Food: Thanksgiving

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We sure did. Connie hosted a family get together at her place. She and her husband made the Thanksgiving turkey. Jenn made a green bean casserole, Spinach dip appetizer and two pies. Every morning it is a tradition to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and after we start cooking while our men watch football.

First thing first, we start the day off with a spinach dip appetizer.

Spinach Dip appetizer

Ingredients:

1/2 lite mayo 

1 container lite sour cream

4 chopped green onions

1 packet of Konrr vegetable dip mix

1 bag spinach

2 sourdough bread bowls

 

Mix 1 container of lite sour cream, 1/2 cup of lite mayo, 4 chopped green onions and 1 packet of Konrr vegetable dip mix into a medium mixing bowl.

 





 

Cook 1 bag (8 - 16 oz) of spinach on medium heat in a saucepan for 5 minutes or until tender.

 

Once complete mix into medium mixing bowl with all ingredients.

 

Place in fridge and let cool for two hours. Serve in bread bowls.

 

Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe

Ingredients:

10 pound turkey

Directions: bake in the oven all afternoon. Connie will fill you in on this.

 

Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients:

1 bag fresh green beans

3 cloves of garlic

1 container baby portabella mushrooms

1 tbsp. butter

2 tbsp. soy sauce

1 cup of organic soy milk creamer
2 tbsp. whole wheat flour
1/2 cup of french fried onions

 

Chop a fresh bag/batch of green beans, 3 cloves of garlic (more if your a garlic person) and a container of baby portabellas.

Melt a tablespoon of butter in a saucepan with two tablespoons of soy sauce.

Add Mushrooms, a cup of soy creamer and 3 spoonfuls of flour.

Mix in garlic and green beans to the saucepan.

Pour mixture in baking dish and top with french fried onions.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

1 9" pie shell

1 cup of chopped pecans

1 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs

1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract

 



Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, stir in melted butter, then brown sugar, white sugar and the flour. Mix together and lastly add the milk, vanilla and pecan nuts.

 Pour all ingredients into a 9" pie shell.

Bake in pre-heated oven for 10 minutes then reduce temp. to 350 degrees. Cook at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until done. The end result a wonderful pecan pie!

 

Of course we had a pumpkin pie too & that recipe is below.

Until we blog again, xoxo, Connie & Jenn