Holiday Mashed Potatoes
This mashed potato recipe has a couple of advantages – you can make it a few days ahead of time, and you can cook them in your slow cooker opening up more room in your oven or on your stove top for other holiday dishes.
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Holiday Recipes
Recipes you can use to make your Holidays tastier!
Smoked Turkey
A few years ago, I started to make two turkeys every Thanksgiving, smoking one and deep frying the other. We have fans of both, so now I need to do both every year. This smoked turkey has deep flavor and cooking it outdoors keeps the …
Deep Fried Turkey
Deep Fried Turkey is a Southern Tradition. It gives you a crisp skin, wonderful flavor, and it keeps the meat moist. It also allows you to cook a turkey in a fraction of the time. The meat is not greasy – the fast action of …
Sweet Potato Fries
These are a great snack or side dish that goes well with Southern dishes. I like to make them after I deep fry a turkey, while the turkey is resting, since they only take about 5 minutes to cook in the hot oil. They are …
Cranberry Salad
For the holidays, I like to make a cranberry salad from scratch and not just pour it out of a can. This recipe has that distinct cranberry flavor, with some more complexity from the other ingredients.
Making Stocks
Stocks are used as the base for so many recipes. They can be purchased from the store, or they can be very easily made from your leftovers! The stocks you make will be healthier and taste better since you control the salt level.
Easy Fruit Coffee Cake
This is an easy coffee cake that can be made with a variety of different fillings. I’ve made it with apple, blueberry, and cherry and they were all great! With 4 eggs, this makes a smooth and rich batter. It also makes a enough to …
Cinnamon Sugar Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is popular with our kids and it reminds me of cinnamon sweet rolls. It also makes enough to feed a crowd!
Breakfast Casserole – Slow Cooker
This classic recipe makes it easy to feed a crowd for breakfast all at the same time. For large groups, you could double this recipe. You can also use a combination of breakfast sausage and bacon. You can prepare this the night before and cook …
Shredded Beef
This is a grown up version of the sloppy joe. There is plenty of beefy flavor and saucy goodness. Serve this on some buns along with some finger food veggies or snacks and you have a delicious, filling meal.