We always had Thanksgiving dinner with just our faimly of four at home. Every year our mom made broccoli casserole...until one year she said she was going to make something else. Y'all, I about had a heart attack!!! Thanksgiving dinner without mom's broccoli casserole??? So I made it that year...and every year since. Ive made it so much that I can make it in my sleep...and it's such an easy recipe. I was probably 16 that year. I'll be turning 64 on Nov 26, our mom passed away 12 years ago, but that broccoli casserole still graces our table every year. Here's to you, mom❤❤❤ I'm crying as I write this comment.

It’s so good to see your husband and son feel so free to share your kitchen while you are working there. They do for themselves rather than disturb you. Such a sweet thing to see!

@cyndiebeckman777

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree. I would love to have my son walking around in my kitchen as Mom was cooking 🧑‍🍳 They grow up too fast 😢

Cranberry Relish , so simple , but so good . 1 can whole cranberry sauce , 1 can jellied cranberry sauce , 1 can mandarin oranges drained , zest of an orange , juice of 1 orange , 2 TBS of honey - mix all ingredients , I use a crystal bowl ( so you can see the pretty) garnish with mint leaves and chopped walnuts . Lip smacking good . Hope you try it and hope you enjoy it - very refreshing 😁

I am the oddball that loves to make new recipes for holidays and family gatherings! I've always been of the belief that if something isn't to my liking, the more people at the house, the higher chance there will be of someone who loves it! As for a dish we'd never change, our family is a bit weird there too! A few years ago we decided we wanted to try something new for holidays so now we have themed dinners. I believe last Thanksgiving was tex mex and everyone brought their best Tex Mex dish!

My mom used to always make homemade dressing for Thanksgiving. She passed away 8 yrs ago. The first Thanksgiving without her I decided I was going to be in charge of the dressing every year. I didn't know how much of everything she put in it, but I knew what went in it, so I just winged it and it turned out perfect and I make it the same way every year and everyone loves it.

@blindaedwards9528

8 ай бұрын

My kids love my dressing as well...even though it's not exactly like Grandma's ❤

I think my husband and kids would fire me if I didn’t make sugar free pumpkin pie. That’s my contribution to Thanksgiving. Hubby and daughter in love does the rest.

I make green bean bundles each year. Simply wrap a few green beans in a half slice of bacon. Poke a toothpick through to hold them together and place in a casserole dish. Once you get your desired amount of bundles placed, heat some butter and add brown sugar and a touch of garlic salt. Pour that over the top of your bundles. You can refrigerate overnight or go straight to the oven. 350° for 30-40 minutes.

@cindylewwho

8 ай бұрын

@jessbrown254 That sounds delicious. I’m gonna give that a whirl. Thank you so much for that delicious and easy idea. Happy Holidays from the Jersey Shore 🌊🏖️🐚🦃🍁🍂🍃🎄🎅!!

Sweet potato casserole will always be on the table at Thanksgiving. Loved the video. Thank you!

I did this technique with peanut butter instead of pumpkin. Then I added the chocolate shell toppings to the top (completely covered) then before it’s set add chopped peanut butter cups and drizzled melted peanut butter…ahh talk about cheat day lol or holiday decadence 😊

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

Oh my stars! That sounds amazing!

@cindylewwho

8 ай бұрын

@moniquetibble2309 Oh my word, that sounds insanely delicious. I’m going to HAVE to try that, plus it’s easy and make ahead. Thank you so much for that scrumptious idea!!!

@ktgreene3998

8 ай бұрын

My husband would love you!

@mimiscountrycooking1607

8 ай бұрын

Sounds yummy ❤

I found a recipe in Woman's Day magazine in 1982 for Cranberry-Pear Crisp. It was delicious. I have made it every year since then!

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

Sounds great!

@p2rp

8 ай бұрын

Geeze that sounds good!!! Bet it would make a good dump cake too.

