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 

Teacher Appreciaton DAY 1

It has been forever since Stephanie or have blogged. Life has gotten in the way and we have gotten busy with our  families, work, etc. What a better way to jump back into it though than Teacher Appreciation!  I am on the PTO at my girls' school so I am in charge of doing gifts for all the teachers in the school and the IA's. I also have to come up with gifts for my kids to take to their teachers. It is challenging to come up with so many different ideas but I think I was able to do it this year!

From the PTO I sent in these cute little pudding cups with the saying Thanks for pudding your heart into teaching ( or being an IA depending on who received it).

 From my girls I had them take in these vases filled with Hershey kiss roses. What a pain they were to make but they turned out adorable!

Check back tomorrow for more ideas!

Kitchen redo 7

Kitchen is getting there.  The bad weather here has slowed it down a little bit.  But the electrical is all done and the cabinets are in.  Dishwasher is in.  Hopefully counter tops and sink in this week if not first off last week.

see what a difference a few weeks can make doesn't even look like the same room does it

kitchen redo 6

Well thing are coming along in the kitchen.  The guys have all the sheet rock done and we went and bought cabinets.

the bean looks nice and the room is so much more open now

Look at my cute salesman

how could you not buy something Just look at that face

So I got all the cabinets in the pictures and another cart with counter tops on it.

kitchen redo 5

well the guys made a big difference yesterday.  The sheet rock is up and it is starting to look like a room again.  I am so happy.

kitchen redo 4

I didn't post anything Monday because not a lot got done that you could see Friday or the weekend.  Yesterday and this morning there was a lot more to see.  All the electrical boxes are roughed in ready to hook up when drywall is done.  My dishwasher is suppose to arrive some time afternoon today.  I did get the tile off one side of the kitchen.  Tonight I will try to get it cleaned a little and get tile off where cabinets are going on other side of kitchen.  We will probably get to go get cabinets on Thursday.

  

kitchen redo day 3

they got a lot done yesterday with the kitchen

kitchen is now one big room

going to be so much nicer already feels way bigger

sink gone

cabinets gone

ugly green wall

up close look at really old wall paper yuck

floor under cabinets

I decided to tear up all the old floor down to original wood

made a great big mess but the floor is going to come up.

well I ended up working an hour and 1/2 on the floor got a lot of it up there are there are 6 layers of stuff to take up.  First pill and stick tiles then ply wood 3 layers of vinyl and a layer of tar paper.  I plan on having most of the floor up by Monday morning. 

kitchen redo day 2

wow the ugly old kitchen is starting to go away.  It looks really bad today but I know it is a sign of progress.
All the upper cabinets are down and old sheet rock is down.

upper cabinets gone

wall in middle of kitchen going away

see how the walls have boards on either side of wall.  the insulation is between the boards

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Today the rest of the wall will go away. and maybe lower cabinets.  they did find some old termite damage and the wood is going to be replace with some good wood they took down.   At least now I know why they had such a hard time putting wall anchors in in the living room for the TV mount the boards on the wall.

kitchen redo day 1

A lot was accomplished on the kitchen remodel the first day.

there is a old door behind this wall

so it was opened up

I got a very wonderful surprise when we  took the door out wonderful hard wood floors 

 

this opening was taking up so much wall space in the kitchen

 

so it was closed up. 

as carpet was coming up we found more hardwood at that point I went in and checked living room under carpet and it is in there also.

also started removing the wall with a door that was in the middle of the kitchen

All in all a very good first day.  I am so happy about the hardwood flooring.  We had checked when I was getting ready to move in but checked in the closet not knowing that closet was an access to under the house so didn't have nice wood in it.  I was planning to put down laminate now I am going to save a lot of money on flooring.  I am going to check bedrooms soon.  I hate my bedroom carpet so please keep your fingers crossed for hardwood.