Thanksgiving & Christmas Dinner

Francie53

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So what's everyone up to for dinners this year? Anything new?

My sister won't be able to make it for Thanksgiving this year so it's just me and my husbands family. They aren't real foodies, just eat to fill up and survive so I'm kind of off the hook for the fancy side dishes and such. This year I'm doing a wild turkey breast and Italian sausages.

For Christmas Eve I want to do Scalloped Potatoes from scratch. If anyone has any great tips or recipes for those, please let me know!
I'd like to have a (mild) Maryland Stuffed Ham about a 10 pounder, can anyone help me? I find alot of recipes but not MILD! TIA.
 

Sneakers

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Wonder if bringing chicken broth up to a slow boil, then mixing with the stuffing and baking for a bit would work out.
I've done this, and it's not bad, but doesn't hold a candle to real stuffed dressing.
Haven't tried it myself, but I read one recipe somewhere that soaked the bread cubes in milk, squeeze out the excess, then add the chicken broth and bake in a glass dish, covered.
 

RoseRed

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Great app...

Cranberry Salsa

Preparation Time 15m
Cook Time 00m
Total Time 15m
Yield 6 servings

Ingredients
1 (12 ounce) bag cranberries, fresh or frozen
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 bunch green onions, cut into 3 inch lengths
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 limes, juiced
¾ cup white sugar
1 pinch salt

Directions
Combine cranberries, cilantro, green onions, jalapeno pepper, lime juice, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a medium blade. Chop to medium consistency. Refrigerate if not using immediately. Serve at room temperature.

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RoseRed

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Blister

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Maybe cook/carve it on Thursday and put it in Tuppers, then gently re-heat when you get there? Not a fan of cold turkey on T'giving, and keeping a whole bird warm for 2+ hours (from the time it comes out of the oven, drive, then serve) could be tough. If you wrap in in foil, the skin gets soggy.
That's probably safer as far as keeping it from spoiling. Last year's fresh turkey was so good we bragged about it over there, so I got volunteered to bring the turkey this year. Also, that way I can keep the carcass at home for soup.
 

luvmygdaughters

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a couple times I've done a bourbon apple pie, a Kentucky bourbon bundt cake, a browned butter bourbon pecan pie (notice a theme :really:), a chocolate pecan pie, oatmeal-maple whoopie pies, amaretto-chocolate tart, apple crisp, carrot cake, german chocolate cake... I try not to make the same thing every year I guess :lol:

for Christmas a few years back I found this Chocolate Spice Cake with spice buttercream :faint: It was like a chai tea latte meets rich chocolate cake...and now I think I'll have to remake that this year, holy cow it was to die for.
These all sound delicious and yes, I get the Bourbon pattern!:lmao: Thanks for the ideas!!
 

NOTSMC

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Does anyone have a recipe for that broccoli casserole w/ritz cracker topping. I've made it in the past and I could have sworn that it called for both cream cheese and sour cream but I'm not finding that particular recipe. I don't like cream of anything soup in it and I can't stand mayonnaise, seemed to me it was both the sour cream and cream cheese that made it taste so good. Googled every ingredient I could remember, doesn't seem to be on the internet anymore, unless I'm wrong about the sour cream and cream cheese.
 

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
Haven't tried it myself, but I read one recipe somewhere that soaked the bread cubes in milk, squeeze out the excess, then add the chicken broth and bake in a glass dish, covered.
@Grumpy
Making chicken for dinner, figerred I'd try this. Used pre-made coarse flavored bread crumbs, added milk until I got to the right thickness, salt and Bell's seasoning. In the oven now. Used the Bell's in lieu of chicken broth 'cause I didn't have any. Probably could have used some Better than Bullion.
 

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
Making chicken for dinner, figerred I'd try this. Used pre-made coarse flavored bread crumbs, added milk until I got to the right thickness, salt and Bell's seasoning. In the oven now. Used the Bell's in lieu of chicken broth 'cause I didn't have any. Probably could have used some Better than Bullion.
Surprisingly, not bad at all for a first attempt. Moist like in-bird, actually used too much milk, and even less if you use some broth. A touch too much Bells, and totally forgot the diced onion and celery. Would probably work better with bread cubes instead of crumbs.
 

my-thyme

..if momma ain't happy...
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I usually put this in a deep casserole dish, so most is super moist and some is crispy. I often use bags of Pepperidge Farms crumbs and cubes that are already seasoned, so leave the sage out. Sauteeing the onion and celery in butter or margarine instead of the sausage grease also ups the moisture.

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Grumpy

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I usually put this in a deep casserole dish, so most is super moist and some is crispy. I often use bags of Pepperidge Farms crumbs and cubes that are already seasoned, so leave the sage out. Sauteeing the onion and celery in butter or margarine instead of the sausage grease also ups the moisture.

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Why leave the eggs out?
 

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
I usually put this in a deep casserole dish, so most is super moist and some is crispy. I often use bags of Pepperidge Farms crumbs and cubes that are already seasoned, so leave the sage out. Sauteeing the onion and celery in butter or margarine instead of the sausage grease also ups the moisture.

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Reminds me of my Grandma's stuffing story. She made a sausage stuffing every year, and fewer and fewer people would eat it because it gave everyone the trots. Turns out she never browned the sausage, just threw it in the stuffing.
 

my-thyme

..if momma ain't happy...
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And this....

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Usually make the morning of so it only gets about 4 hrs in the fridge. Yummo.
 

my-thyme

..if momma ain't happy...
Patron
And the dressing? Sometimes we add chopped apple and/or dried cranberries. Oh, yeah.
 

jazz lady

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For Christmas Eve I want to do Scalloped Potatoes from scratch. If anyone has any great tips or recipes for those, please let me know!
I have made this several times and it's always a hit. :yum:

 
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