@cyndiebeckman777

8 ай бұрын

You made me think about the cranberry chutney sauce I used to make in the Christmas seasons from the passed…… You use real cranberries the whole bag and it’s delicious 😋 it will be eaten up !! Everyone will make it disappear 😁 I need to find my old recipe and make it again this year 🦃🎄✝️

I love it that you're going to ask your daddy❤ I sure do miss asking mine. Okay great recipes I am going to start my test run. Thank you ma'am🎃

For Holidays, we always bring the usual traditional dishes we love, but also add in one new dish to "test run" on the family (they rate a "pass" or "fail"). Love your son's "sammich."❤ .

I’ve made homemade cranberries every year and it’s a crowd pleaser! One bag fresh cranberries, 1.5 c sugar, zest and juice of one orange, 1/3 c Southern Comfort. Mix and bake at 350 covered for 20 min. Uncover, stir and bake 30-40 more min. until cranberries pop open. Amazing!

@vbella39

8 ай бұрын

Ooh! Sounds awesome! Ty!

I know everything in your FRUIT SALAD is fresh. But maybe try canned mandarin oranges (drained or put liquid in your dressing). These oranges are really tasty and you won't have to peel anything!

@michellehiggins4815

8 ай бұрын

Interesting about adding the juice to the dressing.

@sonyafox3271

8 ай бұрын

Most fruit salads actually are canned and, mostly any fruit and, what fruit we can’t get in a can, we tend to use that fruit fresh or frozen!

@melissadunn3831

8 ай бұрын

Oooooh or you could use cuties in the fruit salad! They’re the perfect size already!

@catwoman520

8 ай бұрын

I use fresh mandarin oranges in place of regular oranges…so much easier to peel…

@shelleynielsen6411

8 ай бұрын

Yes ! The canned are delicious in a fresh fruit salad.

I make orange cranberry sauce and will never change the recipe. It's fabulous.

Mandy, I just sent you a recipe for a Pineapple jello salad. I remembered how Steven is with cream cheese. He will really not notice the cream cheese with the other flavors. This is a requested dish by every member of my family for Thanksgiving every year. It just is light and refreshing and bonus you can make it a few days ahead. I hope you give it a try,. I’m sure your family will love it as much as mine.

@madnessofmymind

8 ай бұрын

he doesn't mind it in sweet foods.

I am 59 years old, and I grew up with my moms stuffing every year and will NEVER change it... EVER! It's relatively basic, but it is amazing! My mom died 😢in 2004, and when my extended family lived nearby me, all I would have to say was that I was making Mom's stuffing and everyone came to my house for Thanksgiving . I now live with my sister, and even though it's just the two of us now, our Thanksgiving table will always have this on the table. I'll post the recipe here. Thanksgiving Stuffing 2 loaves of white bread, cut or torn into approx. 1 in. pieces. 6 T. butter 2 C finely chopped onion (about 2 medium onion) 1 C finely chopped celery (about 2 - 3 stalks) 1/4 cup dried parsley 1 tsp dried sage 1 tsp dried thyme 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 1 to 1 1/2 cups chicken stock 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper Preheat oven to 400⁰ Butter a 9x13 casserole dish and set aside. In a VERY large bowl, tear or cut bread into pieces and set aside. In a medium pan, Melt the butter over medium high heat. Sautee onions and celery until soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in the herbs, nutmeg, salt, and pepper and cook for just 30 seconds more. Add the celery and onion mixture to the bowl with the bread pieces and toss together. Stir together the chicken stock and eggs, then pour onto the bread mixture and stir to distribute evenly. (Depending on how firm you want the stuffing, etc, you will need to add more stock until its is lightly moist but not soggy or packed together). Spread into casserole dish. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and then bake another 25-30 minutes or so or until golden brown. NOTE: If prepared the day ahead and refrigerated, some of this can be stuffed into the turkey, and it is amazing!!

Rutabegas mashed w/a little bacon fat/ chopped bacon/a little butter and s&p to taste! Yummmm!!!

