Fried Ice Cream Cake

Nothing goes along with you southwestern meal more than fried ice cream.

So in my quest to have all the flavor with out actually frying ice cream;

I'm making Fried Ice Cream Cake.

Oh yeah....

Fried Ice Cream Cake!

Let's gather our ingredients and get started.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon of salt

3 cups of Corn Flakes (crushed)

1 quart vanilla ice cream~I prefer French Vanilla Ice cream.(Soften to room temperature)

1~8 ounce tub of frozen whipped topping(Cool Whip)

3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

Honey for the drizzling.

Direction:

1. Heat butter, sugar, and salt over medium heat.Stirring continually being careful not to burn your sugar. Heat until mixture reaches a bubbling state.

2. Add corn flakes to mixture. Stirring until corn flakes are slightly caramelized.

3. Layer half your corn flake mixture in bottom of baking dish. Pat down to "set" your flakes.

4. Mix together ice cream,  whip topping, and cinnamon.

5. Pour into your baking dish.

6. Top with remaining corn flake mixture.

7. Freeze for 4-5 hours.

Drizzle with honey and serve.

Black Bean Salad

Black Bean Salad is the perfect combination of  color, taste and quick.

 It is also a great side dish to compliment most any southwestern meal.

I'll be serving mine up to compliment our taco night.

Let's get started and gather our ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 each red, green and yellow bell pepper(chopped)

1 can whole kernel corn (drained)

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1 clove garlic(minced)

1 teaspoon fresh cilantro(chopped)

4-5 tablespoons red wine vinegar

1/4 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon lime juice 

1 can of Black Beans(rinsed and drained)

ground black pepper

salt 

lettuce leaves

Directions:

1. Combine peppers, corn, onion, garlic, and cilantro in a large bowl.

2. Add vinegar, oil, and lime juice. Toss to coat.

3. Add black beans and toss gently. 

4. Season with pepper and salt.

You're ready to serve up on crisp lettuce leaves with you tortilla chips.

That's it!

Enjoy!