Not the prettiest dish to photograph, but it is so delicious! Everyone LOVED this…even -s, who’s not too crazy about anything sweet potato. Both kiddos requested that I make this again, and it will definitely be made at Thanksgiving. Adapted from Tara McConnell’s Hot Recipes in Cool Dishes. Filling Ingredients: 3 lbs. sweet potatoes, [...]
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Cranberry Sweet Potato Casserole
Published by March 24th, 2013 in 5 Stars, Casserole, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Kid Approved, Sides and Thanksgiving. 0 CommentsCranberry Jello Salad
Published by November 27th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Dessert, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Family Recipe, Kid Approved, Quick and Easy, Salad, Sides, Thanksgiving and Vegetarian. ClosedJello salads and molded jello salads were all the rage in the 70′s and they still are for my family in the Pacific Northwest. Most jello salads I don’t particularly care for, but I eat enough to be polite. There is one exception. My Great Aunt Arlene makes this wonderful raw cranberry jello salad every [...]
Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Published by November 26th, 2009 in 4 Stars, Cooking Light, Dessert and Thanksgiving. ClosedWe went to Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s house this year and we were tasked with desserts. We brought a traditional pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cheesecake bars, and pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. The pumpkin cake was pretty good, especially if you love pumpkin and spice cakes, and for that reason I would give [...]
Cranberry Relish with Grapefruit and Mint
Published by November 26th, 2008 in 5 Stars, Bon Appetit, Easy Preparation, Kid Approved, Salsa, Sauce, Sides, Thanksgiving and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsThis cranberry sauce was delicious! Recipe comes from the November 2008 issue of Bon Appetit. Ingredients: 2 large pink grapefruits 1 c. sugar 1 c. water 2 1/2 c. cranberries 2 TBSP mint (I didn’t add this because the store didn’t have any) Directions: Remove the zest from one grapefruit in 2 inch strips; then [...]
Cornbread Stuffing
Published by November 26th, 2008 in 5 Stars, Kid Approved, Sides, Thanksgiving and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsThis cornbread stuffing can be made in the oven or in the crockpot, and it tastes really yummy. This recipe is adapted from the crockpot lady. It reminds me a lot of my family’s stuffing recipe. Ingredients: 1 recipe of cornbread 4 slices of bread 1/4 c. butter 2 c. celery, chopped 1 onion, chopped [...]
Chicken-and-Corn Pie with Cornbread Crust
Published by November 14th, 2008 in 3 Stars, Easy Preparation, Leftover chicken or Turkey, Mexican/Southwest/Tex-Mex, One Pot, Poultry, Quick and Easy and Thanksgiving. 0 CommentsHere’s another casserole that uses leftover chicken or Turkey from Thanksgiving. It was good, but I liked the chicken tamale casserole better…-s said he really likes both and will definitely eat both. It’s quick and easy to prepare, which is always nice. This recipe comes from the October 2008 issue of Southern Living. Ingredients: 1 [...]
Creamed Spinach
Published by November 14th, 2008 in 3 Stars, Sauce, Thanksgiving and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsI had a bunch of spinach to use up, so I adapted a recipe I found at spinachrecipes.org. It’s not something I could eat every day, or even eat a lot of, but it was pretty good. The cream sauce is more like a cream gravy, so if you’re looking for an easy cream gravy [...]
Stovetop Chili Mac
Published by May 12th, 2008 in 3 Stars, Easy Preparation, Family Recipe, Kid Approved, Mexican/Southwest/Tex-Mex, Pasta, Poultry, Quick and Easy, Soups and Chilis and Thanksgiving. 0 CommentsSince my oldest has now asked to have chili mac 3 times since I first made it, I was planning on making it for dinner last night. Well, I got really busy doing some things around the house, and before I knew it it was too late to start the crock pot. So I adapted [...]
We had quite the fest today. Rather than list all the recipes in one post I’ll post each recipe separately. Since our kids have been born this is the first Thanksgiving we’ve celebrated with just us. It was probably one of the best Thanksgivings ever! The food was fabulous too!
Smoked Chicken
Published by November 22nd, 2007 in 5 Stars, Dry Rub, Family Recipe, Kid Approved, Poultry and Thanksgiving. 0 CommentsWe (more accurately, -s) smoked 2 chickens for our Thanksgiving dinner. They were unbelievably delicious. One was marinated overnight in our favorite spicy bbq sauce and the other had a dry rub. Both were fabulous, but my favorite was the one with the dry rub. The dry rub gave the chicken such great flavor. We [...]