Our tradition growing up was always tamales, tacos, enchiladas, Spanish rice, Queso, Guac, Refried Beans, Chips, Salsa and Elote. Then I got married and they had all the things that you mentioned. Growing up in Texas my grandma always made those for Thanksgiving and Christmas well actually she made the Queso and she had someone else make everything else because she did not know how. My mom did but not my grandma on either side. Now that was my dad's side. As far as my mom's side for Thanksgiving we had Ham, Broccoli with cheese, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, sauted squash and zucchini , rolls and gravy.

Could you do a video on different stuffings for thanksgiving please?

The stuffing I would never change its always been a family tradition in our family

Hey Mandy... That's the way I do my potatoes...just don't tell the nephew...😉. I sent you a gift to your po box..enjoy

It's been a family tradition to have Corn pudding at Thanksgiving. Very easy.

@alenemarie

8 ай бұрын

Oh, I LOVE a good corn pudding!! Takes me all the way back to growing up in the South (I’m in SoCal now) and going to church potluck. ❤

Make both pumpkin cheesecakes remember holiday calories don't count. Lol.

Green bean casserole and canndied yams there classics for a reason

I will NEVER leave out buttercup squash!

There is such an easy way to cut oranges cleanly, leaving no pith. Wash and rinse the outside of the orange, then slice the slightest amount off each end. Then take the remaining orange and slice it into 3 pieces, they will be round disks. Lay each disk down and cut it into fours which will give you triangle pieces. Then it's very easy to cut the orange away from the rind. I cut mine that way when I want to eat an orange, I just don't to the final step of cutting from the rind because I use my teeth to pull it off.

Oh my goodness, this just brought a core memory to mind that I have not thought about for a long time. My dad (who passed away when I was 6) used to have a glass of buttermilk with his cornbread crumbled up inside. Thank you! 💕 My mom’s sweet potatoes is something we will never change about our Thanksgiving meal. She passed away in March of this year so this will be our first without her. I do my best but they will never be as good as hers. 😢

Green Bean casserole don’t think I’d change up. It’s quick and easy for making for any holiday get-to-gether.

@cindythompson3960

8 ай бұрын

The carrots and the pie recipe are definitely something I want to try Happy Halloween 🧛🧙‍♀️🧛‍♂️🎃💀

@kimmerd4344

8 ай бұрын

I have always added chopped water chestnuts in my green bean casserole. It doesn't change the flavor but gives it an added crunch.

@darcihoudeshell2588

8 ай бұрын

​@@kimmerd4344That sounds good. I'm going to have to try that! Thanks! ❤

@dianeallen4468

8 ай бұрын

Lesuer English peas, drained. Add cream of celery soup & French fried onions, mix together, add to baking dish. Cover top with more French fried onions, bake til top browned. It'll knock your socks off & so very easy.

@christymarie3747

8 ай бұрын

Oooh, that sounds interesting, I have to try as I love water chestnuts!@@kimmerd4344

Hint for peeling your oranges. Bring pot of water to a boil. Turn it off and place your whole oranges in the hot water so they're covered. Let the oranges set for 5 minutes or so. Remove oranges with tongs. When cool enough to handle, peel the oranges. Majority of the bitter white part you were trimming will come off with the peel.

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

No way! Thanks for that!

I will be doing Thanksgiving without my mom for the 1st time and her bday is the 24th so every 4yrs her bday is on Thanksgiving. I dont know how I'm gonna get through the holidays without her! Her chocolate pudding pie is a must have every year!! 😊

Dearest Mandy, may I suggest an easier way to make candied carrots? Use the small carrots as you’ve shown or large carrots, peeled and cut into coin rounds. Put in a pot, add water to boil, add salt and granulated whit sugar. (The amount of salt and sugar depends on how many you make) Boil until tender, drain and add butter and brown sugar all back in the pot you cooked the carrots in. Cover with the lid and let them sit on the warm top of the stove. Stirring a couple times while they sit. When ready to serve with your meal they’re warm and ready to eat. So much easier than the crockpot I hope you try them this way and let me know if your family likes them, as well as the other ones 💕🙏🙏

@sylviahunt7694

8 ай бұрын

Crock pot is easier which is what Mandy liked plus being delicious.

