Corn Bread Casserole

1 box cornbread mix
1 can drained corn
1 can creamed corn
1 c sour cream 
1 c. grated cheddar cheese
1 egg
1/2 stick melted butter

Preheat oven to 350*.  Mix all ingredients together and place in a greased 8*11 pan.  Bake for 50 minutes  or til golden.

Cranberry Sauce 2

 

1 cup sugar
6 oz water
12 oz fresh cranberries
zest of a whole orange, reserve juice
1 can pineapple tidbits (drained)
2/3 cup chopped pecans.
2 stalks celery
1/2 tsp cinnamon

In a pot, add sugar and water and bring to a boil.  Add cranberries, orange juice, zest, and cinnamon. Reduce and cook for about 10 minutes, it will thicken, and the cranberries will pop.  Remove from heat and stir in pineapple and pecans.  Can be stored for up to 5 days in an airtight container.

Thanksgiving Ambrosia Salad

2 small boxes Pistachio pudding
20 oz. can crushed pineapple (don't drain)
29 oz. can mandarin oranges
29 oz. can diced peaches
10 oz. bag mini marshmallows
16 oz. tub cool whip
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup toasted coconut

Mix pistachio pudding into the crushed pineapple. add remaining ingredients.  Chill, best if done the day before serving so pudding can set.  

Cranberry Salad (Sauce)

1 1/3 cup sugar

12 oz. fresh cranberries, halved.
1 can pineapple tidbits, drained (reserve juice)
2/3 cup chopped walnuts.
2 stalks celery, diced.

Drain and reserve the juice from the pineapple.  In a medium pot bring sugar and pineapple juice to a boil.  once it comes to a rolling boil, add cranberries and boil on medium/high for 7 minutes, stir often.  Remove from stove.  Add pineapple, chopped walnuts and diced celery.  Transfer to a storage bowl and refrigerate.  Can be eaten/stored for a week.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

6 oz strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
2 cups salted pretzels
1/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter

8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz. tub coolwhip
1 lb. strawberries

*Preheat oven to 350*. combine strawberry jello with the water and stir until dissolved.  Set aside to cool to room temperature.
*Crush pretzels in a zip lock back.  in a saucepan melt butter than add 1/4 cup sugar, stir.  Mix in pretzels.  Transfer to 9*13 pan press into bottom and bake 10 minutes, than cool.
*While pretzel is cooling use a hand mixer to beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy.  Fold in whipped cream.  Spread mixture over cooled pretzels and pressing all the way to the edge to create a seal.  refrigerate 30 minutes.
*Slice the strawberries and than stir them into jello.  Poor and spread jello mixture evenly over cooled cream cheese layer, and refrigerate until jello is set about 4 hours.