Yes "Masa" whateva you say.

Tonight I took it easy with a semi (probably less than semi) homemade meal. On today's menu. Store bought Ribs, Masa Bread, and Store bought Baked beans.

The recipes are listed below. I originally was going to make the ribs fresh but I took longer than expected at BJ's. I ended up buying the rack premade and started from there. I figured if I was doing ribs as the main star then I might as well make it a southern BBQ meal. I had baked beans ready to go in a can but now I feel guilty because nothing so far is homemade. Cornbread .. that' it!

I'll make cornbread! Okay its only a side but its something and that's real life cooking right? You don't always do what you set out to do. Today I got a bit lazy and cornmade was my homemade portion. Good thing Jen's baking a cake from scratch =).

So as I start on my cornbread I realize I dont have any cornmeal left. CRAP! Okay so what I do have it Masa for tamales. It's sorta the same thing but the grind size is much finer. I googled masa bread and found a great recipe.

To start on the masa bread you pre-heat the oven to 425 Degrees. You stick your Lodge Logic 12-Inch Pre-Seasoned Skillet in there with 2 Tablespoons of butter and let it melt. You then assemble the dry team, then the wet team, and pour it into the pan.

 

While the masa bread is cooking stick the ribs on a sheet pan or Pyrex baking dish to heat up. The baked beans I threw into a bowl, nuked them and voila! A semi-homemade meal!

Recipes:
Masa-Bread


Shopping List:

Masa-Cake:
1.5 Cup Tamale Masa
Butter
1 Tsp Sugar/Honey
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Tsp Salt
2 Tsp Baking Powder

Take out Ribs
Canned Baked Beans