Main Course Accompaniments' Recipes

Ingredients :

1 pound sausage
2 medium onions, chopped
1 and one half cups chopped celery
5 cups crumbled cornbread
1 cup crumbs from white bread
2 eggs beaten
1 Tbsp. sage
One quarter cup melted butter
Salt and pepper to taste

Saute sausage until cooked then remove from pan. Saute onions and celery in small amount of sausage drippings and then drain. Blend sausage, onions and celery together, add cornbread, white bread, eggs, sage and salt and pepper. Fold in butter. Everything we read lately tells us to never stuff your turkey. This is for cooking as well as health reasons. You see, in order to adequately cook the inside of a stuffed turkey to be safe, you must overcook the outside resulting in dry turkey meat. For best results, cook your stuffing in a separate covered casserole for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Tips : Use low fat sausage.

Baked Pineapple Casserole

Ingredients :

1 tsp. vanilla
One quarter cup sugar
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 eggs beaten
1 20-oz can crushed pineapple, 2 eggs beaten with juice
One eighth cup butter
1 cup white bread cubed

Mix vanilla, sugar, flour, eggs and pineapple together. Saute bread in melted butter until golden brown. Add bread to mixture. Place in greased casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Tips : Use egg substitutes. The rest of the ingredients are pretty much necessary.

Frozen Cranberry Salad

Ingredients :

1 16-oz. can cranberry sauce
1 20-oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
1 14-oz. can low fat sweetened condensed milk
One quarter cup lemon juice
2 cups whipped topping
One quarter cups walnuts or pecans, chopped

Combine all ingredients except nuts in a large bowl. Spread out in baking dish. Top with nuts and freeze. Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Cut into squares.

Tips : Use low fat whipped topping, which is like prepared whipped cream but not as good as the real thing. We already use low fat condensed milk in this recipe.

Cranberry Orange Relish

Ingredients :

2 cups fresh raw cranberries
One half cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. orange peel, grated
1 Tbsp. lemon peel, grated
1 tart apple, cored and chopped
One half cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
2 naval oranges, peeled and sectioned
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
One half tsp. ground cloves
One half tsp. ground allspice

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until mixed well but still chunky.

Tips : This might be one of the skinniest recipes on the table. Use your favorite sugar substitute.