Together for Tangipahoa’s

Electronic Cookbook Celebrating

Family Day 2009

Meals That Bring Them to the Table!

Become a Family Day STAR!
I commit to:

S- Spend time with my kids by having dinner together

T- Talk to them about their friends, interests and the dangers of drugs and
alcohol

A- Answer their questions and listen to what they say

R- Recognize that I have the power to help keep my kids substance free!
 Together for Tangipahoa
Greetings from Together for Tangipahoa Together for
Tangipahoa is
We are celebrating the nationally recognized Family Day 2009, a sub-
on Monday, September 28th by sending you this electronic committee of
cookbook. The recipes were submitted by friends and family the
and are shared with you in the hope that they will inspire you to Tangipahoa
plan frequent meals with your family. Social
Services
Coalition.
Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your ChildrenTM is a
national movement to inform parents that the parental T f T envisions
engagement fostered during frequent family dinners is an a healthy life
effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free. Family for everyone
Day reminds parents that Dinner Makes A Difference! in Tangipahoa
and promotes
this through
You can learn more at the website:
substance
http://casafamilyday.org/familyday/ abuse and
mental health
Together for Tangipahoa’s Family Day 2009 Cookbook – Meals prevention
That Bring Them To the Table! is in an electronic format so you efforts and
can choose the recipes you want to print. We also want you to community
be able to send these recipes to those you hold dear. Interspersed building.
with the recipes are pieces of information from the studies done
on the importance of frequent family meals. We hope you enjoy
the recipes & that you want to share your recipes with us. If you
would like to contribute a recipe to the cookbook for next year
… or if you have comments about this cookbook, please send
them to sue.kennedy@la.gov or to kbittola@dss.la.us . Thank
you for contributing to a healthier Tangipahoa!

Together for Tangipahoa

a sub-committee of the Tangipahoa Social Services Coalition
Sue Kennedy, Chairperson Kelly Bittola, Secretary
985-543-4070 or 985-687-4201 985-893-6268 or 504-919-1292
 Family Day 2009
A national initiative to remind parents that what
your kids really want at the dinner table is YOU!

APPETIZERS

“If I could wave a magic wand to make a dent in our nation's substance abuse problem, I
would make sure that every child in America had dinner with his or her parents at least
five times a week.”
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Recipe Title 7 Layer Dip
Category you recommend: (e.g. Appetizer
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Jill Bateman
Ingredients
16 Oz Refried Beans ½ C. Green Onions, Chopped
Small Jar Salsa Small Can Black Olives, Sliced
4 Oz Sour Cream ½ - 1 C. Mild Cheddar Cheese, Finely
Shredded
¼ - ½ C. Guacamole, optional ½ - 1 Jar Jalapenos, Sliced
½ - 1 C. Tomatoes, diced

Directions
Mix refried beans and half the jar of salsa together and spread evenly in a 9 x 13
inch dish. Then spread a layer of sour cream, then guacamole (if desired). In order;
sprinkle tomatoes, green onions, black olives and mild cheddar cheese across the
top. Sprinkle half the jar of jalapenos across the top, but you may want to have the
rest of the jar of jalapenos beside the dip on the table because a lot of people love
to add more. Serve with corn chips, tortilla chips or crackers.
Number of servings / 8-12
Yields:
Helpful Just remember, you can take this recipe and add more or use a little
comments: less on some ingredients to adjust it to fit you and your family and
friends’ taste. When I’m preparing this dish for a large crowd, I
double the recipe and the size of the dish.
Recipe related I learned this recipe from a friend (Beth Majors) in our hunting club
story or family approximately 17 years ago, and since then I’ve been bringing this
meal tradition dish to luncheons and parties, and when I ask someone what they’d
you would like like for me to bring to a party etc., kids and adults always say with
to share:
an excited look or tone “Oooh, 7 Layer Dip” first. A tradition has
been developed, and this dish is usually cleaned out, leaving no
leftovers. Another one of my friends loved this dish so much, a few
years ago she began making it and bringing it to parties too;
passing on the tradition.

Recipe Title Cheese Ball

Category you recommend: (e.g. Appetizer
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
8 oz. cream cheese 1 cup chopped parsley
8 oz. grated cheddar cheese 1 bag of whole, fresh, raw cranberries
¼ tsp. chopped garlic
Directions
Combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese & garlic forming a ball. Roll in parsley. Put
cranberries around dish.
Number of servings / Yields: 1 Cheese Ball
Helpful Great for holidays as it is green and red. For different events,
comments: decorate dish with alternative food items such as candy corn for
Halloween or Peeps for Easter.
Recipe related This recipe is easy and can be made a day ahead of event if
story or family
meal tradition you refrigerated.
would like to
share:
Recipe Title Minnie’s Dip
Category you recommend: (e.g. Appetizer
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Betty Crowe
Ingredients
8 oz. Mayonnaise pinch of sugar* optional
1 Large can corn (whole kernel) 3 Jalapeno peppers, chopped
1 Can chopped chilies 8 oz. Cheddar cheese, grated
3 green onions, chopped
Directions
Mix, refrigerate, enjoy!
Number of servings / Yields:
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related
story or family
meal tradition you
would like to
share:

Family Dinners and Teen Academic Performance

Teens who have fewer than three family dinners in a typical week are more
than twice as likely to do poorly in school; twenty percent of teens who have
infrequent family dinners report receiving mostly C’s or below in school,
whereas only nine percent of teens who have frequent family dinners report
receiving mostly C’s or lower.

