[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

This is what we do best. Let's share our recipes. Thanksgiving is one week away. Let's make this one our best ever!!!

Last year's recipe thread

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Hooray for Recipe Day!!!!

[Iowa Granny]

Free Range Turkey? You MUST be kidding. Do you have any idea what Free Range Turkeys eat?

Commercially raised turkeys eat a well balanced meal, far more highly regulated than yours and mine. Their food is kept clean, as they are kept in buildings, protected from the harsh midwest elements.

On the other hand, Free Range Turkeys are left to wander around outside, pecking at whatever they might find, to supplement the food provided to them. As they peck around, they undoubtedly will come across a "turkey pile", which is like a Cow Pile only it comes from turkeys.

I could not, in good conscienious, serve a turkey that had probably pecked thru another animals poop, and digested same.

*climbing down from soapbox*

[mlmr]

mlmr's Cranberry Sauce

2 bags of cranberries washed, picked over and drained.

1 cup maple syrup

Place wet but drained cranberries in a saucepan. Pour on the maple syrup. Bring to slow boil on medium flame, stirring with wood spoon, almost constantly. Simmer 7 to 10 minutes, smashing berries with spoon.

Leave about a quarter of the berries or less whole, taste as you go, this is a tart sauce with a clear, cranberry taste. Pour into serving bowls to cool. Looks very pretty in clear glass bowls and jars. After cooling refrigerate covered until ready to serve. Makes about about a two pints...

[Utah Girl]

That turkey and pear-chesnut dressing sounds divine. I have a cranberry chutney recipe I will post next week when I get home from Las Vegas. I do not like cranberries, but I had this chutney last week, and it was to die for.

[tubebender]

True Story...Yesterday my First Wife and I went to Costco and in the process bought a "Fresh Turkey" and a 3 Rib Roast.. We put most everything in the bed of the Pickup except the turkey and roast. When we got home I backed up to the garage and unloaded the goodies and went about my chores.This morning about 10 I was in the yard drinking my 3rd cup of coffee when First Wife comes out yelling something incoherent about, "Where is the Turkey and Roast?". Right, they spent the night in the back seat of the Pickup. We checked the temperature and every thing was fine.

BTW...We will brine our turkey as we have for 3 years and several birds.

[pubmom]

I served these at a party last week, and they received rave reviews! This is so incredibly easy too!

Bacon Quiche Tarts

10 slices bacon
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1/4cup milk
4 eggs
1 cup shredded swiss cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onion
2 (10 ounce) cans refigerated flaky biscuit dough (I used Pillsbury)

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease 20 muffin cups.

Cook the bacon over medium high heat until crisp and evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.

Place the cream cheese, milk, and eggs in a medium bowl, and beat until smooth with an electric mixer set on low. Stir in swiss cheese and green onion, set aside.

Separate dough into 20 biscuits. Press the bottom and sides of each muffin cup, forming 1/4 inch rims. (I just pressed it to the top of the muffin cup, and mine were fine.)Sprinkle half of the bacon into the bottoms of the dough-lined muffin cups. Spoon about 2 Tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture into each cup.

Bake 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven, until filling is set and the rims of the tarts are golden brown. Sprinkle with the remaining bacon, and lightly press into the filling. Remove from pan and serve warm.

Makes 20 servings

[Aggie Mama]

These are always my favorite threads. Off to a parent-teacher conf. I can't wait to read all the recipes. BTW, to day is my daughter's 2nd birthday!

[rightinalabama]

Y'all have probably had this one at one time or another, but it is a definite winner for your leftover turkey.

King Ranch Chicken Casserole

1 (3 pound) chicken, boiled and deboned (or leftover chicken or turkey)
1 package corn tortillas cut into strips.
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 onion, chopped
3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese


Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C.)
Layer half the tortilla strips in a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
Combine the tomatoes, chicken soup, mushroom soup and
onion. Pour half of mixture over tortillas.Add half of chicken. Layer the rest of the tortillas, the rest of the chicken, half of the cheese and the remaining soup mixture.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Top with the remaining cheese and return to the oven
until the cheese is melted.

You can use tortilla chips instead of regular tortillas if you want.

[Fintan]

FINTAN'S CAN'T-MISS THANKSGIVING TURKEY RECIPE

CLICK HERE

[.38sw]

OH, thank you thank you for posting the link to last year's thread. I was able to find my recipe for Marbled Pumpkin Cheese cake that I posted last year! We moved in August, and I have yet to get everything unpacked, including my cookbooks. I've been getting recipes off of the internet in the meantime. There is a correction to that recipe I posted last year: I omitted an item. Use 8 oz. of gingersnap cookies for the crust.

[My back yard]

Here's one for a layered cream pie thing my daughter is making.

She doubles this and puts it in a 9 X 11 baking pan, but there is extra leftover of pudding and such, so she puts it up in a small bowl in the freezer.

1st Layer:
MIX: 1-stick of butter, melted. 1 c flour. 3/4 c chopped pecans. (Mix should be crumbly)

Bake for 15 minutes @350.
Let Cool.

2nd Layer:
MIX: 1-8oz crm cheese (soft). 1 c pwd sugar. 1 carton small cool whip.

3rd Layer:
BLEND: 2 small instant chocolate puddings, 3 c milk.

4th Layer:
Cool Whip and pecans.

Refrigerate.