Holiday Menu

So here is our menu for Thanksgiving dinner. 

I have already started purchasing ingredients for the meal so we don't have a large grocery bill at the peak of the holiday season.

Thanksgiving Menu

 

Turkey Breast

Pork Loin Roast

Spiral Ham

White Rice and Gravy

Green Bean Casserole

Yummy Yam Casserole

Dinner Rolls

Pumpkin Pie

 

 

Christmas Menu coming up soon!

Holiday Shopping Lists...Shopping for...GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Green Bean Casserole Ingredients - Page 14 of Roux, Simple Cajun Recipes

Everyone prepares and serves Green Bean Casserole for the holidays.

The recipe is on page 14 of Roux, Simple Cajun Recipes and of course, everywhere else in the world, but it's nice to have all of your holiday recipes in one little book!

Now, we are not cooking yet, we are stocking our pantry for the holidays.

You are buying staple ingredients for each recipe ahead of time, little by little, so you don't have a large bill for groceries during the holiday season.

You can double (I usually double this recipe) and triple your purchase of the ingredients for a larger dish.

1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup

2 cans of cut Green Beans

Soy sauce

Black pepper

1 large can of French's Fried Onion Rings

Listed are the things you buy ahead of time and put away (they're perishables in this recipe that you have to purchase during the holidays).

I have a decorated Holiday box that I put everything in so I won't use the staple ingredients for anything else before the holidays. Bon Appetit!

Shopping lists for the holidays...

I am getting ready to post the lists for your shopping for the dishes you would like to prepare for the holidays...if you start buying a few things now on your shopping lists it is easier on your pocket book and your feast will be awesome!

I will post lists for small get togethers that are easy to prepare. Also shopping lists to prepare Christmas and New Years Day traditional dishes in South Louisiana.

Check back soon!  Bon Appetit!

Catfish Stew

Ingredients

1 large can of crushed tomatoes
1 small can of tomato sauce
1 jar of picante sauce
1/2 cup of corn oil
1/2 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 cup Roux, Simple Cajun Recipes
Dried Seasoning Mix
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 pounds of cleaned fileted catfish

Steamed rice

Instructions

Soak dried seasoning mix in 1 cup of water, set aside
First you make a roux with the flour and oil until golden brown
Add tomato sauce
Add crushed tomatoes
Add seasoning mix with water
Add two tablespoons of sugar
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Add catfish and simmer for 15 minutes.

Served over fresh steamed rice with a side salad and garlic bread.

How to make a roux and the dried seasoning mix are found in my little Cajun book, Roux, Simple Cajun Recipes!
Bon Appetit!

Easy Dried Lima Beans...

When you haven't had time to soak your lima beans here is pretty quick way to cook them just in time for dinner.

Ingredients

1/2 to 1 pound of small baby lima beans
1 TB salt
2 slices of chopped bacon
1/4 chopped onions
2 TB of vegetable oil
4 TB of ketchup
1 teaspoon of sugar

Cooking Instructions

Wash 1/2 to 1 pound of Baby Lima Beans,
In a large pot filled with water, add 2 TB vegetable oil, 1 TB salt and beans.
Bring the Lima beans to a roaring boil,
Drain in a colander.

Return the beans to the pot, add cold water and bring to another boil.

Drain again, return the beans to the pot again, add salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/4 cup of chopped onions, 5 TB of ketchup and two slices of cut bacon.

Cook on medium heat about 15 minutes, continue to simmer until the beans are soft.

Bon Appetit!

PESTO SPAGHETTI

 

 

 This is so easy that you will fix it often.

 Mix 3/4 cup of virgin olive oil with 4 tablespoons of Pesto, set aside.

 Boil one package of spaghetti and drain. 

Place in a large serving bowl.
Stir the oil and pesto mixture into the spaghetti. 

 

Garnish with fresh grated parmesan cheese.
 

With a side salad you have a scrumptious meal

that took only the time to boil spaghetti.

How to Boil Spaghetti

 

Bring 2 quarts of water to a fast boil,

drop in spaghetti and stir, bring back to a fast boil,

cover and turn off heat.

Let sit 12 minutes.

Taste test and if it is to your satisfaction, drain.

Optional: Add cut up black olives or olive mix and/or cherry tomatoes.
Bon Appetit!

Homemade Corn Bread

1 Cup of Cornmeal

1 Cup of All Purpose Flour

4 to 6 TB of Sugar

4 teaspoons of Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon of Salt

1 Cup of Milk

1 Egg

1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

 

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees

2. In a large bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt

3. Add milk, egg and oil. Beat until smooth, about a minute.

Bake in a greased 8 inch square pan 20 to 23 minutes

or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.

Bon Appetit!