Thanksgiving Recipes

I've spent most of the day (Wednesday) cooking double time.  We are going to Mimi's for Thanksgiving at noon and then preparing dinner for Rich's family at our house at 5:00.   I cooked/baked everything or at least most things today and refrigerated them.  Hopefully, tomorrow I can finish up a few items and pop the rest into the oven or microwave to reheat. 

Here is what I am up to:

Pumpkin Pie 
Ingredients

• 1 can 100% pure pumpkin
• 6 oz of non-fat evaporated milk
• 2 oz of almond milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup of Stevia (or 1 1/2 cup of sugar)
• 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice
• 1 unbaked deep dish pie crust

Directions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Beat eggs in a separate bowl.
• Mix everything together in large bowl, gradually pouring in evaporated and almond milk. 
• Pour mixture into pie crust and place pie crust on foiled covered cookie sheet. 
• Put in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then reduce temperature to 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. 
• Let cool for two hours.

 Warning: Do not try this recipe with non-fat evaporated milk and Stevia...maybe there were too many eggs as well.  These pies looked great, but tasted like artificial sweetener/cardboard.  Fail. 


Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients

• 4 large sweet potatoes
• 3 tablespoons of butter or to taste
• 4 ounces of non-fat evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons of orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 1/2 to 3/4 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of marshmallows
• 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
• Wash, peel, and dice sweet potatoes.  Then boil until soft. 
• Mash sweet potatoes and then add all of the ingredients and mix with a hand mixer until smooth. 
• Pour into casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes. 
• Add marshmallows and nuts just before taking out of the oven. 

Getting ready for the oven.

So yummy!

Dressing
Ingredients

•  2 bags of Pepperidge Farm dressing
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups of celery, chopped
• 1 cup fresh parsley (optional)
• Lots of turkey or chicken broth

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray two baking dishes with cooking spray.
• Mix all ingredients together and then fill dishes.
• Bake for 30 minutes. 
• Enjoy with fresh cranberry sauce!

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Can't have too many onions or celery.

Corn Pudding
Ingredients

• 1 can creamed corn 
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour (I used spelt flour)
• 3/4 cup sugar (I used Stevia)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk (evaporated, if you like....i used evaporated in one batch and almond milk in the other)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons of butter

  Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Combine all ingredients and mix. 
• Pour into greased dish.
• Put in oven for 45-60 minutes or until stiff. 
• Enjoy!

Both batches turned out really good.

 Sesame Green Beans
Ingredients

• 1-2 lbs of fresh green beans
• Sesame seed oil
• Salt and pepper

Directions

•  Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Put green beans in a large ziplock bag sprinkle with sea salt and pepper.  Pour in a few tablespoons of sesame seed oil and then shake to fully coat the beans. 
• Spread beans onto cookie sheet covered in foil and place in oven for 15-20 minutes or until done. 
  

Everyone loved these!