Archive for November, 2008

Every year during Thanksgiving and Christmas, I have known cranberry sauce to be round and oblong in shape, with little ridges. Unless it is sliced, then I may not notice the ridges - the ridges being from the can it slid out of, of course.

I see bags of cranberries in the store and wonder [...]

My girls love corn casserole. My mom always makes it for our gathering holidays - Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas and any other time it’s requested. I thought I’d buy the ingredients and give it a go for home this year. In searching for recipe, I came across both corn pudding and corn casserole.
Rather [...]

A favorite casserole side dish especially around the holidays has always been green bean casserole.  At least, in my family it is.
It’s a simple, easy recipe to make, too.
Ingredients:
2 15oz cans of green beans
1 can mushroom soup
1/2 c. milk
1 small can French’s French Onions (about 1 1/3 cups)
pepper to taste
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a [...]

Chili is so simple to make, a few basic ingredients and before long a big pot full to eat on for a couple days.  We eat chili plain, with spaghetti, over fritos with cheese on top (and sometimes sour cream), with crackers or bread and butter, topped on hotdogs and probably more ways I’m forgetting.
Here’s [...]

Cold weather always brings with it cravings of soups and stews.  Hearty meals that fill our bellies and warm us up, inside out.  Vegetable soup is a big favorite around our house… kept on the stove to keep warm and we nibble on it all the cold day long.
2 bags frozen vegetable mix for soups
1-1.5 [...]