Green Bean Casserole
Most people like to use the recipe on the back of a can of French's onions. If that's your preference, have at it! Those are good green beans. But our family uses a different recipe. Here's ours:
2 1/2 cups fresh bread cubes (appx. 6 slices)
1 stick butter, melted
4 cans (3 oz each) sliced mushrooms, drained
3 cans (15.5 oz each) cut green beans, drained
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
3 tbsp. onion
1 cup milk
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup sliced almonds
In a bowl, toss bread cubes and butter. Spread half in a greased 9x13 dish. Sprinkle with mushrooms, then green beans, then salt and pepper and then onion. In a bowl, mix milk and soup. Pour evenly into the baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining bread cubes and then sliced almonds. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes, or 375 for 40 minutes, or until heated.
The easy way: A can of green beans dressed up with sliced almonds.
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Sweet Potatoes
2 cans (15 oz each) sweet potatoes or yams, drained
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 cups marshmallows, not small
Place sweet potatoes in a greased 1-quart baking dish. Mash them just a little bit, if you want. (I leave them mostly whole.) Stir together the butter, oj, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour that over the potatoes. Top with marshmallows. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes, until heated through and marshmallows are lightly browned. Serves 6-8.
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Cranberry Sauce
Make this one easy on yourself and mix up a can of whole berry cranberries with a couple tablespoons of orange marmalade. Do it the day before and refrigerate it until the feast. Make sure you put out a can of the jellied cranberry sauce for everyone who grew up loving it. (You know, the kind that stays the shape of the can.)
Or, if you're willing to give the real thing a try, check out this recipe using fresh cranberries. It looks good!
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Orange Rolls
Dress up regular Pillsbury crescent rolls by brushing them with a glaze of 2 tbsp.softened butter, 2 tbsp. honey, and 1 tsp. orange zest right after they come out of the oven.
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Pumpkin Pie
We think Libby's knows their pumpkin and their pumpkin pie recipe is great!
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
1 unbaked pie shell
Beat eggs in a bowl. Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves. Add pumpkin and evaporated milk. Mix very well. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350. Bake 40-50 minutes more.
The easy way: Buy a frozen pie and bake it!
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