November 12, 2007

Thanksgiving Recipes

Interested in trying something new for Thanksgiving? Maybe you are cooking Thanksgiving for the first time. Here are a few recipes to add to your collection whether you are a new cook or very experienced.

Cornbread Stuffing

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon margarine

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup chopped onion

2 cups chicken or turkey broth, salt reduced

2 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

6 cups corn bread crumbs

Instructions:
1. Melt margarine in large pot.
2. Add celery and onion.
3. Cook over medium heat until partially cooked.
4. Add broth to vegetables.
5. Cook for 5 minutes.
6. Add eggs, poultry seasoning, and corn bread crumbs to broth and mix.
7. Bake in 1-1/2 quart casserole dish at 325 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.

Note: It is safest to bake stuffing separately from Turkey.

Baked Squash and Apples

Ingredients:

2 acorn squash

1 apple, chopped

1/3 cup raisins

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

2 Tablespoons soft margarine, melted

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Wash squash. Cut squash in half lengthwise. Scrape out seeds.
3. Place squash halves cut side down on a cookie sheet or in a baking pan. Bake for 25 minutes.
4. Mix the remaining ingredients.
5. Turn the squash cut side up. Fill squash with apple mixture. Bake 20 minutes longer or until squash is soft.

No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

1 package instant vanilla pudding, sugar free

1 cup skim milk

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

1/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 graham cracker pie crust

Instructions:
1. Mix instant pudding with milk.
2. Shake or stir until pudding is set.
3. Stir in pumpkin, sugar and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.
4. Pour into graham cracker pie crust.
5. Refrigerate until serving time.

Posted by Jennifer McCaffrey at 2:53 PM |