Unbearably Good!

Today I am linking up to Muffy of Muffy Martini. She is hosting a Favorite Cookbook blog hop...just in time for new holiday recipes and gifts!

I lived in Americus, Georgia for several years as a young child. My mother will be the first to tell you that this was one of her favorite places to live. When we first arrived mother, being her social self, met a new best friends who quickly introduced her to the rest of the town as "a Yankee." Well, that Yankee quickly assimilated to life in a small Southern town as did her husband and her daughter. In fact, we assimilated so well that the first color picture in the Americus paper was of one of my birthday parties with my dear friend Mary Anne! We still keep in close contact with all our Americus friends and are excited to hopefully visit this Spring.

Americus is not your typical small town in my opinion, in fact I am always telling all my friends here in Dallas that Americus is where I hope to end up one day. While the town stands out to me it is similar to many small towns in that it is full of life, history, beautiful homes, wise people and LOTS of GOOD Southern food.

For as long as I can remember my mother has had a copy of the Junior League of Americus cookbook, Unbearably Good!, out when getting ready for a party or holiday. It has been her go-to cookbook for years and now I am following in those same footsteps.

This cookbook is FULL of the best of the best. The chicken salad recipe is to.die.for (I cannot give that away though...you need to buy a copy for that piece of gold) and the cheese straws and desserts are so good you can hardly stop eating them. While every recipe is better than the last today I wanted to share a recipe that is great for brunches and ladies luncheons. You can make these in a normal cupcake tins, but I think mini is really best and more dainty too. Enjoy!

Broccoli Cheese Muffins
Margarine or oil for greasing muffin tins
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli, cooked
1 (7 1/2-ounce) box corn muffin mix
4 eggs, beaten
1 stick ( 1/2 cup) margarine, melted
3/4 cup cottage cheese
1 large onion, chopped
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease miniature muffin tins. Drain broccoli well. Mix broccoli, corn muffin mix, eggs, margarine, cottage cheese and onion until blended.
Divide among muffin tins and bake 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 5 to 6 dozen muffins in mini tins.
Variation: If desired, dollop muffins with sour cream and a broccoli floret.

Unbearably Good seems as if it is pretty hard to come by these days. When searching for one online for you all I was only able to find them on eBay and then a few used copies on Amazon as well. Snatch one up today before it is too late, I promise you that you will NEVER look back!