Thanksgiving food Turkey

We have done a deep fried turkey for years now.  This will be the first time my boyfriend and his family have one.  I make mine very simple rinse the turkey and pat dry then I use a recipe I got off Paula Deans Web sight  long time ago.  It is called lady and son's house seasoning.  (the recipe is below) Just rub this all over the turkey and then follow the deep fry instructions for your deep frier. And remember to be safe.

House Seasoning: 1 cup salt 1/4 cup black pepper 1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

more Thanksgiving food Ideas

Broccoli casserole

Ingredients:

• 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 small jar Cheez Whiz(TM), about 1/2 cup
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 package (10 ounces) frozen broccoli, cooked and drained

Preparation:

In a skillet over medium-low heat, sauté onion in butter; add rice and broccoli. Heat soup over low heat; add Cheez Whiz. Combine all ingredients; pour into buttered casserole. Bake casserole at 325° for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.
Serves 4.

Thanksgiving food

Okay here is another family favorite 

one of my mother in laws makes these with extra love as my youngest son used to tell me 

Mimi's Green beans

1 can of green beans 
2 beef bullion cubes
2 tbs butter or margarine

put every thing in a pan and bring to a boil.  then turn down on low and simmer till ready to eat.  For every extra can of green beans add 1 beef bullion cube and 1 tbs butter. 

hope you enjoy      

thanksgiving food

Hey everyone
Stephanie here. I am getting really excited about thanksgiving this year.  I am going to have a house full this year.  Just what I need to help me get back on the right track after all the bad stuff that has happened the last few years.

So I am going to share some of my favorite thanksgiving recipes over the next few day.

I got this recipe a few years back at a recipe exchange party and it has become a holiday favorite for my boys.

Cheesy Creamed Corn

3 Packages (16oz each ) frozen corn

2 packages 1  3oz   1  8 oz creamed cheese cubed (I use fat free)

¼ cup butter cubed

3 Table spoons water

3 tablespoons  skim milk

2 table spoons sugar (may use splenda in place of sugar just cut amount in half)

6 slices process American cheese cut into small pieces (I uses fat free)

Combine all the ingredients in a slow cooker for 4 hours until cheese is melted.  Stir before serving 

Let me know if you try this recipe 

Tasty Tuesday ( Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake)

I found this recipe on Kraft website. I changed it a little bit to fit what we like and that is what I am sharing here. Everyone in my family loved it, even my 8 year who refuses to eat just about anything that has hamburger in it. I hope you enjoy it to!

Cheesy & Beefy Tomato Corkscrew Pasta Bake

1 pkg, pasta ( you can use any shape that you want)
1 pd hamburger
3 cloves of minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes ( I used homeade diced tomatoes that I had frozen form last summer)
1 cup marinara sauce
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 pd velveeta, cubed

Cook pasta as directed on package and drain. Meanwhile brown hamburger with garlic and Italian seasoning. Drain. Add diced tomatoes, marinara sauce, dash of Parmesan cheese. Simmer for 8-10 minutes and then add drained pasta to hamburger mix. Spoon half of mixture in bottom of casserole dish. Top with velveeta. Add remaining pasta mixture and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Uncover, bake an additional 10 minutes

chicken and dumplings

Chicken and dumplings

I made chicken and dumplings for dinner the other night and I wanted to share how easy it is with everyone.
Ingredients
3 boneless chicken breast
5 chicken Bouillon cubes
Bisquick
Corn starch

I just took 3 frozen boneless chicken breast and put them in a pot with about  8 cups of water and 5 chicken Bouillon  cubes. Place on the stove and bring to a boil over medium heat.  Let the chicken boil till it is cooked all the way through. Then remove the chicken from the water and chop up fine.

Remove about 2 cups of chicken water.  Add chicken back to the rest of the water.  Then use the drop biscuit recipe on the Bisquick box to make dumplings using the water you got out of the pan for the liquid in the recipe.

 Then turn burner up to high and drop the dumplings by spoonful into the pan with the chicken . They will go all the way to the bottom but will rise back to the top as they cook.  The dumpling take only a couple of minutes to cook. If you are unsure if they are done simply scoop 1 out and try it.

My sauce was not very thick when the dumplings where done so I thickened it up by mixing 4 TBL of cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water together in a cup and stirring it in to the chicken and dumplings while burner was still on high the whole time.   This thickened it right up.

Everyone liked them even my next door neighbors who had some the next day because I had so much left over.  This would probably make a good freezer meal.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or email us

Stephanie