Thanksgiving Turkey

14lb Butterball or largerOlive Oil1/2-3/4 stick of Butter32oz Chicken Broth Dry Rub: Preheat oven to 200. Rinse off the turkey in the sink and remove the giblet bag & neck. You might think to yourself, “maybe this turkey doesn’t have a giblet bag.” I assure you that it does! You find that bag! It’s usuallyRead More

Peanut Brittle

This is my great grandma’s recipe that she was known for. People looked forward to getting a tin of her peanut brittle around Christmas each year. She taught me how to make it before passing away. No one else in the family really made it well and there are a few little tricks that makeRead More

Chocolate Pudding Pie

Mix up the pudding with milk and beat for 2mins. Pour it in the crust and refrigerate so the pudding sets up. Top with Cool Whip. You could add some chocolate chips, shaved chocolate, crushed candy canes or some hot cocoa powder as a garnish on top.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

This is pretty easy. The hardest part is culling all the seeds out of the squishy pumpkin innards. Here is a recipe we found. I think we cooked the seeds a little longer. You want them to look roasted and be fairly crunchy. https://www.jessicagavin.com/how-to-roast-pumpkin-seeds/

Roasted Butternut Squash

I found this recipe at https://www.aheadofthyme.com/roasted-butternut-squash/ and just tried it this year. It was great! We just get the butternut squash pre-cut at Costco. butternut squash – one medium head butternut squash peeled and cubed into 1-inch pieces (about 5-6 cups). olive oil rosemary – I used dried rosemary buy you can also substitute withRead More

Cheesy Corn

Dump in all ingredients and let it get real happy for 4+hrs on low in crock pot! Lower the temperature and let it simmer until it’s time to eat.

Hot Apple Cider

Jug of cider 128oz Cinnamon Sticks 6-8 Whole Cloves 8-10 1/2 Lemon or 2Tbsp Lemon Juice Dump in ingredients. Cut lemon in half. Simmer and serve hot. It’s ok to purchase regular apple juice which is often less expensive than cider.

Thanksgiving Dinner

This is a running list of our traditional Thanksgiving meal. In 2020 we had COVID-19 over Thanksgiving, so we decided to cook this for Christmas in hopes that we could all enjoy it together. Its been a tradition now to serve this for both holidays since it’s such a well loved meal!