@Clutching.My.Pearls

8 ай бұрын

@jeannetaylor2217...8 hours in a crackpot for baby carrots? I make glazed carrots the same way you do and it's quick, easy, and delicious.

@heatherbaldwin3750

8 ай бұрын

Dint forget to add a touch of orange juice

Mandy, you should try my Five Cup Salad…….it uses a cup of sour cream, a cup of drained crushed pineapple, a cup of mini marshmallows, cup of coconut and a cup of mandarin oranges but I use two cups of mandarin oranges (drained). It is very easy and delicious ❤

@RainyJo715

8 ай бұрын

I make a simplified version of this where I just open a couple cans of fruit cocktail, add the mini marshmallows, chopped pecans, and then mix in Cool Whip, instead of the sour cream.:) It’s always a hit! My Grandma used to make it with all fresh fruit, but I’m definitely too busy on Thanksgiving for that, and this is a short cut that I learned from my mom. I don’t know if it’s a Northern thing or what, but we seem to prefer the little bit of sweetness from the whipped cream. 😊

@mimiscountrycooking1607

8 ай бұрын

I make my five cup salad the same and my family love it❤

@mimiscountrycooking1607

8 ай бұрын

@@RainyJo715Sounds delicious ❤

@user-xf1fz6bt8j

8 ай бұрын

@@mimiscountrycooking1607 My family calls me Mimi also❤️

Homemade noodles. My great auntie taught me when I was in middle school. I’m 48 and still make them. There is nothing better!!

@johartsuff488

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Served over mashed potatoes. The creamy gravy they make is perfect over dressing, turkey, everything.

My aunt makes broccoli, cheese and rice casserole every holiday and our family loves it. I don't think we could go without it.

@bwt99

8 ай бұрын

We make a rice and cheese casserole too but ours has spinach instead of broccoli. It is called Green Rice in the crock pot recipe book. (It does not turn green fyi, so no worries there)

@laurenonmoonlightdr

8 ай бұрын

I have my grandma's broccoli casserole and it has cottage cheese, cheese, eggs and butter and even people who hate broccoli ate it. It's definitely not for those watching their cholesterol,but once a year, yes yummy!

@candyeolney30

8 ай бұрын

I always make that too. I made it years ago and it was immediately a must have.

@nanniemaeminer6882

8 ай бұрын

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A gingersnap crust would be yummy with that pumpkin pie. My mom and dad ate cornbread crumbled in a glass of buttermilk. They made it look so good. I tried it. Nope, nope, nope. 😃 The side dish I wouldn't change is cornbread dressing. Not stuffing, but the southern dressing you cut in squares.

I can't change my green bean casserole recipe, or my oldest bonus son will know. It's his favorite.

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

I'm with you on that. It's my favorite

Just found a recipe for sweet potato COBBLER using Bruce's canned yams. I love tweaking our holiday faves!❤

I know this isn't the question or answer but I'd love to learn how to make a sweet potato casserole, the kind with roasted marshmallows on top!

I picture Steven as the Official Spokesperson for All Of Americas Mens Tastebuds and Eating Preferences!! The one and only spokesperson!

I missed this on Tuesday. I was in the hospital, having a heart attack. Never, ever had heart trouble before. I'm home now and can finally enjoy this video.

You need to STOP! These all looked so very good! I am going to try everything. Apples are one of the few fruits I like, so this is a must try! 🍏🍎

My husband’s Grannies candied yams. A few years before she passed away she created a cookbook for her family. I started taking her candied yams to my family’s Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. They have become a staple every year.

All looks delicious. If you add a few sprinkles of diced onion in your carrots it really brings the flavor up. That’s how I do mine only I do mine on the stove.

Sweet potatoes are my families go to side dish. Take 2 large cans of sweet potatoes and drain the liquid. Cut the pieces of sweet potatoes into bite-sized chunks. Pour into a baking pan. To your own taste, add brown sugar ( just sprinkle it over the top along with the rest of ingredients), butter, maple syrup. Top with mini marshmallows. Bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes. Sometimes I'll add ground cinnamon before I top with marshmallows. So yummy for my tummy 🙂🦋

@vbella39

8 ай бұрын

Try throwing in a handful of roasted pecans! It is a wonderful add in!

