RECIPES

[Dillasandra]

ONION ROASTED POTATOES

These are soooo simple, quick, and surprisingly good!

CUT TWO POUNDS OF REDSKIN OR WHITE POTATOES INTO CUBES.
TOSS WITH 3/4 CUP OLIVE OIL AND 1 ENVELOPE DRIED ONION SOUP MIX.
ADD BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE

SPREAD FLAT ON COOKIE SHEET, COVER LIGHTLY WITH FOIL, BAKE AT 400 UNTIL NEARLY DONE. UNCOVER AND BAKE UNTIL NICELY BROWNED.

If you like, you can add carrots, green pepper, onion chunks or other veggies to the mix. Fair warning, though, if you add other veggies, the potatoes will cook well, but won't get crisp.

[Dillasandra]

SUPER-QUICK 'SCALLOPED' APPLES

PEEL, CORE AND ROUGHLY CUBE 8-10 BAKING APPLES

TOSS WITH BROWN SUGAR, HONEY, A DASH SALT AND APPLE PIE SPICE TO TASTE

DRIZZLE WITH A HALF STICK MELTED BUTTER

PLACE IN MICROWAVE SAFE DISH AND ZAP 8-10 MINUTES, OR UNTIL APPLES ARE SOFT, STIRRING ONCE

SERVE HOT, OVER ICE CREAM OR WITH HEAVY CREAM, OR TOP WITH CHOPPED NUTS, WHIPPED CREAM, ETC.

AND YES, YOU CAN LEAVE OUT THE BUTTER AND THEY'LL STILL BE GOOD!

[captainblackfabian]

Col canin

Mash potatoes mix in with cook cabbage with a little prizes in the potatoes for the kids!! ;D

MIX SOME MELTED CHEESE WITH POTATOES,GOOD

[Dillasandra]

Okay, I've tried, and I just can't resist. Cap'n, I don't know you all that well, so understand that I'm just teasing here, and not trying to pick on you. But I'm just dying of curiousity.....what kind of dog do you use in Col CANINE anyway............. ??!!?!! ;D

[bunbun / Hank]

PUMPKIN NUT BREAD

1CUP PUMPKIN
1CUP SUGAR
1 CUP MILK
2 EGGS
2 TEASPOONS BAKING POWER
1 TEASPOON SALT
1 TEASPOON CINNAMON
2 CUPS FLOUR
1/4 CUP BUTTER
1/2 TEASPOON SALT
1/2 CUP GROUND NUTS

MIX LIKE A CAKE. PUT IN UNGREES PANS AND BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 1 HUOR OR UNTIL TOOTHPICK COMES OOUT CLEAN.

BUNNIE

[Lady Catharine]

Dill.
Ive done those Onion roasted pot..it is an excellent side dish to complement any meal.

I'll have to try the scalloped apples.sounds delish!

[Dillasandra]

Yeah, do try those. Really good and REALLY easy. ;D

[Hephzibah]

Well Dill going to do the crescent cookies that you posted a while back for the desert cookies along with others for Thanksgiving. I did them before for the family and they were well liked. I know I like them Thanks I get my fill for poppyseed

[Hephzibah]

I;m putting a question out there. I am doing 2 12 something birds in a roaster and I know it should be around 3-4 hours for 1 and they just fit ....so my question is should I give more time to the roasting..first time I did this. Dill your the meat girl from the deli-bakery girl

[Dillasandra]

Hep, yes, definitely give them more time.....even though they're two seperate birds, your oven will view them as one 24 pounder, and it'll take a lot more time to heat them through.

Also, if they're crammed in that pan, you'll have to watch to make sure where they're touching cooks properly. Seriously, you'd be much better off....and cut your cooking time some,... by doing them in seperate pans.

Easiest way to tell if they're properly done? Wiggle a drumstick.....if you cook them together, one of the drums where they touch, rather than an outside one. If the bird is done, the drum will wiggle easily AT THE THIGH, and start to come off in your hand. If it feels stiff or resists, it's not ready. NEVER trust those pop-up timers, they're useless. Also, if you have a meat thermometer, internal temprature should be at least 165. Don't want it too much more, but 165, 170. And check with your thermometer in the deepest part of the breast, but NOT touching the bone. Cooking them covered loosely in foil will speed up your cooking time and keep in moisture.....but then, I'm sure you already know that!

