696 our thanksgiving Recipes

ground beef, taco seasoning mix **(see note ), tomato juice, frozen mixed vegetables, chili beans, crushed corn chips, shredded cheddar cheese, note: i like to use the chi-chi s fiesta restaurante seasoning mix found in most grocery store s.(except for ours, thankfully my mil mails big shipments to us) we use it for this soup and in our regular taco/burritos. it won tsp leave the meat with the greasy red tint. and when used for making taco/burrito s your mixture won tsp drip out of your shells, leaving the red/oily drops on your plate or oops! your clothes. it s just a great dry taco seasoning.

store-bought pizza dough (or make your own with our recipe), part-skim ricotta cheese, honey, shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided, pear, halved, cored, and thinly sliced, canadian bacon, finely chopped, chopped walnuts, crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese, broccoli florets, divided, low-fat balsamic vinaigrette, divided

racks pork baby back ribs (our favorite are baby back ribs, but this works well with st. louis style ribs too), barbecue sauce

butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, sugar, eggs, mashed bananas, water, baking soda, salt, baking powder, flour, chopped nuts (optional), chocolate chips (optional, but a must for our family!)

cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, egg, beaten, shortening, melted, apple, finely diced (i peel ours, but you can leave it unpeeled if you have organic apples)

bacon (optional), diced onions, green pepper, diced (optional), kidney beans, undrained, shredded cheddar cheese, tomato sauce (or 2 diced tomatoes), chili powder (i use at least a tbsp for our family), corn kernel (i always use frozen), salt , to taste, pepper , to taste

flour, pepper (this is approximate, i don tsp usually measure the , i just add it until it looks right for our ), boneless skinless chicken breasts, butter, water, chicken broth, onion (or 2 tsp powder), thyme

bratwursts, raw , not precooked (the johnsonville packs contain 12 brats), beer (we use bud light, but feel free to adjust to whatever you have in the fridge(even old works!), onion, sliced and separated into rings (1 large), minced garlic (we usually used the pre in a jar), buns (could be anything from inexpensive hot dog to bakery brat (the wheat ones are delicious!), ketchup (hot or cold ) or mustard (hot or cold) or sauerkraut (hot or cold)

chopped onions, vegetable oil, russet potato, diced into 1/4 inch cubes (baking potato, peel if you want to!), minced garlic cloves, fresh jalapeno chile, seeded and minced fine (wear rubber gloves when mincing), chipotle chile, minced fine (as many as you can handle, keep the rubber gloves on to mince these!), adobo sauce (but i scrape it out of the can the chipotles were in) (optional), all-purpose flour, chicken broth, fat-free half-and-half (or regular half and half, if you can spare the calories !), diced tomatoes, well-drained (or 3 - 5 fresh roma tomatoes, diced), fresh corn (for extra smokiness, roast the corn before adding to the chowder) or 2 cups frozen corn (for extra smokiness, roast the corn before adding to the chowder), chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, diced boneless smoked chicken breasts (discard skin and fat, (or more, if you want, we smoke our own, but you can buy smoked chicken breast), salt and pepper, to taste

egg, lightly beaten, saltine crumbs, fresh basil, chopped, dried oregano, crushed, dried rosemary (optional), salt (to taste), pepper (to taste), ground beef, sliced canadian bacon, sliced mozzarella cheese

ground beef, browned and drained, dried onion flakes, carrots , sliced in coins, celery ribs, sliced, diced tomatoes , with juice, kidney beans, drained and rinsed, white beans, drained and rinsed, beef broth, spaghetti sauce, oregano, tabasco sauce, salt, black pepper, dry pasta , saved for later (macaroni is our favorite)

garlic cloves, crushed, green onions, chopped, jalapeno pepper, chopped, avocado, peeled and pitted, lemon juice, chili powder, salt, tomato, chopped

skinless chicken pieces (for stove top grilling, i used thighs which were first pounded to 1/4-inch thickness), lemon wedge, fresh rosemary sprig, for garnish, olive oil, garlic cloves, peeled and minced, lemon , juice of, brown sugar, fresh rosemary, chopped (fresh from our garden!), heaping 1/4 tsp ground cumin (don tsp add too much or the cumin will easily overpower the other flavors.), cayenne powder, salt, fresh ground black pepper

whole chicken, quartered (with our without giblets), big potatoes, chopped, onions, quartered, turnips, chopped, turnip greens, chopped, water, carrots, chopped (optional), stellini pasta (or similar) (optional), lemon, salt, red wine vinegar

frozen orange juice concentrate, milk, water, vanilla, coffee-mate (not flavoured), ice cubes

ground beef, onion, chopped, garlic powder, salt, oregano, black pepper, green beans, prepared mashed potatoes (instant works just fine ), shredded cheddar cheese, paprika

flour, baking soda, butter or 1 cup margarine, softened, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, instant vanilla pudding, eggs, semi-sweet chocolate chips