Recipe Title Phantom Cheese Ball

Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer,
etc.)
Appetizer
Submitted by/ Name Katie Rose Meyn & Sue Kennedy
Ingredients
2 pkgs (8 oz) cream cheese (softened) ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon Accent ½ lb “shaved” deli roast beef (diced
finely)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire 6-8 green onions (finely diced)
¼ teaspoon Nature’s Seasoning (Morton)
Directions
Mash the softened cream cheese until easy to blend and add the Accent,
Worcestershire, Nature’s Seasoning and garlic salt. Blend well. Add half of the
roast beef and half of the green onions and blend well. Shape by hand into two
small cheese balls. Mix the remainder of the roast beef and green onions together
and roll the cheese balls into the mix until coated all over with the beef & onions.
Wrap each ball separately in clear wrap and refrigerate (at least 4 hours) until ready
to use. Serve with crackers of choice.
Number of servings / Yields: 2 cheese balls
Helpful You can make this the same way and use ham instead of beef.
comments:
Recipe related story Katie Rose is my 11 year old niece. She loves to make this cheese
or family meal ball and it is called Phantom because it “disappears” quickly at our
tradition you would
like to share: house. Katie has won a ribbon with this dish in her 4-H cookery.

Breads

Frequent family dining is associated with lower rates of

teen smoking, drinking, illegal drug use and prescription
drug abuse. Compared to teens who eat dinner frequently
with their families (five or more family dinners per week),
those who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than
three per week) are:
• Three and a half times likelier to have abused
prescription drugs,
• Three and a half times likelier to have used an
illegal drug other than marijuana or
prescription drugs,
• Three times likelier to have used marijuana,
• More than two and a half times likelier to have
used tobacco, and
• One and a half times likelier to have used
alcohol.
Recipe Title Asphodel Bread
Category you recommend: (e.g. Breads
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Rita W. Tate
Ingredients
5 Cups Pioneer biscuit mix (only use 2 Tbls. ( or envelopes) yeast
Pioneer)
4 Tbls. Sugar 4 eggs
½ tsp. Salt ¼ tsp. Cream of tartar
2 Cups warm milk
Directions
1. Sift biscuit mix, sugar and salt into a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, soften yeast in tepid water.
3. In a third bowl, beat eggs with cream of tartar.
4. Combine milk with the eggs and pour with the yeast into the dry ingredients and
mix thoroughly.
5. Set the batter aside in a warm place, covered with either a damp dishtowel or
sealed with plastic wrap. When mixture has doubled in size, stir down and fill oiled
loaf pans about half way. When the dough has redoubled in size, bake at 350
degrees for about 20 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: Makes 3 loaves.

Helpful
comments:
Recipe related Nothing says “family meals” like sitting around the table smelling
story or family
meal tradition you fresh yeast bread! Warms your heart!
would like to
share:

Recipe Title Sausage Bread

Category you recommend: (e.g. Entree
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Linda Mizell
Ingredients
1 can Pillsbury Pizza Dough 1 pkg Italian dry seasoning mix
1 lb. Jimmy Dean sausage Grated Velveeta cheese
1 pkg. Pict Sweet seasoning mix
Directions
The night before:
Crumble sausage and Pict Sweet seasoning mix in skillet and cook until meat is well
done and vegetables are well cooked. Drain and rinse with hot water to remove all
traces of grease. Refrigerate overnight.
The next morning:
Roll pizza dough lightly. Divide cold meat mixture over pizza dough. Sprinkle with
Italian seasoning (as though it was salt) to taste. Crumble about ½ cup of grated
Velveeta cheese over the top of the meat. Beginning with the long side, roll dough
up. Place on baking sheet with the seam down and making sure the ends are
pinched closed. Bake at 350 until golden brown.
Number of servings / Yields:
Helpful (This is enough filling for 2 rolls. Use the rest of ground meat
comments: mixture to make another sausage roll or store in freezer or
 refrigerator for another use.)
Recipe related DELICIOUS!!!
story or family
meal tradition you
would like to share:
 DESSERTS

Teens who have frequent family dinners are less likely to

currently use marijuana and tobacco, drink alcohol and
get drunk.

Compared to teens who eat dinner frequently with their

families, those who have infrequent family dinners are:

• More than twice as likely to have used

marijuana in the past 30 days,
• Almost twice as likely to have drunk alcohol in
the past 30 days,
• Almost twice as likely to have used tobacco in
the past 30 days, and
 • More than one and a half times likelier to have
gotten drunk in the past 30 days.

1
Recipe Title Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies ( Martha
Stewart’s Cookies)
Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
1 ½ cups plus 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
1 ¼ tsp ground ginger ½ cup molasses
1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg 1 ½ tsp boiling water
1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa 7 oz semi-sweet chocolate, cut into
chunks
¼ lb (1 stick) unsalted butter, room ¼ cup sugar
temp
1 Tbsp grated ginger 1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Sift flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cocoa. In separate bowl,
mix butter and fresh ginger for 4 minutes. Add brown sugar then molasses. In
separate bowl, dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Beat in half of flour mixture
into butter mixture. Beat in baking soda then other half of flour mixture. Mix in
chocolate. Put onto plastic wrap and pat into 1-inch thickness and seal. Refrigerate
overnight. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough into 1 ½-inch balls and place
on baking sheets. Chill for 20 minutes. Roll into granulated sugar. Bake until
surfaces just begin to crack, 10-12 minutes. Cookies are best the day they are
made, but can be stored in airtight container at room temp up to 5 days.
Number of servings / 2 dozen
Yields:
Helpful The process to make these cookies is fairly long & difficult, but
comments: these are the best cookies I’ve ever eaten. They definitely are
memorable.
Recipe related
story or family
meal tradition you
would like to
share:

