After we had finished making the pumpkin pies, Lisa and I sat down to watch a movie. Since we worked hard at making the pumpkin pie, I decided that we needed a little drink. One quick special drink that my family fixes is juice and 7up®. A lot of people apparently do this, because the…
Month: November 2010
Pour – fix some more – n Bake Pumpkin Pie
I don’t think anyone can claim that pumpkin pie is not an important part of any Thanksgiving meal. Of any part of the meal, pumpkin pie is probably the easiest to shop, prepare and bake. In most cases, you can just walk into your local grocery store during the fall and winter and there will…
Sweet Potato Casserole – Dean style
Every year that my family gets together and makes Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, there is always an argument on how sweet potato casserole is made. It has nothing to do with how the yams are made or what to mix in with the yams. It all has to do with what goes on top. Now,…
Cranberry Tart Pie
As far as I know, my family is the only one that makes this Cranberry Pie recipe. It is from Grandma Logan’s recipe box, so it could have been one of her original recipe or something that was passed down to her. The family usually makes this pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The recipe makes…
Campbell’s Green Bean Casserole
Dean woke me up early this morning to start cooking our dishes for Thanksgiving. While he started working on the sweet potato casserole, I started working on the green bean casserole. I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com. It seems to be a popular one with a rating of 5 stars from online reviews. The recipe…
Mesquite Chicken and Rice Burritos
Lisa’s dad bought some chicken breast and decided that we would get more use out of them. I usually buy boneless breast as a convenience, but the basic ones are cheaper. Last night we didn’t have anything planned to eat, so I decided we could easily make up some chicken burritos. Burritos is one of…
Saugedoullie Loaf (Meatloaf)
Well, the chili is pretty much gone, so it is time to use up the other 2 pounds of ground turkey from the beginning of the week. I put the remaining turkey in the freezer when I made the chili, so I had to put it in the fridge this morning in order to thaw…
Blueberry Bullet Smoothie
A few years ago I was on the Abs Diet. The basic idea of the diet was to build muscle in order to burn fat. While I was on it, I lost about 30 pounds in around 10 weeks and went from 210+ to just around 180. This was the best shape I was ever…
Groundouille Turkey Chili
Since I forced Lisa to pick something besides lasagna and chicken for dinner and we decide to do something a little more healthy, she found something based on ground turkey. Lisa searched on-line and obtained a Ground Turkey Chili recipe from Cooks.com. Being that I like to make dishes my own and the fact that I…
MexiMojito Cajun Chicken
After a couple of bland meals, Lisa decided that she would find something that would appease my spicy palate. She decided on a Cajun Chicken Pasta dish from About.com. Since I’m not a huge fan of pasta, I suggested that we use rice instead of pasta. Of course, Lisa is probably still a little leery…