My mom's cranberry salad.....fresh cranberries, oranges, pecans, crushed pineapple and cherry jello. My sister makes loads and we eat on it until Christmas! Very refreshing!!

My Mommas Cornbread Dressing, Granny Cake (her own recipe she came up with), Banana Puddin, her Mashed Potaters, well everything was out of this world good! My Momma was a Georgia Southern Cook and there were some recipes she came up with herself and those will never change at our Family Meals! My 2 sisters and myself cook like our Precious Momma did. Daddy had special things like her Sweet Potater Coconut Pie with Pecan Crust that could never change! When we cook, Its like being at home with us all gathered around the table again! Nothing will ever change! Traditions and Blessed Memories with Family, is what Thanksgiving is all about! God Bless 🙏🙏❤❤👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸

Mandy , slice the top and bottom off your orange. Run your small knife from top to bottom, taking off the white pith with the peel. Cut the "bald" orange between the segments. You get just orange no pith or core. Google or you tube how to peel/slice an orange...hugs Kate ❤

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

We can’t have Thanksgiving without sweet potato casserole!!

Would never change my mama's homemade noodles!

I did make the cube steak and added the brown gravy. I could not find the onion or mushroom gravy, so went with two packages of the brown gravy mix. It was delicious. I normally don’t add a gravy mix to mine and it’s still good but the flavor of the brown gravy added a whole new level of flavor to it. Delicious. Will definitely continue to make it this way!

@hildahilpert5018

8 ай бұрын

I will have to try the cube steak with gravy .Have canned gravy onions and canned mushrooms.Maybe I will make this Sunday.Wr had roast sweet potatoes,asparagus, baked potato( my sister and brother). Turkey gravy and daddy,s sausage apple stuffing.Momma used to make her own pies, but later my parents would just buy Mrs.Smith,s pies you bake.Some times we would buy pies from HEB bakery already made.

“Aunt Hariette’s Sweet Potato Casserole”. It’s got crushed pineapple in it and it’s a dessert you eat with dinner, lol. I made it for my ex’s kids and his one daughter had TEARS in her eyes it is so good. ❤

@vbella39

8 ай бұрын

I never had it with pineapple, sounds like it’s worth a try! Ty!

@user-ik4jn6bs8x

8 ай бұрын

Our sweet potato casserole is a big can of sweet potatoes drained with an undrained can of crushed pineapple, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1 tsp. vanilla, a dash of fresh orange juice, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup dried cherries mix together and top with marshmallows. Bake until marshmallows are browned.

My family wouldn't forgive me if I didn't make dressing like my mom used to. Also I started making a cauliflower casserole when my grown children were little. Its just cooked cauliflower layered with cheese, bread crumbs and butter. Now even the grandkids look for it. I usually buy 6 heads of cauliflower because they need a serving for later too.😂 Love all the recipes and look forward to trying them. ❤

For my family it would be Cornbread Pudding (not a dessert) and for dessert Gramma’s Chocolate Pie. Your maple carrots and marshmallow pie will be featured this year. Bless you all….❤

My family has to have a big tray of Lasagna on our Thanksgiving table, along with the Turkey. Big Italian family, it just worked out that way, even the in laws. But of course must have Sweet Potato Casserole, with marshmallows and pecans!PS It was wonderful reading everyone’s comments! So many happy memories 😃

All the recipes look delicious! I would never change my sweet potato casserole and it will always be on my Thanksgiving table.

My grandma used to make what was called Ambrosia. That was OUR fruit salad.

@mimiscountrycooking1607

8 ай бұрын

Yes we love our Ambrosia ❤

The most requested dish at Thanksgiving is Pumpkin Crunch. It's a dump cake using yellow cake mix, pumpkin, pumpkin spices, Evaporated milk, a stick of butter and chopped pecans. I don't make pumpkin pie anymore. I'm sure most of you probably already know about it but it is a favorite with my loved ones.

