Cheddar Corn Bread with Pepitas

By stretchina

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (2 ozs.)reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup nonfat buttermilk
• 1 (10oz.)package frozen cream-style corn, thawed
• 1 (8 1/2 oz.)package corn muffin mix (such as Jiffy)
• 1 (4.5 oz.)can chopped green chiles, drained (optional)
• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup unsalted pumpkinseed kernels (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into an 8 inch square dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with pumpkinseeds. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.