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Mashed Potato Casserole

My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. This can be made the day before and reheated. I have used my crockpot for that since there is no extra room to cook it in the oven due to Mr. Tom! One of these days I'll cook this entirely in the crockpot...when it's not Thanksgiving.


Mashed Potato Casserole

8 large potatoes, mashed
add milk as desired
add small pkg of cream cheese (we use large)
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter
add salt, pepper, onion salt to taste

beat/mash until smooth

put in buttered casserole dish, sprinkle parmesan cheese and some paprika on top. Refrigerate if cooking later or next day (my mom often makes it the night before so it's ready to pop in the oven)

Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes

Bread Stuffing

Since it is almost Thanksgiving I wanted to post my stuffing recipe because, well, it is awesome!

Bread Stuffing

cook turkey giblets - 2 hrs (in water) -- chop very fine
cook liver - 1/2 hour -- chop very fine

1 onion -- chop fine
2 stalks of celery -- chop fine

1 pkg of onion and sage Peppridge Farm Stuffing (according to size of turkey)

Use part of the liver water to soak bread.

Add: 2 eggs, slightly beaten
2T margarine, melted and cooled
salt
Optional: 1 apple peeled and diced along with 1/4 C canned milk

I always stuff my turkey with this, but you can bake it at 350 for about 45-60 minutes if you'd rather. ***I have now started cooking this in my crockpot. Easy-peasy. You do need to add enough chicken broth to make it moist enough for your liking!

Delicious Dessert

Need a new delicious dessert? I found one courtesy of a fellow teacher. Try it. You won't be disappointed!

Cheese Kuchen

2 - packages of crescent rolls
2- 8 oz. pkgs of cream cheese
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla



TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp. cinnamon



Spread 1 pkg. of crescent rolls on bottom of ungreased 9x13 pam. Whip cream cheese , egg yolk, vanilla, and sugar. Spread on rolls. Place second layer of rolls on top. Lightly beat egg white and brush over top layer. Sprinkle with Cinnamon, sugar ,nut mix.

Bake 350 degrees 20 to 30 minutes.

Fruit Salsa

I recently made this salsa for a party, and people liked it. I love it. I used strawberries, apples, and raspberries, 3 TB of raspberry preserves, and some sugar to taste. I prefer it a little more tart because the pita chips are so sweet (but I know my hubby would have liked it sweeter).

Taken from allrecipes.com

2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces raspberries
1 pound strawberries
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor

Serve with Stacy's cinnamon sugar pita chips and enjoy!

To blog or not to blog, that is the question...and a recipe

I always say I'm going to blog, then never have time, never know what I want to blog about, or want to get too personal.

So here I sit.

I have 8 days of work left, one which is a work day with no kids. Not like I'm counting or anything. Not like I've been counting for the past few weeks either. Really. I wasn't.

Here's a new recipe for you. Someone made it for a breakfast at work and it was yummy. A little different from the recipe I have.


Cheddar Brown Casserole


1 – 2 lb. bag of southern style hash browns
1 – 16 oz. carton sour cream
1 can cream of chicken (or celery) soup
½ cup chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
¼ cup melted butter
2 cups shredded cheddar


Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Spread in a greased 9 X 13 baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 for a total of one hour (or until brown). Remove foil after first ½ hour and continue baking.

French Toast casserole

French Toast Casserole - a yummy and very easy breakfast

Ingredients
5 cups bread cubes
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup white sugar, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon margarine, softened*
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8x8 inch baking pan**.
2.Line bottom of pan with bread cubes. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and vanilla. pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with margarine; let stand for 10 minutes.
3.Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the top. Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden.

**I used a 9x13 pan. Next time I'd add another egg or two
*I would omit next time

This breakfast was very good, and I liked the fact that it didn't have to be made the night before. I'm going to try it in the crock pot next.

Thanks to starflower on allrecipes.com for this recipe!

Has it really been a month?!

Where has the time gone? I'll be back soon!