Gourmet Broccoli

3 pkg. frozen chopped broccoli, cook as directed on pkg.

1 pkg. Stuffing Mix

2/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted

White sauce:

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups milk

Cook and drain broccoli, set aside. Make white sauce by melting the
butter and whisking in the flour to make a paste. Slowly add to
pan the 2 cups milk; stir constantly until smooth. Add the salt. Combine
the broccoli and white sauce and put in a 2 qt casserole. There
used to be a package of seasoning separate in the stuffing mix and
you would mix that into the white sauce but now they have it all together
in the Stove Top box so just mix the plain white sauce in with the
broccoli and make up the stuffing mix as directed on the package.
Then you add the almonds to the stuffing and toss. Top the broccoli/
white sauce combo with the stuffing/almond combo and press down
slightly. You might not need the whole stuffing/almond combo but use
as much as you like if not all of it.
Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Serves 8 to 10

Darsi Dowling

Carmelized Onion Mashed Potatoes

1 caramelized onion

10 or more potatoes

half and half cream to desired texture (at least one cup)

butter

salt and pepper to taste.

Peel and boil potatoes. Caramelize onion for at least 45 minutes in 1/2 stick butter. Mash potatoes with hand masher. Melt cream and butter together in microwave until hot. Add to potatoes and continue mashing. Salt and Pepper to taste.

Sherlyn Jenkins

Carrot Souffle

3 cups cooked carrots (around 5-7 large carrots - steam 4 – 6 min until tender but not mushy)

1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice

¼ cup minced onion

1/3 cup butter

¼ cup sugar

3 eggs

1 Tablespoon Flour

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup 2% (or higher) milk

(1% or skim doesn’t set)

Stick all ingredients into food-processer, (do not put eggs on hot carrots) - BLEND

Pour mixture into 1 ½ or 2 quart buttered soufflé dish

Cook 45-60 minutes at 350 degrees

(It never really looks done - but when the fork comes out clean from the middle – take it out – do not overcook)

Great side for Thanksgiving or anytime in the fall

Roz Hawk

Sweeet Potato Casserole

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes (fresh or a 40 oz. can = 3 cups)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs well beaten

1/2 cup butter, melted

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup flour

1 cup chopped pecans

1/3 stick butter melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

This recipe serves 6. Recipe easily doubles, triples, etc.

Beat together first six ingredients. Pour into a buttered baking dish.

Mix topping ingredients with fork or pastry blender. Sprinkle on top of sweet potatoes.

Bake for 35 minutes in 350 degree oven. Let rest 15 minutes before serving.

Debbie Marcantano

Stuffed Pumpkin

1 medium sugar pumpkin

• 4-6 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Position rack in the center of the oven.
2. Cut out top of pumpkin, and set aside. Scoop out seeds with a metal spoon.
3. In a large bowl, stir together the apples, walnuts, cranberry sauce, pineapple, brown sugar, raisins, and rum. Season with ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the cleaned pumpkin, and replace top.
4. Set pumpkin directly on a baking stone or a thick baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until pumpkin begins to soften. Remove from heat, and stir, scraping the sides gently, so that some pieces of pumpkin fall into the apple mixture.

Shawnee Miranda

Stuffing

1 loaf homemade bread

1 medium onion, chopped

3 stalks celery, chopped

14 oz. can chicken broth

Salt/pepper

1 tsp sage

1 tsp poultry seasoning

¼ C butter

Mix bread with onion, celery and ¼ C butter. Add seasonings and
enough chicken broth to moisten (around ½ can). Cover with foil and
cook at 350 for 30-45 minutes.

Heather Kearns

Baked Beans

3 (16 oz) cans pork and beans

½ c. brown sugar

1 c. catsup

1 T Worcestershire sauce

½ lb. bacon

1 medium onion

½ green pepper, chopped

1 c. drained pineapple

Combine all ingredients and bake for 1 ½ hours, uncovered, at 350.

Camille Ebert