A few of our Favourite Household Recipes for Thanksgiving

We positive miss mother and pa, particularly throughout the holidays. Holidays are for households to be collectively. These have been the occasions when mother confirmed her love for her household by cooking up one of the best meals. She cooked Thanksgiving all by herself once we have been rising up and once we have been adults too, then we began going to my cousin, Brenda’s home for Thanksgiving a number of years in the past when her dad and mom have been each nonetheless right here too. Sadly, they’re all 4 gone now and people Thanksgiving recollections are etched sweetly in our minds. However, mother left behind some actually good recipes which might be buried in my weblog archives, so at present, I’m sharing a few of them with you once more. A few of our very favourite household recipes that we’ve had throughout Thanksgivings of years’ previous. In case you is perhaps searching for new concepts, I hope you get some inspiration in your upcoming Thanksgiving vacation too. Generally it’s good to alter issues up, so these is perhaps much like what you cook dinner or perhaps it’s one thing new. These are only a few of the faves that we’ve had over time.

Across the Thanksgiving desk at Renee and Bruce’s previous home. They’ve hosted many Thanksgiving meals earlier than we began going to my cousin, Brenda’s, home.

Certainly one of our earlier household Thanksgivings, earlier than Lauren had infants and earlier than I used to be married to Mark, at my cousin’s home. Mother and pa positive appeared good then, Thanksgiving 2011.

I by no means made a cookbook of mother’s recipes, however I do have loads right here on the weblog. Mother was a Southern cook dinner to the core and that is her model of Southern Hen & Cornbread Dressing. She made her dressing with chunks of hen inside and I assumed it was one of the best. I’m not the largest fan of dressing, however mother’s was scrumptious. I’ll add the publish with the recipes, so you possibly can simply click on over if you wish to get the entire recipe. The cornbread recipe is in there too.

Mother’s valuable fingers!

Southern Cornbread Hen & Dressing

Aunt Fannie’s restaurant was a preferred restaurant in metro Atlanta a few years in the past and a woman in our church had this recipe of Aunt Fannie’s Squash Casserole from that famed restaurant and we’ve been making it ever since. It’s quite simple with not loads of elements, however all of us prefer it rather a lot.

Aunt Fannie’s Squash Casserole

Candy potato casserole is one other favourite and my mother used a recipe from the church cookbook of her dwelling church in Florida, Nice Grove, and that is my late Aunt Mary’s recipe, however the identical one which mother used. We find it irresistible! It has the normal Southern brown sugar and pecan topping which is my fave.

Candy Potato Souffle

I made these Balsamic Roasted Inexperienced Beans one time for Thanksgiving and keep in mind they have been good. Dad didn’t take care of them as a result of they have been too fancy for his style, however I like inexperienced beans when they’re jazzed up.

Balsamic Roasted Inexperienced Beans

This can be a actually good aspect salad with shade and texture and an ideal aspect for Thanksgiving.

Mandarin Orange Tossed Salad

This Pistachio cake was a household favourite in our household for years and it’s an excellent one for the vacations too. With the inexperienced shade, it provides a little bit additional for Christmas or Thanksgiving. Belief me, they may find it irresistible!

Mother at all times discovered one of the best cake recipes to strive for my dad’s candy tooth and all of us bought to take pleasure in her creations. I’m not the baker she is, however I positive do miss her kitchen and people truffles!

Pistachio Coconut Cake

This cranberry congealed salad is one which mother discovered years in the past and it’s grow to be one among our household favorites. In reality, I’m taking it to my cousin’s home this yr as I normally do. Everybody loves it! I’ll simply add the recipe under, since this got here out of an previous, previous publish I did whereas nonetheless in Birmingham. I’m going to do a separate publish this yr with higher photos of this and a printable recipe, however right here you go.

Cranberry Congealed Salad

1 can crushed pineapple

1 and three/4 cup pineapple juice, plus 3/4 cup extra

2 pkg. 3-oz. Raspberry jello

1 can complete cranberry sauce

1 cup diced apples

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Grated peel of 1 orange

9×13 pan

Drain crushed pineapple, reserving the juice and mix with canned pineapple juice (1 & 3/4 cups whole) in saucepan. Carry to boil. Stir in gelatin till dissolved, break up cranberry sauce & add to gelatin. Stir in 3/4 cup extra pineapple juice. Be sure you combine all of it evenly within the dish. Chill till agency. It’s at all times good!

I hope you take pleasure in seeing these household recipes once more and that you simply all have an exquisite Thanksgiving this yr! It’s all about spending time with household and buddies and being grateful for our many blessings!

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