@MandyintheMaking

8 ай бұрын

Yum!

@LadyWinterHawk14

8 ай бұрын

I would love the recipe

@nancywaddell289

8 ай бұрын

I'd love the recipe too.

@karenleemallonee684

8 ай бұрын

I'm going to give it a try! Thank you!!! 🍂

@sugarskulls3597

8 ай бұрын

Please share.

I bet that fruit salad is even better the next day, yum and I love carrots any way I can get them. All of these look delicious Mandy!

This is the kind of content I live for.

My mom’s ham, cooked in a brown paper bag in the microwave, her broccoli casserole recipe, our family’s same deviled eggs and banana croquettes fixed ALL the same way for decades will always be on the table with absolutely nothing changed. Those three things could be on the table alone and everyone would be fine. Maybe some rolls too. 😊

Use canned mandarin oranges in the fruit salad.

never change...stuffing/dressing. 2 yrs ago potluck after thanksgiving gathering, there were 6 stuffing/dressing dishes to enjoy. a true delight in variety and taste.

When Steven said he likes that the potatoes are completely creamed it reminded me of when my son was small. He would always say, “leave some lumps in ‘em mom! I like them a little lumpy.”

Thanksgiving is all about delicious food, and your new recipes look fantastic! Thanks for sharing these creative ideas to make the holiday even more special.

My family and friends have dish I make for thanksgiving is my crockpot candid yams. Always a must in my family.

I'm happy to see someone else make a "sammich" like I do!

Green Bean Casserole! My family would revolt if it were changed or left off the table.😊

Cranberry compote. After the turkey and dressing, it's the one dish the family insists on.

Traditional pumpkin pie will stay the same. ❤

These days I switch the recipes up each year becuz Grandma's was sooo good! So maybe I'll say if I'm not cooking it then it is amazing lol I just always need a pumpkin pie and a turkey and the sides and treats are the family magic. That holds us together ❤❤

Oh, I'm all about the buttermilk! (A perfect lunch is liverwurst or Braunschweiger sandwich, banana and tall glass of cold buttermilk!) Those potatoes sound delish. Don't really have long-standing recipes for holidays but love a good dressing - heavy on the cornbread - with good seasoning and something extra; maybe diced apples and/or pecans, or craisins. Of course, the main use is for leftovers the next few days; sammiches made with thin slices of dressing, turkey and cranberry sauce. That is my big indulgence -- the leftovers for several days.

Our family loves Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Onions, Crasins, Carrots - drizzle with Brown Sugar, OJ, a tiny bit of Red Pepper Flakes. YUM all in the Air Fryer!!!

For too many years to count, I've added just a few tbsp of "Deans French Onion Dip" to mashed potatoes if bringing somewhere. To this day, people wonder what's so familiar about them & what the secret ingredient is. Shhhhh, our little secret. ;)

Slow Cooker Cream Corn with bacon and green onion. I did a complete make ahead Thanksgiving, one year. There are a lot of things that I loved and the cream corn, I now do on the regular for Thanksgiving.

If i dont have these things on the table at Thanksgiving i have some upset children grandchildren and niece's lol Squash casserole sweet potato casserole (with peacans no marshmallows) and crock pot coke ham. Its so good.

the one dish would be your green beans 😋 we love it and would never change it. LOL also my son would demand it

Steven is the first person under the age of 80 that I’ve ever known to eat cornbread and buttermilk. We used to eat cornbread and sweet milk with fried slices of fatback on Sunday nights. I hadn’t thought of that in years - thanks for calling up a good memory.

One thing my family has always loved on thanksgiving is congealed salad. We do a lemon-lime and a strawberry every year. It’s 2 small boxes of jello (either 1 lemon and 1 lime or 2 strawberry). A can of crushed pineapple in juice. Cool whip. Cottage cheese and crushed pecans. You put the pineapple into a saucepan and add the jello mix and stir frequently until it comes up to a simmer. Then let it cool completely. In a big mixing bowl add the jello mixture, 8oz cool whip, cottage cheese (measure with your heart but I use about half of a large container of small curd) and crushed pecans (again… measure with your heart but I use about a cup). Mix it all up and refrigerate it overnight. It’s SO GOOD!!! We have this instead of cranberry sauce.