And while I'm on the subject, a tip for everyone - for a super moist, juicy, flavorful turkey, when you're preparing the bird, before you rub it with butter and seasonings, carefully run your hand between the skin and breast until you've loosened the skin, then tuck a pound or so of thickly sliced ( 1/4 to 1/2 inch ) slab bacon under the skin to cover breast and tuck down by thighs. Then butter, season, cover and bake. Doesn't look picture perfect, but you won't belive what it'll do for moisture and flavor! Seriously. You can squeeze juice out of the breastmeat!!!!


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[Hephzibah]

Thanks Dill.Yeah the 2 birds touching did bother me on doneness. So guess do 1 in the electric roaster pan and 1 in the oven. Having a turkey cooked in a electric roasting pan makes them so good. Or I did something right that I don't know about every year.Thanks again. Hep

[Dillasandra]

You're quite welcome!

[BeerBlessings]

Nov 5, 2008 14:10:08 GMT -5 Dillasandra said:

ONION ROASTED POTATOES

These are soooo simple, quick, and surprisingly good!

CUT TWO POUNDS OF REDSKIN OR WHITE POTATOES INTO CUBES.
TOSS WITH 3/4 CUP OLIVE OIL AND 1 ENVELOPE DRIED ONION SOUP MIX.
ADD BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE

SPREAD FLAT ON COOKIE SHEET, COVER LIGHTLY WITH FOIL, BAKE AT 400 UNTIL NEARLY DONE. UNCOVER AND BAKE UNTIL NICELY BROWNED.

If you like, you can add carrots, green pepper, onion chunks or other veggies to the mix. Fair warning, though, if you add other veggies, the potatoes will cook well, but won't get crisp.

Alright... For Thanksgiving dinner, I volunteered to do some of the cooking.. I did a variation on these, in two batches..

First one was a mix of redskin potatoes (2.5-3 lbs) and peeled baby carrots (2 lbs).. Olive oil was cut to a half cup, and I also added rosemary, and a few cloves of fresh garlic, chopped.

Did the same thing with sweet potatoes, separately, due to space concerns.. Also, these went in the oven first, as several people had said that sweet potatoes take longer than regular potatoes to cook.. Yet oddly enough, they cooked faster. Maybe it had to do with the size of the chunks they were cut into..

I was doing the cooking at my aunt's house, because our oven was taken up by the turkey. When they came out of the oven, and tried them, we were astonished. We tried telling people they came out badly, but no one believed us! Sheesh!

But WOW! The sweet potatoes were amazing like this! With 9 adults (and 2 young children), the sweet potatoes were the only thing almost gone by the end of the meal. Nothing else was even half gone! ... Several of us also had the same idea: THis would work really well with bacon bits!

... This is a bad thing. Now people will expect me to help cook for every holiday meal. DANGIT!

[Dillasandra]

The sweet potatoes cooked faster because they have a lot more sugar and water.....I hate the things personally, but I cook them frequently for friends who like 'em. They also make for an awesome baked potato....or so I'm told!

And yeah, the orignal recipe is a lot of fun to play with, as you discovered. And a lot of other veggies work well with it.....try cauliflower some time. ;D

As to that 'bad thing', face it - you like showing off! ( Next time, with those sweets, try tossing them with butter, brown sugar, red pepper, and a good splash of aged whiskey.........) ;D

[Dillasandra]

5 MINUTE TURKEY SOUP

This is cheating, but who cares!

1 CUP COOKED, MIXED VEGETABLES.....WHATEVER YOU LIKE
2 CUPS COOKED, SHREDDED TURKEY
1 CAN PROGRESSO CHICKEN AND WILD RICE CREAM SOUP, OR 1 CAN CAMPBELL'S CREAM OF CHEDDAR......OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE!
COMBINE INGREDIENTS, ADDING WATER OR MILK IF USING CONDENSED SOUP, HEAT AND SERVE...............