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To make bread crumbs, cut 6 slices of bread into 1/2 inch cubes. Microwave in a 3 quart casserole dish for 6 – 7 minutes, or until dry, stirring after 3 minutes. Crush in blender.
Does your recipe call for softened butter or cream cheese and you don’t have time to wait?
Butter- microwave for 1 minute on 20% power
Cream cheese- 2 – 21/2 minutes on 30% power
Cranberry Chutney (Crock Pot)
Stir together first nine ingredients into a lightly greased crock pot
Cover and cook on high for approximately 3 hours, or until cranberries start to pop
Uncover and cook for 30 minutes, stir in orange zest, dried cranberries and raisins
Cool completely (about an hour), stirring often
Mixture will thicken after it cools completely
Cover and chill for 8 hours
The Queens Potatoes
4 medium tomatoes
2 pounds of potatoes, peeled and chopped
8 tablespoons of butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ cup of diced onion
1 egg, tempered (with potatoes after mashed)
½ cup of mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper
¼ cup of grated parmesan cheese
Directions
Cut tomatoes in half and scoop out seeds and pulp, invert to drain
Place potatoes in boiling salted water and boil until tender, approximately 14 – 16 minutes
Melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sauté onions and garlic until onions are translucent
When potatoes are ready, drain and shake in a pan over medium heat until dry
Mash potatoes and add butter and onion mixture, tempered egg, mayonnaise and salt and pepper
Blot the inside of the tomatoes with a paper towel and salt and pepper inside of tomatoes
Pipe potatoes into tomatoes and sprinkle with parmesan cheese
Place in lined broiling pan and bake in a preheat 425 degree oven for about 10 minutes
It is getting to be the time of year where we are planning what we are going to be serving for Thanksgiving. I hope you will be ordering all of your food from The Sweet and Savory Sisters but if you don’t live in this area try this recipe out. I know with me, I always run out of room in my oven. I have a hard time getting everything hot and ready at the same time. I was so happy to find out that my dressing recipe will work in the crock pot. I hope you will enjoy this recipe as much as my family and I have.
Crock Pot Cornbread Dressing
Ingredients:
Cornbread, crumbled (recipe follows)
5 buttermilk biscuits baked and crumbled (I use frozen biscuits)
8 tablespoons butter, melted
3 chicken bouillons, melted with the butter
2 ½ cups celery, diced
1 large onion, diced
2 cans of cream of celery
4 cups of chicken stock
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 eggs, beaten
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl
Pour into a lightly greased crock pot
Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until set and thoroughly cooked
Cornbread
Ingredients:
2 cup self-rising cornmeal
1 cup self rising flour
1 ½ cups of buttermilk
4 eggs
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
6 tablespoons of butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine all ingredients and mix well
Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish
Bake for approximately 25 minutes
Cornbread can be made ahead of time.
Blue Cheese Chips
5 cups of Zapp’s Kettle Chips
½ cup of diced tomatoes, drained
½ cup of spring onions with tops, chopped
½ lb. of bacon, cooked and chopped (optional)
¾ cup of Blue cheese crumbles
Place chips on a pizza stone or baking sheet
Layer tomatoes, onions and blue cheese
Broil on high until cheese is melted approximately 2 – 3 minutes, watching carefully
Serve immediately
This recipe is easy and yummy. Next time you need a quick dessert or your just craving something sweet, try this recipe. You will love it.
1/2 pint of whipping cream
1 lb. box of light brown sugar
2 cups of pecan halves
2 tablespoons of butter, softened
Mix whipping cream and brown sugar in a 4 quart microwave safe bowl
Microwave on high for 13 minutes
Quickly add pecans and butter, stirring to mix
Drop by teaspoon fulls onto a sheet of foil
ENJOY!
When preparing casseroles, make additional batches to freeze. Then, when there isn’t time to plan a meal or unexpected guests appear, simply take the casserole from the freezer and pop it in the oven. Dinner is served!
Looking forward to a weekend at home. For the past several weekends I have been out of town. I have enjoyed getting out of town and being with my friends but there is nothing like being at home. I find so much joy in being at home in my kitchen. Some people feel like cooking is a chore. I on the other hand find cooking to be relaxing and a stress reducer. I have always found so much joy in cooking and sharing my food with others. I was talking to a friend at work and she told me that someone was asking who had made the cookies for the fundraiser we had a couple of weeks ago. She said that a friend of hers was talking about how good they were and that he really enjoyed them. This makes me feel so good when other people enjoy my food and recipes.
Andy and I are going to smoke salmon tomorrow. I have not decided what I am going to have with it. Any ideas? We will post pics and the recipes.
I hope you have a great weekend enjoying whatever it is you like to do!
When cooking cabbage, place a small tin cup or a can full of vinegar on the stove near the cabbage. It will absorb the odor from it.
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