Celebration Cornbread

I like to make special meals or dishes whenever I have achieved some personal goal. The goal could be finishing a rather difficult training day, say for instance hill repeats, or achieving some weight goal, or even a podium finish for a local training race. I am sure they are serving fried shrimp and cold beer in heaven when I finish this life.

Cornbread can be made even more healthy by substituting vegetable oil for butter and adding some vegies and perhaps a scoop or two of protein powder (its tasteless)

1 Jalepeno chopped
1/3 cup Canola Oil
1 Cup unbleached flour
1 Cup cornmeal
5 tbl Honey
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Cup Skim Milk
1 Large Egg, beaten
1/4 Can (4 oz) of Corn (drained)
1 scoop Whey protein powder

Preheat Oven to 400. Saute chopped jalepeno in oil in a black cast iron skillet. Mix remaining ingredients in a large bowl and add to this the oil/pepper combination. Mix well. Pour batter back into skillet and bake in oven for 25 to 30 minutes until brown on edges and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cut cornbread slices into pizza like slices. This is best served hot. Microwave cold pieces to return to oven baked state. I'll keep experimenting to make an even healthier cornbread, by substituting multiple egg whites for a whole egg and removing some of the honey. Besides you can always add honey or maple syrup at serving time.