Now that Halloween's over, we can shift our focus to my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving! I'm totally in charge of cooking this year and I finally have a decent sized kitchen to work with, so I'll be experimenting a lot. Any of y'all got some fantastic holiday recipes you're willing to share?
To start off simple, my go-to Thanksgiving potluck recipe is creamy cream cheese mashed potatoes. Just boil up however many potatoes you feel are necessary, mash them up with forks or a potato masher, add milk or buttermilk and a stick of cream cheese, and stir it all together. You can leave it at that and put some gravy on it, but I wouldn't. Or once you have it looking good and creamy, put it in a casserole dish, top it with a generous layer of shredded cheddar cheese and chives, and bake it at a low temp for about 20 minutes or so, until the cheese melts.
Deviled eggs are also super simple and last all of ten minutes before they're gone. But I cheat and get those packs of pre-boiled naked eggs because I hate peeling them and I have more pressing matters to attend to. Put a few dashes of hot sauce in the egg mix and it makes a world of difference.
Ham > Turkey in our house, and the ham goes into the crockpot for 6-8 hours with pineapple juice and chunks.
To start off simple, my go-to Thanksgiving potluck recipe is creamy cream cheese mashed potatoes. Just boil up however many potatoes you feel are necessary, mash them up with forks or a potato masher, add milk or buttermilk and a stick of cream cheese, and stir it all together. You can leave it at that and put some gravy on it, but I wouldn't. Or once you have it looking good and creamy, put it in a casserole dish, top it with a generous layer of shredded cheddar cheese and chives, and bake it at a low temp for about 20 minutes or so, until the cheese melts.
Deviled eggs are also super simple and last all of ten minutes before they're gone. But I cheat and get those packs of pre-boiled naked eggs because I hate peeling them and I have more pressing matters to attend to. Put a few dashes of hot sauce in the egg mix and it makes a world of difference.
Ham > Turkey in our house, and the ham goes into the crockpot for 6-8 hours with pineapple juice and chunks.
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