Recipe Title Grandma Ruby’s Frozen Dessert

Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
¼ cup maple syrup 1 Cup pecans
8 oz cream cheese 1 ½ Cup small marshmallows
1 pk dream whip 1 Cup maraschino cherries
1 lg can crushed pineapple-drained
Directions
Mix all together, put in mold, and freeze. Serve frozen.
Number of servings / Yields: 24
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related My maternal grandmother’s recipe that she absolutely loved.
story or family
meal tradition
you would like to
share:

Recipe Title Long Pound Cake

Category you recommend: (e.g. Desserts
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Tangipahoa Parish Office of Family Support
Ingredients
3 sticks butter or oleo* Glaze Option 1:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. Cream Cheese 1 Cup confectioner’s sugar
3 Cups sugar 2 – 3 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ tsp. Salt 2 tbls Melted butter/oleo
½ tsp almond flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring or
2 large eggs
1 Cup sifted cake flour Glaze Option 2:
2 large eggs ½ jar pineapple preserves
1 Cup sifted cake flour 3 tbls lemon juice
2 large eggs Flaked coconut
1 Cup sifted cake flour pecans
Directions
Cake: Cream oleo, cream cheese and sugar together. Add 2 eggs and mix for two
minutes. Add 1 cup flour, mix well. Continue this until all eggs and flour are
added. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well for two minutes. Pour into
greased and floured pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 ½ - 2 hours (depending on
your oven) or until done. Turn out on plate and turn back upright. Glaze while hot.

Glaze Option 1: Mix together and spoon on top of cake

Glaze Option 2: Heat ½ jar pineapple preserves and 3 tablespoons lemon juice.
Drizzle over cake and sprinkle on flaked coconut and pecans.
Number of 1 cake
servings
/ Yields:
Helpful Rather than one of the 2 glazes above, you may choose a topping
comments: of your choice
Recipe related story
or family meal
tradition you would
like to share:

Recipe Title Popcorn Balls

Category you recommend: (e.g. Desserts (Get your Kids to help Prepare!)
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
1 Cup Sugar 1 pinch salt
1 Cup Karo syrup 4 quarts of popped popcorn
 Directions
Mix all. Cook on medium fire until rolling boil. Cook 2 more minutes. Pour over 4
quarts of popped popcorn.
Number of servings /Yields: 24 popcorn balls
Helpful Make sure you butter your hands to form the balls, prevents
comments: sticking!
Recipe related story or This recipe was given to my mother from a family friend in the
family meal tradition
you would like to 1980s. The sharing occurred in Grand Isle, La.
share:
Recipe Title Easy Pecan Pie
Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
¼ cup butter 4 eggs
7/8 cup sugar 1 cup broken pecans
1 Tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cup Karo syrup 1 unbaked pie shell
Pinch of salt
Directions
Cream butter & sugar. Add remaining ingredients & pour in crust. Bake at 350
degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: 1 pie
Helpful Try making mini pies for parties.
comments:
Recipe related story or
My mother bakes for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year.
family meal tradition
you would like to
share:

Recipe Title Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookie (from Martha Stewart’

Cookies cookbook)
Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Monique Bradberry
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest
1 tsp baking soda 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room
temp.
¼ tsp coarse salt 2 large eggs
1 ¾ cups sugar 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
¼ cup packed light brown sugar Sanding sugar, for sprinkling
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugars and zest. Add eggs, one at a time. Add
lemon juice. Gradually mix in flour, baking soda, salt. Drop onto parchment paper-
lined baking sheet, spacing 3 inches apart. Flatten cookies & sprinkle with sanding
sugar. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: 1 ½ dozen
Helpful comments: Delicious as the lemon zest and lemon juice makes for a
tasty treat.
Recipe related story or
family meal tradition you
would like to share:
Recipe Title Cappy’s Blackberry Pie
Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Tiyaneka Cook
Ingredients
Cappy’s Pie Dough Blackberry filling Topping
1 1/3 cup flour 6 cups blackberries 1 cup flour
1/4 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons cold water 1 teaspoon each ginger and 1 cup unsalted butter
allspice
Zest 1 lemon
Directions
Pre-heat oven 375 degrees
To prepare the dough, place the flour, shortening, butter, and salt in a bowl and
mix until you form a coarse meal. Add the cold water and mix just until moist. Form
into a ball and let rest 30 minutes. Roll on a well floured board until an 11 inch
circle. Place in a 9 inch pie plate. Flute the edges. Set aside until ready to fill.
To prepare the filling, place the berries in a bowl add the sugar, cornstarch,
spices and mix well. Place in the prepared crust top with lemon zest. Set aside.
To prepare the topping, place the flour, pecans, sugar, and vanilla in a mixing
bowl. Add the butter and mix until you form a coarse meal. Top the pie with the
pecan mixture. Place in the oven and cook for 15 minutes reduce the temperature
to 350 degrees and cook about 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool. Serve
with ice cream or whipped cream.
Number of servings / Yields: 1 Pie
Helpful comments: Delicious as the lemon zest and lemon juice makes for a
tasty treat.
Recipe related story or
family meal tradition you
would like to share:

Recipe Title Nanny’s Easy Peach Cobbler

Dessert
Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer, etc.)

