Thought of the day,,

Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

Thanksgiving recipes and grocery list continued..

Today I am posting pumpkin pie and Sweet potato casserole. These are a must at the holidays at our house..

 Pumpkin Pie

1 unbaked pie crust
1  15oz can pumpkin
1 can sweet condensed milk
2 eggs
2 teas. Pumpkin pie spice
1/2teas. Salt

Mix together all ingredients until blended. Pour into pie crust and bake 425 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Sweet Potato Casserole...

2 lbs. sweet potato's mashed
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sweet condensed milk
1 cup  crushed frosted flakes
1/2 chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter
2 tables. Brown sugar

Mix sweet potato's, eggs, 1/4 cup butter, sugar  and sweet condensed milk together. Place in 9x13 baking dish.  Mix brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter and pecans together. Sprinkle on top of sweet potato mixture.Add crushed frosted flakes to top and bake at 350 for 30 minutes..

Grocery list..

1 2 lb. can sweet potato's
Eggs
Sugar
Butter
2 cans Sweeten condensed milk
Frosted flakes
Pecans
Brown sugar
1 15 oz can pumpkin
Pumpkin pie spice
Unbaked pie crust

Coming this evening..

I will continue my Thanksgiving menu recipe and grocery list. Today I will post pumpkin pie and sweet potato casserole.

Whats for dinner..

My meat sandwiches. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy. i will post new pictures of them this evening.

Thought of the day..

Don't let today's disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams...

Coconut macaroons...

A friend of ours isn't feeling well so I made these for I'm to cheer him up..

Coconut Macaroons

1 medium bag coconut

1 can sweet condensed milk

1 teas. vanilla flavoring

1/2 teas coconut flavoring

Mix all together and spoon out on baking sheet by teaspoonfuls. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Yummy..

Cranberry Salad..

I got this recipe years ago from Joan, my stepsons grandmother.  This recipe is awesome and is a must at our house during the holidays now. I like to make this a few weeks before Thanksgiving and freeze it. It freezes very well and is ready when you need it..

Cranberry Salad

1 bag of cranberries

1 large orange

4 medium apples  ( your preference) 

1 lg. box cherry jello

3 cups hot water

1 lg. can crushed pineapple

1 cup pecans chopped

1 1/2 cups sugar

Place cranberries in food processor  and grind. Peel and dice apples and place into food processor and grind. Peel orange and grind in food processor too. When cranberries, apple and orange are all ground together take out and place into a freezer container. Add cherry jello , hot water, sugar, pineapples and pecans, stir all together and freeze..

Thanksgiving grocery list and recipes to start..

I am going to start giving you my Thanksgiving recipes with groceries list a few a day until you guys have them all. I'm going to start with The Turkey, ham and cranberry salad.

Turkey

Creole injector

butter 

salt and pepper

Thaw turkey for a few days in refrigerator. Wash and pat dry. Inject with creole injector and spread butter all over turkey. I add salt and pepper to the butter.  

I like to cook our turkey in the butterball electric fryer. I don't fry a lot but this I make a exception and it is awesome.  

Ham

I like to just bake my ham without glaze. A lot of people like glazes and I do have a few ham glazes posted for you guys already to use if you like glazes on your ham.

Grocery list for Turkey, Ham and cranberry salad

Ham

Turkey

creole injector 

butter

salt 

pepper

1 bag cranberries

1 lg. orange

4 medium apples

1 lg box cheery jello

sugar

pecans

1 lg. can crushed pineapple

Hope this helps too get you guys started on your Thanksgiving meal planning. 

More coming tomorrow..

Coming today..

Grocery list for Thanksgiving menu. Cranberry salad recipe and freeze tips for this.

Thanksgiving.....

With the holidays just around the corner, it is time to start getting prepared. I like to start a few weeks ahead with the preparation's.  I like to be able to enjoy my holidays with my family and have a awesome meal for them in the process. It can get overwhelming with all that has to be done. So I'm going to try to help make things easier for you guys this year. So over the next couple weeks, I am going to share my planning.. I'm going to start by sharing my menu with you guys. I will be sharing my grocery list, make ahead items and of course recipes with you. Hope these help make you holidays easier and more enjoyable..

Thanksgiving Menu..

Turkey

Ham

Green beans

Mac-n-cheese

Mashed Potatoes

Corn

Dressing and gravy

Rolls

Sweet Potato Casserole

Cranberry Salad

Pumpkin Pie

Banana Pudding

Sweet potato Pie

Orchard Punch

Deviled Eggs

Whats for dinner...

Santa Fe chicken packs. Recipes already posted for you to enjoy...

Coming this weekend..

Thanksgiving menu, make ahead and freeze items for holidays.

Thought of the day...

Life is too short to worry about little things! So enjoy your life, laugh every chance you get, cry only if you must & never let other people get you down!!

Whats for dinner...

Shrimp alfredo Tortellini.. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them

Whats for dinner..

Buffalo sauce chicken legs, rice and broccoli. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can....

Yummy Pumpkin Bread..

This bread is very good in the fall. As soon as I start seeing pumpkins I want to bake this bread. It is very moist and yummy...


