diced tomatoes 

1/2 cup sour cream  

Original recipe said it serves 4 people but our family of 5 ate the whole updated Marksville Style batch so if you have big eaters you are going to want to double or use my recipe. 

How to Make It

• 1
  Set the oven to 350°F.
• 2
  Layer half the corn chips, the onion and half the cheese in a 9-inch pie plate  13 by 9 inch glass baking pan.  Spoon the chili over the cheese. I mixed my 3 cans of chili and large can of tomatoes together then put over cheese. Layer with the remaining corn chips and cheese.
• 3     Bake for 20 minutes or until the mixture is hot and bubbling Bake for 1 hour.  Serve               with the sour cream, if desired.

What I like best about both recipes is that if you keep them original they both cook for the same amount of time, but with the Marksville Style recipe you want to add the muffins in half way through the baking time of the Chili. 

Our family really enjoyed it as in all 5 of us ate every bit of it. The Creamed Corn Cornmeal muffins were good but I generally make homemade cornmeal muffins instead of using Jiffy mix so will try and implement this into my homemade recipe the next time and see how it works out for us. 

I hope you enjoy these recipes and will come back to see what we have for dinner now and then. 

Foxbrim Seaweed Complex Lotion Review

I really enjoy using facial products that have minerals and other ingredients from the sea or ocean. The Foxbrim Seaweed Complex Lotion smells fantastic like all of my other products from the sea and ocean, come in a small pump bottle. With the Foxbrim Seaweed Complex Lotion you only need a little to do your whole face. All I use is one pump to do my whole face. 

The Foxbrim line is another one of my favorite lines of beauty products. The Foxbrim Seaweed Complex Lotion is both organic and Natural.  So for the fur baby lovers out there you will be glad to know that most if not all of the Foxbrim line is not tested on animals.

You can purchase  Foxbrim Seaweed Complex Lotion on Amazon.

What Foxbrim has to say about their product. 

Foxbrim's Seaweed Complex Lotion takes your daily lotion to the next level. The life of the ocean is bottled for perfect and healthy beauty. Nature continues to hold the key to true beauty. Seaweed Complex Lotion utilizes phytochemicals, polysaccharides and 90+ minerals and micro minerals to bring the restorative and youthening elements of the ocean to you in a bioavailable format. This light and fresh lotion will create balanced and nourished skin. Rapidly restore firmness to tired and worn skin. Boost collagen production while filling in existing wrinkles. Amazingly, anti-radiation properties found in this complex protect from daily and long term sun damage and progressive aging of the skin. 

Key Ingredients Include:

+ Phytochemicals - Effectively prevents premature aging of the skin. 
+ Polysaccharides - Essential building block for skin repair and renewal. 
+ Organic Spirulina (Blue Green Algae) - Reduce skin inflammation while boosting antioxidants and defending against free radicals. 
+ Hyaluronic Acid - Unmatched natural moisturizer for plump and smooth skin.

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Insta Natural Dead Sea Mud Mask Review

One of the first facial treatments I ever used growing up was a clay mud mask and I loved it. Sadly that company no longer makes the mask at least not around where we shop. Funny I have never looked it up online, but I was super excited to try out the Insta Natural Dead Sea Mud Mask. Yes Insta Natural is one of my favorite lines of facial care. I am loving the pampering my skin is getting from all of their products. 

Insta Natural Dead Sea Mud Mask comes in a pretty hefty tub, and is a dark greenish black mud. When I tried it out it looked really thick but once I was applying it, I noticed right away it had a much thinner consistency then I am used. Not that it is a bad thing I just didn't know what to expect so I kept adding more see the picture below. 

After using it I have come to the conclusion it doesn't need to be a solid color to do the magic. A think almost watery coat is all you need to achieve a tight dry mask. I put my mask on before I am going to take a bath. Once the mask has dried I sit in the tub with a warm washcloth on my face for a few minutes and then rinse, following with a facial wash, after my bath I follow with a nice moisturizer before turning in for the night. It takes about 20 minutes to dry.

You can purchase the Insta Natural Dead Sea Mud Mask here and on Amazon.

You can read my review for Vitamin C Moisturizer from Insta Natural here.

What Insta Natural has to say about their product.

Dead Sea Mud Mask is an all-natural detoxifier and purifier that comes from the renowned and sacred Dead Sea. More than a million visitors each year flock to this extraordinary body of water in the Mediterranean, which contains many minerals beneficial to the skin, such as magnesium, sodium, bromine, potassium and calcium.

Once applied, this mud mask treatment starts working to absorb excess oil, dirt and toxins from the skin. It is great to expunge acne, pimples and blackheads. It also helps to restore an even skin tone for a smoother complexion. When used as a body treatment, the mud mask can soothe and relieve muscles aches and pains.

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