Submitted by/ Name Katie Rose Meyn

Ingredients
2 cans (29 oz) peach halves (light 1 ½ cups self-rising flour
syrup)
2 sticks margarine 1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 ½ cups sugar 1 1/3 cup milk
Directions
Set oven to 375 degrees. Melt margarine in 9” x 13” pan in oven. Drain juice
(reserve it for later use) from peach halves. Mix sugar, flour, baking powder and
milk and pour into pan with melted butter. Arrange drained peach halves (cut side
up) in the pan so that they cover the pan. Place pan back into oven and pour up to
1 cup of the reserved peach juice to the pan (pour around the pan to distribute).
Sprinkle cobbler with cinnamon and bake from 30-45 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: About 12-15 servings
Helpful Serve warm
comments:
Recipe related This recipe is delicious and so easy. We take it to family gatherings.
story or family I have been making it with my Nanny since I was about 8 years old.
meal tradition
you would like Now I can make it by myself! (I am 11 years old)
to share:

Recipe Title Lemon Cheesecake Squares

Category you recommend: (e.g. Desserts
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name From the Kitchen of Ellen Coleman by Kevin Meyn
Ingredients
1 pkg (18.25 g) lemon cake mix (not ½ cup granulated sugar
pudding type)
½ cup butter (room temp) ½ teaspoon vanilla
3 large eggs 2 teaspoons lemon juice
2-8 oz. pkgs cream cheese, chunked Confectioner sugar (optional)
(room temp)
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13” x 9” baking pan. Mix cake mix,
butter and 1 egg in large bowl w/electric mixer on medium until crumbly. Press
mixture in bottom of the prepared pan. Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
Meanwhile, in a medium sized bowl, w/electric mixer, beat cream cheese until
smooth & fluffy. Mix in 2 remaining eggs, sugar, vanilla & lemon juice until blended
smooth. Pour on baked cake layer. Bake an additional 25 minutes. Sprinkle with
confectioner sugar if desired. Slice into squares and place on a platter dusted with
confectioner sugar to serve.
Number of servings / Yields: 20-24 squares

Helpful
comments:

Recipe related This recipe was introduced to our family by my Uncle’s wife, Ellen
story or family
meal tradition you Coleman. Though she lived an ocean away in Hawaii for most of my
would like to share: youth, we always enjoyed her recipes when we were together. This
was my grandmother’s favorite treat so we made it often.

Recipe Title Easy & Delicious Carrot Cake

Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Muriel Bridges
Ingredients
Cake ingredients: Optional Cake ingredients:
2 cups sugar ½ cup chopped pecans
2 cups flour ½ cup golden raisins
2 teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon Icing ingredients:
2 teaspoons salt (can use 1 ½ tsp) 1-8 oz pkg cream cheese (softened)
4 eggs 1 stick margarine (softened)
1 cup oil 2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups grated carrots 1 box confectioner (powdered) sugar
Directions
Cake Directions: Mix all ingredients together (including pecans & raisins if using
them). Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Makes 2 pans (either 8 or 9
inch).
Icing Directions: Blend softened cream cheese and butter until blended well. Add
the vanilla and sugar.
Ice top, sides and middle of the cake after it cools.
Number of servings / Yields: 1 – 2 layer cake
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related This recipe was given to me by one of the kindest people I ever met.
story or family She first gave this recipe to my sister and we enjoyed the cake for
meal tradition
you would like years before the recipe got lost. I got the recipe again from Mrs.
to share: Bridges at a wedding. I actually wrote it on a napkin and that is how
I kept if for years until now. Everyone I ever served it too has
enjoyed it.

Recipe Title German Chocolate Refrigerator Cake w/ Coconut

Pecan Icing
Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Sue Kennedy
Ingredients
Cake ingredients: Icing ingredients:
1 box German Chocolate Cake Mix 1 cup evaporated milk
1 ¼ cup water 1 cup sugar
¼ cup oil 3 egg yolks (beaten)
3 eggs ½ cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
“Filling” ingredients: 1 1/3 cup coconut
8 oz cream cheese (softened) 1 cup chopped pecans
1 stick margarine (softened)
1 lb confectioner (powdered) sugar
Directions
Cake directions: Spray 2 bake pans (8 or 9 inch) with Pam, then dust with flour.
Mix cake ingredients together and pour into pan.
Filling ingredients: Blend filling ingredients until smooth & well mixed. Spoon
over cake mix in pan, then bake cake for 30-55 minutes (or until done). Let it stand
10 minutes to invert to tray or serve from bake dish.
Icing directions: Combine first 5 icing ingredients in small pan. Cook over
medium heat until thick. Take care to stir well and watch the egg yolks to prevent
“curdling”. When icing mixture is thick, stir in the coconut and pecans. Stir well
and spread between layers and on top and sides of cake.
Number of servings / Yields: 2 layer cake
Helpful To test cake for done – use toothpick inserted near center (don’t put
comments: it in filling) if comes out clean it is done). When cool, refrigerate
cake for best flavor.
Recipe related I make this cake for special family functions. I have made it for 3
story or family
meal tradition you wedding rehearsal suppers over the years. It is a favorite and I like
would like to the fact that it can be made so far ahead and refrigerated.
share:

Recipe Title Classy Graham Candy

Category you recommend: (e.g. Dessert
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Sue Kennedy
Ingredients
2 sticks margarine 1 cup pecans (chopped)
1 cup granulated sugar 1 box graham crackers
Directions
Heat oven to 300 degrees. In a sauce pan, melt margarine and add sugar, stirring
until well blended. Add the pecans and cook for 2 minutes. Layer individual
graham crackers in the bottom of a jelly roll pan (or cookie sheet but it needs to
have a side) pan so that they are close, but not touching. Pour mixture over the
graham crackers (take care to try to get some pecans on each cracker). Bake for
10 minutes.
Number of servings Approximately 30 pieces
/ Yields:
Helpful Cool crackers on wax paper and store in air tight container once
comments: cool.
Recipe related I have made this recipe on the spur of the moment because the
story or family
meal tradition you ingredients are things I keep around the house. It is so very simple
would like to and so very good! Betcha’ can’t eat just one!
share:

SIDE DISHES

Teens who have infrequent family dinners are

twice as likely to report that half or more of
their friends currently drink beer or other
alcoholic beverages, compared to teens who
have frequent family dinners.
Teens who have dinner with their families less
than three times a week are three times likelier
to say half or more of their friends currently
use marijuana, compared to teens who have
dinner with their families at least five times a
week.

