Just A Few Of My Easy Thanksgiving Recipes

     

Let me join in on the  recipe fun!   Here are some of my family's favorites.

They are simple and simply delicious.   

The night before or Thanksgiving Eve 

I have to make this.... 

Ambrosia Salad

2 14oz cans of  Dole Pineapple Tidbits - drained

1  14oz can of  Dole crushed pineapple - drained

I save the juice for Jacob to drink later.....

1  11oz can of Geisha mandarin oranges - drained

1  package of mini marshmallows

1/2 package of angel flake coconut - more or less to taste

Maraschino cherries  sliced in half  about half the jar 

         if you use more than that it will overpower the salad

3/4 of a 16 oz container of sour cream  - you don't want it

to be too loose or too dry -   if it gets to loose add more 

coconut - too dry more sour cream - see it's easy! 

     Refrigerate Overnight. 

Sweet Potatoes with my Secret Ingredient

2 29oz cans of sweet potatoes in their own syrup - drained

1/2 cup brown sugar sprinkled over sweet potatoes

1 stick of butter cut into pats and dotted over sugar

Peeps - yes I said Peeps.   Shaped like pumpkins (face down)  

or snowman.   I did this for the kids when they were young 

and my niece and nephews would have a fit if I didn't continue this tradition (they are now 26, 24, and 22).

I used to make this in my corningware loaf pan - however the other day I opened my cupboard and found it cracked in half!

I don't know if my sweet potatoes will ever taste the same:(  

I tried making them with baked and mashed sweet potatoes

but the kids had a fit.  So back to canned - I know, so gourmet....

Robyn