Ingredients:

6 medium potatoes
¼ cup cream
¼ cup real butter
¼ cup sour cream
¼ cup milk
Salt and pepper to taste

Peel and chop potatoes into chunks. Place potatoes in a large pan and cover with water. Over medium heat, bring to a boil and cook about 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and return to pan. Add the milk, butter and sour cream. Beat with electric mixer until creamy. Serve immediately.

1 can green beans
1/2 can (or 5 oz) cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup French fried onions

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium size bowl, mix all ingredients. Pour into a casserole dish. Bake for 25 minutes.

If you’d like, you can top with more french fried onions and bake for another 5 minutes or until lightly toasted.

When cooking for two, especially if you’re a single parent, you can quickly and easily make candied yams in the microwave while saving electricity, time and avoiding complicated steps to preparing candied yams the traditional way. They taste just as good as those you bake and they’re no-fuss to make.

Ingredients

1 (30 oz) can of yams
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup corn syrup
10 marshmallows
cinnamon/nutmeg to taste (optional)
favorite flavoring to taste (optional)

Directions:

In a medium size microwave safe bowl, place the yams. If you like your yams mashed, mash them with a fork now.

Add the brown sugar & corn syrup. If you’d like, you can add a little cinnamon and nutmeg for added flavor.

Microwave on high heat for 6 minutes or until yams are warm. Stir to coat well. Add the marshmallows and microwave for another 1-2 minutes or until melted.

Serve with your main meal or “after the holiday” sandwiches.

This turkey gravy uses wine instead of water or chicken stock, so it definitely has a distinct (and delicious flavor). If you prefer more subtle tastes use water or pre-made stock.

Supplies Needed:

• Pan drippings
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 cup wine
• Pepper to taste

Also, keep on hand a large spoon that can withstand heat, measuring cup, whisk and serving dish.

Step 1: Reduce the Pan Drippings

Start by placing your roasting pan on your stove top. You can place the pan over two elements and turn them onto medium-high heat. Stir using a large spoon to remove brown bits from the bottom of the pan.

Step 2: Prepare Wine and Flour Mixture

In a measuring cup stir together wine and flour.

Mix until fully blended.

Step 3: Make Your Gravy

Add wine and flour mixture to your pan drippings and whisk constantly until thickened.

Place in a gravy boat or measuring cup and serve.

For a moister, fresher tasting stuffing, making your own is well worth it. This is a simple but delicious recipe that you can use for stuffing a turkey or simply serve it as a side dish. A side dish is demonstrated in this recipe.

Supplies Needed:

• 1 loaf of bread
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 onion
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 tbsp poultry seasoning
• 1 cup wine (or chicken broth for a less distinct taste)
• 1 egg (optional)

Also, keep on hand baking sheet, cutting board, sharp knife, measuring cups and spoons, large pot, large oven-safe bowl and mixing spoon.

Step 1: Dry Bread

Dry bread from a full loaf of bread (we’re using whole wheat) on baking sheet at 200 F for about 30-40 minutes. Rotate the bread part way through.

Step 2: Prepare the Vegetables

Chop the celery and onion into small pieces.

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat.

Add the onions and celery and saute until soft, about 10 minutes.

Soft vegetables will look something like this.

Turn the heat off before your add the seasoning and bread.

Step 2: Preheat Oven

Preheat your oven to 350 F

Step 3: Finish Preparing the Bread

Once your bread has finished drying, take it out to cool for a few minutes. Then you can break it up into smaller pieces by hand. How small is really your own personal preference. If you like a chunky stuffing, make the pieces a bit bigger.

Now you can add the bread to your pot of vegetables. Make sure the stove is turned off as you don’t want to cook the bread. You simply want to soak it with the butter mixture.

Stir it carefully and completely, so the butter is on all the pieces of bread.

Next, you can add your poultry seasoning.

Add the white wine.

And again, stir carefully and completely to soak all the pieces.

Step 4: Get Ready to Bake

Place the stuffing into an oven safe bowl or if your pot happens to be oven safe, you can use that. At this point, you can add optional egg. The egg can help your stuffing stick together a bit better.

Stir egg until completely absorbed by bread mixture. Place in 350 F oven for about 45 minutes and serve.

Take good old fashioned deviled eggs to the next level. This is the perfect recipe for pot luck or just another dinner at home.

Ingredients:

12 Eggs
Mayo
½ Tsp Mustard
Bacon Bits
1 Sm Vidalia Onion finely chopped
Sweet or Dill Relish
Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
Black Pepper

Directions:

Put the eggs into a pot. Cover the eggs with cold water. Bring to a boil. Immediately remove from heat and let stand for 6 minutes.

With a large spoon, remove eggs from the hot water and place them into a bowl, or platter. Let the eggs cool.

When eggs are cooled, crack one side and roll egg back and forth to break up the shell. Peel and wash eggs.

Cut them in half. Carefully remove the yolk of each egg with a spoon, and put them into a bowl, trying to keep the egg white intact.

Add all other ingredients to the yolks and mix together until smooth and creamy. I find that a fork works best to smash the yolks. Adjust seasoning to your taste.

Spoon mix back into the egg whites. They will be mounded over.

Lightly sprinkle seasoned salt over the top and refrigerate until ready to serve.