Recipe Title Baked Beans

Category you recommend: (e.g. Vegetables
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Jill Bateman
Ingredients
½ - 1 lb Bacon ¼ - ½ Cup Dark Brown Sugar
1 Yellow Onion, Finely Chopped ¼ Cup Black Strap or Dark Molasses
1 Gallon Pork N Beans 1 Teaspoon Yellow Mustard,
or 1 Teaspoon Dry Mustard
Directions
Cook bacon and drain on a paper towel until cool, and then crumble in a 1 ½ gallon
baking dish. Add onion to bacon grease and cook until it begins to brown; remove
and place in baking dish. Add pork n beans, brown sugar, molasses and mustard to
the baking dish, and stir until well mixed together. Bake in 350 oven for
approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until it thickens and the top is a little brown.
This dish can also be cooked on a grill in an aluminum pan, iron pot or metal pan.
Number of servings / 20-30
Yields:
Helpful This dish can easily be adjusted for smaller or larger gatherings,
comments: and of course if it’s a little too sweet for you or your family and
friends, you can use less sugar.
Recipe related This dish is one of two dishes all of my family and friends will ask
story or family for when we have a gathering or a family meal. I began making
meal tradition this dish in the early 1980’s using knowledge gained from my
you would like mother, and adjusting it to my own idea of the perfect baked
to share:
beans. At that time my family and friends enjoyed the dish so
much they began requesting it for gatherings. One of my friends
enjoyed it so much she asked me to make my baked beans for her
wedding rehearsal dinner. A couple of years ago, I decided to
bring something different to a cookout and when a couple of my
friends’ kids asked me if any of the baked bean dishes on the table
were mine and I said “no”, they frowned and were extremely
disappointed that I didn’t bring my baked beans.

Recipe Title Sweet Potato Crunch

Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer, Side Dish
etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Melinda Majesty
Ingredients
3 cups mashed cooked /takes 6-8 sweet Topping ingredients:
potatoes
1 stick butter (melted) 2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs 2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup sugar 1 cup flour
1 tablespoon vanilla 1 cup butter (melted)
Directions
Mash the cooked & drained sweet potatoes. Mix ingredients on the left and press
into a buttered casserole dish. Mix topping ingredients (on right) and put over
sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: Serve 8
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related Everyone wants Aunt Melly to make this dish for Thanksgiving.
story or family
meal tradition you
would like to share:
Recipe Title Bean Supreme
Category you recommend: (e.g. Vegetables
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Rita W. Tate
Ingredients
2 LB. Ground Beef or sausage 1 - 28oz. Can Pork & Beans
¼ Cup Bacon Drippings 1 - 16 oz. Can Red Beans
1 Lg. Onion, chopped 1 ½ tsp. Salt
½ Green Pepper 1-2 Lg. Cloves garlic
1 - 4 oz. Can Mushrooms, sliced 1 Tbl. Worcestershire
1 - 16 oz. Can Stewed tomatoes 1½ Cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1 Can Tomato soup Cayenne pepper – to taste
Directions
Mix all ingredients together and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve!
Number of servings / Yields: 8 - 12
Helpful This is a meal in itself. Just add salad and hot bread.
comments:
Recipe related
story or family
meal tradition you
would like to
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Recipe Title Oyster & Rice Dressing

Category you recommend: (e.g. Side Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Jill Bateman In Memory of Nellie Harper
Ingredients
1-2 T. Butter or Cooking Oil 2-3 Garlic Toes or 2 T. Garlic Powder
1 Quart Oysters, drained & clean 1-2 Cup Zatarans or Uncle Bens Rice,
cooked
¼ - ½ Cup Fresh Parsley Tony’s Seasoning or Salt & Pepper, to
taste
1 Yellow Onion, finely chopped in food
processor
Directions
Cook rice according to directions and set aside. In an iron pot, heat butter or
cooking oil on medium until hot. Add clean drained oysters and cook well. Add
onion and garlic and cook well. Mix all with rice and parsley, cover and simmer on
low a few minutes for flavors to blend.
Number of servings / Yields: 10-20
Helpful This as many other recipes can be adjusted to individual taste.
comments:
Recipe related This is another easy dish my mother cooked when I was growing up,
story or family
meal tradition you and everyone enjoyed it and looked forward to it for holiday dinners.
would like to When I told my husband I would be submitting favorite recipes for a
share: cookbook, this was one of Mom’s recipes he remembered first and
requested I submit it for everyone else to enjoy.
 MAIN DISHES

Frequent family dining is associated with lower

rates of teen smoking, drinking, and illegal drug
use and prescription drug abuse. Compared to
teens who eat dinner frequently with their families
(five or more family dinners per week), those who have
infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week)
are:

