Thanksgiving Recipes from Jessie

Jessie e-mailed me some yummy Thanksgiving recipes today. She has a blog that is amazing! It features her recipes with pictures that show the cooking process step by step. Which really helps out people like me. Check out her blog at www.foodbringsfamiliestogether.blogspot.com. Michelle has already featured it in a previous post, but here is again just in case you missed it.
Thanks for the recipes Jessie!

Pumpkin pie
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
4 large eggs
1-29 oz can pure pumpkin
2-12 oz cans evaporated milk
2-9 inch unbaked pie crusts

Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the eggs. Add the pumpkin and mix well. Add the sugar and spice mixture. Gradually stir in the evaporated milk. Pour into pie shells. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the temp to 350 and bake and additional 40-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours and then serve or refrigerate.

Cranberry Sauce
1-12 oz bag fresh cranberries
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan. Add the cranberries and return to a boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the cranberries burst or crack open. Remove from heat and put in a bowl, cover and cool completely. Refrigerate until serving time. This is way better than any canned sauce. It is amazing. You can even put a little orange zest in it for a little zing!!

Sausage and Apricot Stuffing
1 lb sausage-browned and drain the fat
1/2 cup butter
2 cups diced celery
1 1/2 cup onion diced
2-16 oz cans apricot halves-drain and reserve 1 cup juice
8 oz herb stuffing mix
8 oz cornbread stuffing

mix3/4 cup chopped walnuts-optional1 tsp each of poultry seasoning, salt and pepper Saute the celery and onion in the butter. Mix all the ingredients with the 1 cup reserved juice from the apricots. Mix well. Bake inside a turkey or in a 9 x13 pan until crispy and browned. 350 degrees or whatever degrees you are cooking your turkey. This is the best stuffing ever!!!

Quick 'N Easy Recipes from Marissa

Like I said, this week is dedicated to recipes. So far, I haven't received any recipe ideas, so here are some recipesI make frequently that I like. They are quick'n easy because it seems like I am always in a hurry. If you have any recipes you want to add, please e-mail me!

Chicken Enchiladas

Prep time: 15 minutes
Bake time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2-4 chicken breasts cubed and cooked in a skillet
1 can green chills
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 pckg flour tortillas
1 8 oz tub sour cream

Directions:
brown cubed chicken in skillet. In a separate bowl combine and mix together cream of chicken soup, cheese, sour cream and green chilli's. Add chicken to the mixture. Spoon about 2 tablespoons mixture into center of tortilla and wrap tortilla enchilada style. Repeat with all 10 tortillas and place in a baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

SouthWest Chicken and Pasta

Total cook time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
3 cups uncooked corkscrew-shaped pasta OR cup uncooked medium tube-shaped pasta (ziti)
2 cups broccoli flowerets, cut in 1" pieces
1 medium green or red pepper, chopped(optional)
1 can Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/4 cup milk
3/4 cup Salsa
1 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
Grated Parmesan cheese to taste

Directions:
COOK pasta according to pkg. directions. Add broccoli and pepper for last 4 min. of cooking time. Drain.
MIX soup, milk, salsa, chicken and pasta mixture in same saucepot. Heat through. Top with cheese.

Mushroom, Broccoli & Cheddar Bundles

Thaw: 30 minutes
Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
2 pkg. cresecent rolls
1 egg
1 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped broccoli (2 cups), thawed and drained
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 small onion, chopped(optional)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

Directions:
THAW crescent rolls at room temperature 30 min. Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix egg and water.
HEAT oil in skillet. Add broccoli, mushrooms, onion and garlic and cook until mushrooms are tender and liquid evaporates. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese.
UNFOLD pastry on lightly floured surface. . Place 2 tsp. broccoli mixture in center of each square. Brush edges of squares with egg mixture. Fold corners to center over broccoli mixture. Press edges to seal. Place 2" apart on baking sheet. Brush with egg mixture.
BAKE 15 min. or until golden. Makes 32 appetizers.

Quick Chicken Mozerella Sandwhiches

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Prego Traditional Italian Sauce ( I always use prego, but I am sure any kind would do)
4 refrigerated fully-cooked breaded chicken cutlets (you can buy these in the freezer aisle)
4 slices mozzarella cheese
4 round hard rolls

Directions:
HEAT pasta sauce to a boil in skillet. Add chicken. Cover and cook over low heat 5 min. or until heated through.
TOP chicken with cheese. Cover and cook until cheese is melted. Serve on rolls.

In need of Thanksgiving Recipes

I am in desperate need of some yummy recipes for Thanksgiving. I need a recipe for just about everything, stuffing, candied yams, pies......and anything else you can think of. I want to actually make something good this year. I am going out of town and won't be back until Monday so happy weekend everyone and I hope to see some recipes and new posts when I return.

recipes from Chelle

I saw that some of you are looking for good recipes. My sis-in law Jessie has a food blog where she puts new recipes on there all the time and even has pics to show you what it should look like through out the process. So if you need recipe ideas go check it out, it is at http://www.foodbringsfamiliestogether.blogspot.com/ . If you have a recipe you are looking for you can ask her and she will try to find a good one or give you the one she has. She is a great cook so make sure to check it out!

Question from Emily on Sleeping Through the NIght.....

My boy is 11 mo. old and still hasn't slept through the night. (honestly I think he has 3 times). I have tried feeding him rice, nursed, lots of formula. I feel like everything. The doc says he'll go on his own but I need sleep too. Any ideas on helping me and him to get a good night sleep?

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog created just for Mom's and Mommy's to be. This week I am looking for ideas on how to organize this blog. I thought it would be beneficial to get a list of ideas/topics that sound interesting to all of you Mom's out there. Then once per week or less if we desire we could change topics/ideas. Also, for those who have admin rights (if you do, you should have received an e-mail) feel free to post anytime if you have a question and need some advice or if you just feel like posting! If you don't have Admin rights, but would like them, let me know. Either leave a comment or e-mail me marissa_jarrett@yahoo.com. It is my hope that we can create a network of Mom's and get some questions answered as well as make life long friends! Also, this blog was really created for anyone, so please tell your friends about this blog.

While I am waiting for ideas to pile in (wink, wink) I thought this week we could do introductions. If you have admin rights, feel free to post a little about yourself and your family. A picture would be nice too. And I have decided not to make this blog private, so if you are concerned about that don't use your last name and you could even use a code name if you wanted. I will start the introductions...unless someone else wants to:)