Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread {New Year Wishes}

Already I’m feeling like I’m starting the new year a bit disorganized, in the month of January I have two major life events happening, one of which I can’t speak freely about till it’s done and the other, well it’s either going to rock my world or destroy it, so I’m hanging on to that announcement until later.

Regardless of my huge upcoming events I always look to the New Year as a good time for rejuvenation, a starting off point, a beginning to no end.

I found this poem by accident on the internet; it cleverly spells out Happy New Year with the first letter of each line.

How Beautiful the Turning of the Year by Nicolas Gordon

How beautiful the turning of the year!

A Moment artificial yet profound:

Point upon an arbitrary chart

Passing like a breath upon the heart,

Yearning with anticipation wound,

New hope new harbored in old fashioned cheer

Even when the boundary line is clear,

We recognize the oneness of the ground.

Years, like circles do not end or start

Except we lay the truth across our art

Adjusting dates as they go round and round

Revolving to a tune long sung and done.

If you are making up some of my Creole Style Black-eyed peas I highly recommend this spicy cornbread as an accompaniment. The sour cream in the cornbread makes it moist, add more or less jalapenos to suit your spice taste and the chunks of cheese create beautiful cheesy pockets (I’m never using grated cheese in my bread again, I love the way the cubed cheese melts and oozes out). Served with honey butter this is a real winner.

Best of the New Year to you!