Weeknight Family Supper Meal , an inspiration for a meal one night of the week that may include ideas how to make part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers or how to make leftovers into a makeover for another meal. After Christmas, we always have plenty of ham leftover. This Christmas was no different. I usually buy a whole ham for Thanksgiving and a spiral ham for Christmas. I love to dice leftover spiral ham. The cuts are all uniform and the perfect thickness. They look pretty in ham salad or a pasta dish like Leftover Ham and Bowtie Pasta.
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Grilled Apple Cider Glazed Pork Chops
Grilled Apple Cider Glazed Pork Chops, using up some leftover apple cider to marinate and coat with a maple syrup thick boneless pork chops, will dramatically amp up the flavor, savory, and a bit of sweetness. Pork chops are a favorite around our house. Cook them anyway. The boneless pork chops grilled tend to be tough and dry at times, so we like to brine them before cooking them or coat them in a super delicious glaze while cooking them.
Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #1 Smothered Burritos Casserole Using Store Bought Frozen Burritos
Weeknight Family Supper Meal , an inspiration for a meal one night of the week that may include ideas how to make part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers or how to make leftovers into makeovers for another meal. The main dish is Smothered Burrito Casserole using premade frozen burritos. For the perfect accompaniment, a tasty recipe for Mexican Salad that goes all the way back to the 1960's. Sometimes we add a side dish of whole kernel corn, Mexican Rice, and chips and hot sauce. Dessert is a simple layer of crescent rolls blanketed around a fluf fy cream cheese mixture known as Sopopia Cheesecake.
Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake
Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake , a beautiful festive dessert with the flavor combo of cranberry and orange. Perfect for any holiday occasion, but especially around Christmas time. Tis the season for cranberry and orange, right? I love the combination and look forward to it every year. I watch for the cranberries to be stocked in the stores. The sweetness of the orange and the tartness of the cranberries trigger a beautiful burst of flavor everytime they come together. This is cake can be a breakfast cake or a dessert cake and why not include it in the snack category too. Oh! And don't forget about afternoon tea. haha!
Grandma's Turkey and Cornbread Dressing
GRANDMA'S CORNBREAD DRESSING STUFFED TURKEY Grandma's Cornbread dressing stuffed turkey is a whole baked turkey that is placed in a pan of cornbread dressing and then baked. The best turkey and dressing you will ever eat. And don't forget the giblet gravy. This is my Mother in law Betty's recipe. When I came into the family, I was not used to eating turkey stuffed with cornbread dressing. I grew up eating the turkey baked separately from the dressing. It did not take me long to get used to eating the turkey and dressing stuffed.
Perfect Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika
Perfect Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Smoked Paprika , roasted crispy tender bite size pieces of sweet potatoes coated with avocado oil, and generously sprinkled with paprika, coriander, salt and pepper, a little sugar, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Sweet potatoes are plentiful right now. We love them baked whole, pies, and in a casserole, but our new favorite is roasted. The flavor combinations are endless. You can make them savory or sweet.
Roasted Sweet Potato Cobb Salad with Walden Farm's Honey Dijon Salad Dressing
Roasted Sweet Potato Cobb Salad, golden roasted sweet potatoes, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, purple onions and avocados on a layer of fresh collard green ribbons and arugula salad greens and drizzled with honey dijon salad dressing. I'm keeping it Southern! Do you ever have a few sweet potatoes needing to cook before they go bad? Well, that is where I am, and two sweet potatoes are not enough to make a pie. Now I could put them in a casserole or bake them, but that means lots of butter and cinnamon and sugar. That's how I like my baked sweet potatoes, so I opted for a healthy version, roasted sweet potatoes.
Cranberry Pork Chops {Perfect for Thanksgiving}
Cranberry Pork Chops, thick succulent pork chops browned in a cast iron skillet on top of the stove, covered with whole cranberry sauce, a sprig of rosemary and finished off in the oven. Perfect for a Thanksgiving alternative from traditional turkey. Pork chops are a favorite around our house. We like them fried, grilled, smothered, in casseroles and just about any way you can cook them. We do prefer the bone in pork chops for grilling and frying because they are juicier. The boneless ones have their place though, like in casseroles and dishes that are served with sauces.
Creamy Brown Sugar Grape Salad
Creamy Brown Sugar Grape Salad , crunchy juicy grapes folded in a sweet-tart creamy dressing. To send it over the top sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans. Oh! My. I must say I just now have made this glorious salad. I have been seeing it on the social media sites for several years and just never got around to making it. Now I make it all the time. It is fabulous. I can't get enough of it. My husband loves it, my grands love it, everywhere I take it they love it.
Cornbread and Wild Rice Dressing
Cornbread and wild rice dressing is a classic Southern dish that combines cornbread dressing with a wild rice mixture, creating a casserole full of fall flavors. WILD RICE AND CORNBREAD DRESSING Wild Rice and Cornbread Dressing is a rich, moist, savory, and crisp side dish that is uniquely delicious for a Thanksgiving meal. For me, there can never be too many Southern cornbread dressing recipes. I, for one, do not think dressing is just for a Thanksgiving meal. We love it all year long.