Sweet Potato Casserole is a never change for me. My sons would riot if I took the chicken and noodles (reames) off the menu. goin to try the pie & fruit salad!

Cornbread in buttermilk... that man is a keeper! True southerner!

Hey Mandy Happy Halloween ! 🎃 🎃 Love the idea of the salad for a lighter option.

Ooh, I need that indoor garden. No tomato worms!!!

When I was a child growing up my grandma would make creamed cauliflower. It was the best thing on the table. She taught me how to make it and I took over making it when she passed away years ago. Now its my husband's favorite way to eat cauliflower and its a must for every holiday.

As a child my aunt from Kentucky would do the fruit salad with Macintosh apples, bananas, grapes and oranges but with miracle whip as the dressing. We always looked forward to this every holiday.

Pumpkin pie will never change. It'll always be back of Libby's can with 1/4 tsp. Each of allspice and nutmeg added.

My browned butter sweet potato pie! My sister asks for it every year! It has brown sugar, condensed milk, obviously, brown butter, pumpkin pie spice, slow roasted sweet taters, vanilla and 1egg+ 2 egg yolks makes it super creamy! My tip is anytime that you are making pumpkin or Sweet potato pie, blend the living chucks out of it! I pop mine into my blender until it's velvety smooth! I always hated the stringy taters in pie until I tried processing them in a blender! OMG!! It's so smooth and melts in your mouth! I top mine with cinnamon whipped cream:)

@mimiscountrycooking1607

8 ай бұрын

Yummy ❤

You should always have something for Miss Kitty!

I so love it when a grown woman still calls her father “Daddy”! It says so much in just 1 word-makes me miss my Daddy! ❤

I know you said don't say dressing BUT I make my grandmother's CROCKPOT dressing. It is so good and it NEVER dries out. I love it.

I bet that pie would be good with a pecan crust and a little toast pecans sprinkled on top. 🤤

@debbiewoods4232

8 ай бұрын

Yum! That is exactly what I was thinking!

The "It has to be on the table" dish is ALWAYS candied carrots and deviled eggs. In turn there is ALWAYS something new too.

My grandparents and my mother loved cornbread and buttermilk. They started me on sweet milk and cornbread so, I never really acquired the taste for the buttermilk. I love buttermilk pancakes, biscuits, cornbread, etc.

@estelleleonard5758

8 ай бұрын

My mother grew up on cornbread with buttermilk, it was a treat to her

@robylove9190

8 ай бұрын

@@estelleleonard5758 I think that, if they had started me out with the buttermilk, I would like it now.

Wish I had a Thanksgiving dinner to go to. but. when Mom was alive we _ALWAYS had that Delicious Lime Jello / Cottage Cheese / Mandarin Orange / Pecan "salad".

They all look delicious. We already had Thanksgiving and one (or two cause they go together) things we would never omit are Yorkshire puddings and gravy.

One easy side which everybody loves. Honey Butter Basil Carrots. For elderly and baby toddler food you can use grated carrots or puree. You can bake in the oven or cook on the stove top or microwave. Just carrots, honey, butter and basil.

My late grandmother who was born and raised in Kentucky, loved buttermilk over chunks of cornbread. Real buttermilk. She would buy heavy cream and make butter to get the real stuff from that process. We California grandkids thought she was out there - aside from being the sweetest grandma around - but your mention of Steven liking this reminded me clearly. I think you also mentioned that Steven is from another southern state, or I may be incorrect. Thank you for sharing with lucky us! Greetings from too sunny California.

Yay for Thanksgiving food🧡

Sweet potato casserole is a must at our house. One year I didn’t make it and every single person complained. It will forever be on our menu.

The pie looks delicious, I think I would do a Biscoff pie crust and a layer of caramel, then add the pie filling…I see a test pie in my future! Thanks Mandy ❤