From Better Homes and Gardens

There's a number of tweaks you can perform on the basic recipe and still end up with a delicious treat. Try adding cheddar cheese and chile peppers for a version with a hint of heat.

Corn Bread

From Parents

Zucchini and beets are baked into corn muffins to make a great side dish for chili, soups, or beef roast.

Mini Vegetable Cakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Accompany bowls of spicy chili, soup, or stew with full-size or mini muffins. For extra flavor, stir a bit of whole kernel corn and chopped green onions into this batter.

Corn Puffins

From Family Circle

The wonderful combination of spicy and sweet perk up this corn muffin recipe. The chunks of peaches offer a pleasing contrast to cayenne pepper and jalapeno.

Peach Corn-Bread Muffins

From Family Circle

For the best flavor, use fresh corn kernels cut from the cob in the batter of these extra-large corn muffins. If you don't have fresh corn, thawed frozen corn kernels will do.

Jumbo Corn Muffins

From Midwest Living

Make this favorite side-dish bread just the way you want it using one or all of the many variations in this recipe.

Mix-and-Match Cornbread

From Taste of the South

Summer Cornbread

From Diabetic Living

This savory muffin recipe is less sweet than most corn breads. The muffins are delicious as a side dish to soups or chili.

Buttermilk Corn Muffins

From Better Homes and Gardens

Cook the eggs and heat the sausage in flavorful tomato sauce for quick-to-the-table skillet recipe. For extra zip, substitute Italian, Mexican, or Cajun stewed tomatoes.

Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

This is a version of a traditional Italian cassata (kah-SAH-tah), an Italian-style layered cake typically served at weddings and other celebrations.

Corn Bread Cassata

From Taste of the South

Cheddar-Chipotle Corn Muffins

From Family Circle

These low-calorie cakes are mostly made up of blueberries with just enough cornbread batter to hold the berries together. If you like, top each cake with a small dollop of reduced-fat or fat-free whipped topping.

individual blueberry cakes

From EatingWell

You don't have to skip the traditional Thanksgiving dinner if it's just the two of you - and you also don't have to eat turkey for days. In fact, you may not want to wait for a special occasion to have this satisfying mini celebration.

Turkey & Stuffing for Two