• Three and a half times likelier to have abused

prescription drugs (7% vs 2%),
• Three and a half times likelier to have used
illegal drugs other than marijuana or
prescription drugs (7% vs 2%),
• Three times likelier to have used marijuana
(25% vs 8%),
• More than two and a half times likelier to have
used tobacco (26% vs 10%), and
• One and a half times likelier to have used
alcohol (47% vs 30%).
Recipe Title Betty’s Brisket Recipe
Category you recommend: (e.g. Meats
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Betty Crowe
Ingredients
1 – Cup Ketchup ½ - Tbl. Salt
1 – Cup Vinegar 1 – Tbl. Lowrey’s season salt
1 - Cup Sugar ½ - Tsp. garlic salt
½ - Cup Worcestershire Sauce 2 – Tbl. Dehydrated onion
1 – Tbl. Pepper
Directions
Cook brisket 3 – 4 hours @ 375. Covered. Pull out of oven - drain juices and add
sauce.
Continue to cook, basting with sauce for another hour.
Number of servings / Yields:
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related Betty is always cooking for her co-workers and feeding us at the
story or family
office. Her name should be Betty Crocker! This is one of our
meal tradition you
would like to favorite recipes she cooks for us.
share: Submitted with her permission by co-workers.

Recipe Title Chicken Pot Pie

Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Syralja Griffin
Ingredients
1 rolled, refrigerated pie crust (at room 1 can cream of celery soup
temperature)
3 tbsp vegetable oil 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
1 cup frozen seasoning (onions, celery, bell 1 small bag frozen mixed vegetables
pepper)
2 tbsp flour 2-3 cups chopped, cooked chicken
1 cup milk Salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut pie crust to fit top of a round casserole dish, set aside. Use the scraps to piece
together the bottom crust in the dish.
Sauté seasoning blend in oil over medium/high heat until onions are clear, about 5
minutes. Sprinkle flour over seasoning blend, stir and cook for 1 minute. Pour in
milk and cream of celery soup. Stir to combine. Add chopped potato and frozen
vegetables. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, or just until potatoes begin to soften. Add
chicken and stir to combine. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
Pour mixture into casserole dish and top with set-aside crust.
Bake for 40 minutes, or until crust is golden. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before
serving.
Number of servings / Yields: 8 servings
Helpful This recipe can also be made with leftover roast in place of the
comments: chicken and gravy in place of cream of celery soup. Also, fresh
vegetables or other frozen vegetables can be substituted for any of
the listed vegetables, just as long as there are onions and potatoes.
Recipe related I make this recipe for funerals, new parents, and families with
story or family
meal tradition you someone in the hospital. It can be made in a disposable aluminum
would like to pan and freezes really well. It just needs to be thawed overnight in
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Recipe Title Seafood Okra Gumbo
Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Jill Bateman In Memory of Nellie Harper
Ingredients
1-2 T. Cooking Oil or Olive Oil 4 Toes Garlic or 1-2 Tablespoons Garlic
Powder
1 Small Bag Okra, sliced 1-2 T. Onion Powder
1 Yellow Onion, diced small 1-2 T. Tony’s Seasoning
1 Pack Smoked Sausage (2 links), sliced 1-2 Pints Water
3-4 Gumbo Crabs, cleaned and broken 1-2 T. Gumbo File’, preferred but optional
in half
1, 8 Oz. Can Diced or 1 Pint Fresh Home 2 lb. Shrimp, peeled and deveined
Canned Tomatoes, optional
Directions
Heat oil in a 4-6 quart iron pot until hot, then add okra and cook on low to medium
fire, stirring often enough so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot, is no longer
slimy and turns a little brown. Add onion, crabs and sausage, and cook until onion
is clear. Add tomatoes, water and seasonings, and let cook on low to medium for a
while. Add shrimp and gumbo file’, and let simmer a while longer to blend the
flavor, but not to overcook the shrimp. Serve over rice, and it’s great with a scoop
of fresh made potato salad either on the side or in the middle if desired.
Number of servings / Yields: 6-12 depending on the size of your bowl.
Helpful Careful not to add too much Gumbo File’ because too much would
comments: make it a little slimy. This is my favorite gumbo recipe, but can be
adjusted to individual desired taste. Feel free to add more shrimp
and crabs if you prefer. I’ve also been known to add crawfish,
oysters and/or chicken. Also, some people make like to cook it with
a little bell pepper and celery.
Recipe related This was mine and my family’s favorite of my mother’s recipes
story or family growing up. Also, the fondest memory my daughter and I have of
meal tradition Mom is of her standing in her kitchen preparing this dish while we
you would like talked. Mom taught me, and I taught my daughter how to cook this
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dish. Another special memory my daughter and I have of this dish
is that later in life my mother would frequently ask both of us to
cook it for her. So, on goes the tradition.

Recipe Title Hickory Chicken

Category you recommend: (e.g. Entrée
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Ron and Beth Abel
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts 4 slices of smoked baked ham from deli
B-B-Q sauce (we are partial to Sweet Baby 1 red tomato cubed
Ray’s or Kraft Hickory Smoke)
1-2 cups grated mild cheddar cheese ¼ cup green onion tops sliced
(adjust to your level of cheesiness)
Directions
Cook chicken breasts in your favorite way (I use my electric panini griddle but you
can grill or pan fry it). Place grilled or cooked breasts in a casserole dish. Baste
chicken breasts liberally with barbeque sauce. Sprinkle each breast with a layer of
grated cheese. Next, put one slice of ham on each breast. Baste ham with more
barbeque. Top each ham covered breast with the remaining cheese. Bake only until
cheese is melted in a 375 degree oven -- 5 minutes tops. Plate the chicken and top
with tomato and green onion.
Number of servings / Yields: 4
Helpful Serve with baked potatoes and steamed broccoli for a great combo.
comments:
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Recipe Title Sour Cream Enchiladas

Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dishes
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Rita W. Tate
Ingredients
2 pkg. flour Tortillas 1 Large onion, chopped
Chicken Broth 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Large fryer, stewed, deboned and finely 1 8 oz. carton sour cream
chopped *
1 ½ lb. longhorn Colby cheese, 1 4 oz. can chopped chilies
shredded
Directions
Dip tortillas in hot oil to soften. Set aside.
Mix small amount of broth with chopped chicken. Put 1 Tbl. each of chicken, cheese
and onion on each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in baking dish.
Mix soup, chilies, & sour cream. Pour over tortillas. Sprinkle with remaining cheese
on top.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until bubbly.
Number of servings / Yields: 8-12
Helpful * I purchase a rotisserie chicken at one of the local “chains” instead
comments: of cooking it myself. Sure saves time!
Recipe related My husband likes Mexican food but not “red” (tomato based). This
story or family
meal tradition you gives us the Mexican flavor without the “red”!
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Recipe Title Shrimp and Onions

Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Jill Bateman In Memory of Nellie Harper
Ingredients
2-3 T. Cooking Oil Garlic & Onion Powder, to taste
2-3 Yellow Onions Tony’s Seasoning or Salt & Pepper, to
taste
2 lb. Shrimp, peeled & deveined Water, Enough for Juice
Directions
Heat cooking oil in an iron pot until hot. Add onions and cook well until they begin
to brown. Add shrimp and seasonings, and cook until shrimp turn pink. Add
enough water to make a little juice, and cook a few minutes to blend flavors well.
Serve over rice.
Number of servings / Yields: 4-6, maybe more depending on the size of your
bowl.
Helpful As you can see this is a very simple dish with few ingredients. Work
comments: with it a little until the taste is right for you and your family. Careful
not to add too much water and lose great flavor. The iron pot
makes the flavor better.
Recipe related This is probably the simplest main dish my mother ever taught me,
story or family
meal tradition you and everyone I’ve cooked it for has loved it. At one time I even
would like to added some diced red potatoes to the dish, and it was good too.
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Recipe Title Manicotti

Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Lorraine Mayeux
Ingredients
Meat Filling Cheese Filling
1 ½ lbs. Chopped meat (beef or mixture of ½ lb. mozzarella cheese, diced
beef & pork)
1 egg 2 lbs. Ricotta cheese
½ lb. Mozzarella Cheese, diced 2 eggs
3 slices moist bread ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup milk Pepper, salt, parsley to taste
Pepper, salt, parsley to taste
1 box Manicotti shells 1 box Manicotti shells
2-101/2 oz. cans spaghetti sauce 2-10 ½ oz. cans spaghetti sauce
Directions
Cook Manicotti in 4 quarts of boiling salted water for 8 to 10 minutes, stir
occasionally. (A tbsp. of olive oil may be added to the water to help prevent
sticking). Drain, handling carefully
Mix together your favorite filling. For the meat filling mix the first 6 ingredients.
For the cheese filling mix the first 5 ingredients together.
Stuff shells carefully, lay in a row in a greased 13X9 baking dish
Pour spaghetti sauce over manicotti
Cover and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, remove cover and bake 15
minutes
Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese before serving
Number of servings / Yields: Serves 8
Helpful I like to add 2 tbsp. sweet basil to sauce before pouring over
comments: manicotti shells
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Recipe Title Easy Beef Stroganoff
Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer, etc.)
Main Dish
Submitted by/ Name Ashley Ford
Ingredients
2-regular pkgs of egg noodles 1 pkg (16 oz) of sour cream
3 lbs of sirloin beef tips
Directions
Cut beef tips into bite sized pieces. Brown in a skillet coated with Pam to prevent
sticking. Prepare egg noodles per package directions and drain fully. Mix egg
noodles, sour cream and cooked beef (including any pan drippings) together.
Number of servings / Yields: Serves 6 to 8.
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related Easy and quick and filling. Kids can help with the mixing.
story or family
meal tradition you
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Recipe Title Stuffed Bell Pepper

Category you recommend: (e.g. Side Dish or Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Melinda Majesty
Ingredients
8 bell peppers (with caps removed and 1 box Zatarains dirty rice mix
seeded)
1 lb lean ground beef Bread crumbs
1 lb shrimp (boiled in Toni Cachere’s)
Directions
Boil prepared peppers (capped & seeded) until they are a little soft, remove and
drain. Boil (7 minutes) shrimp in Toni Cachere’s to taste. Chop into small pieces.
Brown beef, and add 1 box of dirty rice per directions on box, adding cooked shrimp
about 10 minutes before rice is done. When finished, add Nature’s Seasoning to
taste. Then add Italian bread crumbs until it stick together. Fill peppers with
mixture. Put a little more bread crumbs on top. Put in pan with water, cover with
foil. Put in oven at 350 for 30 minutes.
Number of servings / Yields: 8 peppers
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related
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The family loves Aunt Melly’s stuffed bell peppers!
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Recipe Title Pigs in A Blanket

Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer, Main Dish (Kids Can Help Cook!)
etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Katie Rose Meyn
 Ingredients
2 cans Pillsbury Crescent Rolls Cheese slices (if desired)
2 pkgs hot dogs
Directions
On large baking pan place the “pigs in a blanket” and bake according to directions
on crescent roll package. To prepare, separate rolls and place ½ slice cheese on
them if cheese is desired. Then, place a hot dog on them and roll up so that only
the ends of the hot dog are exposed.
Number of servings / Yields: 16 “pigs” in their blankets
Helpful Make sure cheese is covered by crescent dough if cheese is used.
comments:
Recipe related This is a great recipe to make with little helpers in the kitchen!
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meal tradition you
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Recipe Title Shrimp Salad

