only one week 'till turkeyday, so lets start talking about sidedishes. I have the mashed potatoes, gravey, cranbuerry sauce, and rolls covered. However I need some new interesting stuffing ideas, so lets hear them.
The Thanksgiving side dish thread
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is green bean casserole interesting enough? EASY as hell to make and delicious
i took the food section of the NYT yesterday because it had some good sides recipes. i'll get it from my car and post 'em up.
Here's a really good yam one. What I like about it is that it is not a sweet concoction with mini marshmallows. It's a big hit since my friend brought it over one year, I've made it every year since. Parentheses are original amts of sugar and butter, (from my friend's mom) but we both make in with the reduced amounts.
Golden Sweet Potatoes
beat 4 room temp eggs, 1/2 (1) C white sugar, 1 (2) sticks room temp melted butter.
Add 1 c. milk, 2 tsp vanilla
optional - 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cinnamon
Add 2 large cans of cooked yams, drained. Mash and beat until smooth. Place in baking dish - 9x13 I think.
Add topping -
1. C b. sugar, 1/2 c white flour, 4 T butter cut in, 1/2 or more chopped nuts. Sprinkle topping on and bake uncovered for 45 mins at 350.
Golden Sweet Potatoes
beat 4 room temp eggs, 1/2 (1) C white sugar, 1 (2) sticks room temp melted butter.
Add 1 c. milk, 2 tsp vanilla
optional - 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cinnamon
Add 2 large cans of cooked yams, drained. Mash and beat until smooth. Place in baking dish - 9x13 I think.
Add topping -
1. C b. sugar, 1/2 c white flour, 4 T butter cut in, 1/2 or more chopped nuts. Sprinkle topping on and bake uncovered for 45 mins at 350.
yummy yum.
San Francisco style dressing (Sunset magazine)
(about 16 cups, I double for a 22# bird)
1-1.5# loaf sliced sourdough, cubed
1/2 butter
2 onions, finely chopped
2 C thin sliced celery with leaves
1/2# mushrooms, rinsed, thinly sliced
1 red pepper (.5#) 1/4 dice
1 can artichoke hearts diced (my addition)
1/2C finely chopped italian parsley
5 green onions, trimmed and thin sliced
1 can (10.5 oz) chicked broth
2 6.5 oz cans chopped clams
1 2.25 can sliced black olives, drained
2 tsp italian seasoning blend
salt and pepper
2 large eggs
bake bread cubes in 325 oven until dry and firm to touch ( 20 mins or so)
meanwhile, combine butter, onions, celery, pepper, mushrooms and saute until veggies are limp
Mix cooked veg mixture with parlsey, green onions, clams, & broth, olives and seasonings, with bread cubes in large pan. Add salt and pepper to taste.In another bowl beat eggs and then toss the eggs into the bread mixture.
Bake in 350 oven , covered, until hot. 35- 40 mins, 50-65 if mix was chilled first.
If you want it crusty, uncover for the last 20 minutes
San Francisco style dressing (Sunset magazine)
(about 16 cups, I double for a 22# bird)
1-1.5# loaf sliced sourdough, cubed
1/2 butter
2 onions, finely chopped
2 C thin sliced celery with leaves
1/2# mushrooms, rinsed, thinly sliced
1 red pepper (.5#) 1/4 dice
1 can artichoke hearts diced (my addition)
1/2C finely chopped italian parsley
5 green onions, trimmed and thin sliced
1 can (10.5 oz) chicked broth
2 6.5 oz cans chopped clams
1 2.25 can sliced black olives, drained
2 tsp italian seasoning blend
salt and pepper
2 large eggs
bake bread cubes in 325 oven until dry and firm to touch ( 20 mins or so)
meanwhile, combine butter, onions, celery, pepper, mushrooms and saute until veggies are limp
Mix cooked veg mixture with parlsey, green onions, clams, & broth, olives and seasonings, with bread cubes in large pan. Add salt and pepper to taste.In another bowl beat eggs and then toss the eggs into the bread mixture.
Bake in 350 oven , covered, until hot. 35- 40 mins, 50-65 if mix was chilled first.
If you want it crusty, uncover for the last 20 minutes
Yorkshire pudding.
Yams in a can? Can't you get fresh ones? Should be sweet potato season around now.
Wow someone else who knows what that is. My family makes it in muffin pans. Never seen it in a sheet pan like that.Yorkshire pudding.
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Yeah. There's apparently some Limey in the family somewhere....
My old man does candied yams in a frying pan with an entire bottle of maple syrup. They end up basically glued to the dish they are placed in, but they are pretty F'in tasty. And I hate yams.
Go to the butcher's and get a big hunk of bacon, unsliced bacon. Or pancetta if you can score some. chop that into 1/2" to 3/4" cubes. fry it up over low heat, so all the fat melts and the meat doesnt get all dry and crunchy. Add to the bacon a bunch of brussel sprouts cut in half or quarters. then dried cranberrys. salt and pepper to taste. the brussels get all wilted and delicious, and the bacon crisps up nicely w/o becoming charred cubes or gross-ness.
My wife... pretty much hates cooking. If she does cook something you don't want to be in the kitchen because it's a big ordeal. Anyway I'm not trying to bag on her but I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be doing the cooking in this relationship.
Needless to say she suggested she make her world famous green bean casserole. It's the same recipe thats on the back of all fried onion cans.
Well I baked 4 apple pies from scratch which I started baking at 7am. Not to mentioned I first had to clean the kitchen, and run out and get some ingredients before I could start at 7am. So I finish them and make some broccoli slaw ala Treesaw finally finishing up at 12pm just in time for Aubrey to enter the kitchen and make her string bean casserole. Well it's a big deal to start off because now she's making 2 which means doubling the ingredients so it's 2x as confusing. I did the most work and used the can opener to open the 4 cans of mushroom soup by HAND! she combines the ingredients checking the recipe over about 10 times and getting angry at me because I didnt' have the cans ready or I poured them in when she wasn't looking. Then at dinner she's all worried that she screwed them up......
I love her to death but man.... I hate cooking with her.
Sorry, that was my green bean casserole story.
Not to bag on you, but your posts suck.
Not to bag on you but do you realize you never say anything nice to me?Not to bag on you, but your posts suck.
I thought it was humorous (the green bean casserole story)
OMGF and I have totally different styles in the kitchen.
I throw everything in without measuring, and he measures everything...
they're little differences, but they're funny
OMGF and I have totally different styles in the kitchen.
I throw everything in without measuring, and he measures everything...
they're little differences, but they're funny
Yeah my wife follows a recipe to a T where as I make up stuff as I go along.
She gets mad because she'll love my food one time and the next time she'll be like "Why did you change that recipe I loved it" I can never remember how I did the previous recipe.