 Super Moist Pumpkin Bread

 3 1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 c. packed dark brown sugar
 2/3 c. white sugar
2 c. pumpkin puree
1 c. veg. oil
 2/3 c. coconut milk
 1 c. toasted walnuts chopped
 2 tsp. baking soda
 1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
 2/3 c. coconut

 Mix all ingredients together and fold in the walnuts and coconut last. Bake in a 9x13-baking dish for 1 hour 15 minutes for 45 minutes. I like to put cream cheese icing on this bread.

Whats for dinner..

Tonight is Chicken tortilla soup.. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

Make the best of everything, there is good in everything...

What's for dinner..

Cube steak, roasted potatoes and Limas.
Recipes already posted for you to enjoy.

Thought of the day..

Make the best of everything you do... Find fun in everything..

I wanted to put this recipe back out for you guys. This soup is awesome..

Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup

1 - 16 oz. bag broccoli

1 - 14.5 oz. can of sliced carrots

2 - 15 oz. cans of sliced potatoes

1 med onion, chopped

1 can cream of celery soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can of nacho cheese soup

1 - 2 lb. block of cheese cubed into pieces

2 cans of chicken broth 

Combine all ingredients into a slow cooker. Cook on high for 2 hours. Serve with Hawaiian rolls or sour dough bread.

Mandarin Orange Cake..

This is a cake that I came up with a few summers ago. It turned out so well that it is a must with my kids.

Mandarin Orange Cake

1 box orange cake mix
2 lg. cans mandarin oranges
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 container cream cheese icing

Make cake per instructions on box except use the mandarin orange juice instead of the water. Also mix a can of the oranges in wit the cake batter. Bake per instructions in a 9x13 baking dish. Usually 350 for 35 minutes.  Take out and poke wholes in cake with a wooden spoon. Pour sweetened condensed milk over cake. Then add the other can of oranges drained to icing and spread on cake.

I make my own icing but you can use the already made ones if you like.

Cream cheese icing..
4 cups powered sugar
1 8 oz cream cheese
1 stick butter
1 teas. vanilla

Mix all together and its ready...

Pictures of dinner...

These are pictures of our dinner. The broccoli cheese soup and Hawaiian rolls.   Recipes are already posted for you guys.  These were perfect for this cooler weather.

Whats for dinner...

Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup

Hawaiian ham and cheese rolls

With the cooler weather and going to do some Christmas shopping with Makayla today.  I think this will be a great meal to start the holidays off with.. Recipes are already posted for you guys to enjoy.  But I will post some new pictures this evening. 

Thought of the day...

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them...

Thought of the day..

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Whats for dinner..

Pizza Casserole, salad and garlic cheese bread. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day...

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.

Whats for dinner...

Hambuger steak with mushrooms and egg noodles.. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day....

If you can't be a pencil to write anyone's happiness then try to be a nice eraser to remove anyone's sadness..

Whats for dinner..

Beef stroganoff.. Recipe already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Whats for dinner...

Mexican burgers, salsa and chips.. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day...

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!  ~Albert Einstein

Pumpkin Cheesecake....

I am trying recipes for the holidays. This is a keeper...

Pumpkin Cheesecake

1 8 oz. cream cheese softened

1 c. canned pumpkin puree

1 can eagle bran milk

1/2 c. sugar

1 3 oz. pkg. of instant vanilla pudding or cheesecake instant

2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 graham cracker piecrust

Mix cream cheese, pumpkin, eagle bran milk, sugar, pudding, and pumpkin pie spice.  Mix well and place in graham cracker piecrust. Keep refrigerated.  

Whats for dinner...

 These are awesome and so easy to make. I put them in the slow cooker, before I left to go to church this morning. They are done and I got some really some soft buns to use with them..


Pepperoncini Meat Sandwiches

1 roast ( I used a Sirloin) I found on sale
1 jar pepperoncini peppers
italian seasonings
garlic salt
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
water or beef broth

Season both sides of the roast with italian seasonings and garlic salt. Pour enough water to cover the roast half way. Add worcestershire to water. Pour the jar of pepperoncini peppers with liquid into slow cooker and let cook until roast falls apart. Usually around 5 hours.

Coming Soon...

Trying to get this ready by Thanksgiving week guys...

Whats for dinner..

Pulled pork,baked beans, cole slaw and crockpot macaroni and cheese. All recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy...

Whats for dinner..

Chicken and dumplings. Recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

In life, it is not where you are that matters, but what you do there..

Thought of the day..

You will feel pain, you will lose, you will make mistakes But don't worry someday, somehow it will make sense..

Whats for dinner..

Chicken, Steak, and shrimp fajitas. recipes already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

The only person you should try to be better than, Is the person you were yesterday....

Whats for dinner...

Mexican Stuffed Shells, Salad. Recipes are already posted for you guys to enjoy..

Thought of the day..

When someone rings the doorbell, why do dogs always assume it's for them.. lol

It's Coming soon....

Whats for dinner...

Cheeseburgers and homemade fries.. Recipes posted for you guys to enjoy..

Coming this evening...

Picture of my Ebook cover which is almost done guys...