Category you recommend: (e.g. appetizer, Main Dish or Side Dish (depends on how much you
etc.)
eat!)
Submitted by/ Name Sue Kennedy
Ingredients
5 lbs shrimp (boiled & peeled) seasoned Salt & pepper to taste
to taste
Iceberg lettuce (torn into small pieces) 1 dozen boiled eggs (peeled & diced)
Tomato (peeled & diced) (optional) Mayonnaise
Directions
In a large (very) bowl mix the diced eggs with mayonnaise and shrimp (chop shrimp
to bite size if they are big) and salt and pepper. Add lettuce just before serving and
mix until well coated. Add salt and pepper to taste. If desired, add tomato to top of
salad once it is served. Serve with saltine crackers.
Number of servings / Yields: Approximately 8 if main dish
Helpful Delicious as it “ages” but it gets runny and lettuce wilts so we add
comments: the lettuce and tomato by the serving.
Recipe related This is definitely one of those recipes that ‘brings them to the
story or family
meal tradition you table’. It is really easy except for peeling the shrimp. It works out
would like to share: great if you can get that done ahead of time. Also boil the eggs
ahead of time. Then it is a matter of just putting it together.
Definitely a family favorite at our house.
Recipe Title Quick Shepherd’s Pie
Category you recommend: (e.g. Entrée (Kids Can Help Cook!)
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by/ Name Ashley Ford
Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef 16 frozen biscuits
16 slices American Cheese
Directions
Brown ground beef in skillet and drain off grease. Bake the biscuits on 350
degrees. Then place 8 biscuits in a baking pan (9” x 13”). Distribute half the
cooked ground beef over the biscuits. Cover with 8 slices of cheese. Repeat these
layers with the remaining beef, biscuits and cheese. Bake at 350 long enough for
cheese to melt.
Number of servings / Yields: 8 servings
Helpful
comments:
Recipe related NOTE! Quick and easy and satisfying … but not fat free!
story or family
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Recipe Title Nanny’s Homemade Spaghetti Sauce & Meatballs

Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)
Submitted by: Name Sue Kennedy
Ingredients
Meatball Ingredients 1 cup finely chopped celery
5 lbs ground chuck or lean ground beef ½ cup finely chopped bell pepper
2 eggs ¼ cup finely chopped fresh parsley
1 cup Italian bread crumbs 5 large garlic cloves, minced
½ cup evaporated milk 2 – 15 oz cans finely diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons Nature’s Seasoning 2- 15 oz cans of water (I use the tomato
cans)
¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce 1 can cream of mushroom soup
Salt & Pepper to taste 1 cup tomato ketchup
Sauce Ingredients ¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup flour Salt & Pepper to taste taste
¼ cup grease from cooking meatballs
1 cup finely chopped onion Parmesan Cheese to shake on after
served
Directions
Mix meatball ingredients in large bowl until blended well. Shape meatballs that fit
into the palm of your hand. Brown the meatballs in the pot you will cook your sauce
in (they do not have to be fully cooked). Set meatballs aside.
Drain the extra grease from the pan where you cooked the meatballs, reserving ¼
cup in pan. Make a dark roux by with the remaining grease and the flour. When the
roux is ready, add the onion, and celery and stir as you sauté the vegetables. Add
the bell pepper, parsley and garlic. Saute these. Add the diced tomatoes, soup,
ketchup and sugar and water. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce cook for
an hour on low after bringing it to a boil. Add the meatballs and cook another hour
on low.
Serve over spaghetti noodles.
Number of servings / Yields: This feeds a family of 10 with meatballs left over for
sandwiches!
Helpful Adjust the recipe if it seems you need more water or less. You can
comments: reduce the meatball ingredients by half if you don’t want meatballs
left over for sandwiches!
Recipe related My family loves this meal. The dark roux and the sugar make it a
story or family
meal tradition you rich, sweet sauce. The sugar also reduces the acidity of the
would like to tomatoes according to the “old folks”.
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How about starting a mealtime tradition in your family? Healthy family traditions
are things that children treasure into adulthood, often continuing them with their
children.

Traditions can be as simple as clearing the table … everyone is responsible for

tending to their own dishes after dinner….. or whatever works for your family. Even
young children can help set the table.

Another tradition might be that candles are lit to signal the beginning of dinner and
someone blows out the candle at the end of the meal. Young kids could have their
“night” to blow out the candle.

Not answering phone calls, turning off the television, etc. during dinner is another
healthy tradition.

Weekly family meeting night or table game night can be built around the family
table.

Many families use the family table for homework central … just be sure that it is all
cleared away for mealtime!
Recipe Title GOOD EATS ROAST TURKEY (COURTESY OF FOOD
NETWORK’S ALTON BROWN)
Category you recommend: (e.g. Main Dish
appetizer, etc.)

Submitted by/ Name Jaime Bruins

Ingredients
1 (14 to 16 pound) frozen young For the aromatics:
turkey
For the brine: 1 red apple, sliced
1 cup kosher salt ½ onion, sliced
½ cup light brown sugar 1 cinnamon stick
1 gallon vegetable stock 1 cup water
1 tablespoon black peppercorns 4 sprigs rosemary
1 ½ teaspoons allspice berries (or 6 leaves sage
ground spice)
1 ½ teaspoons chopped candied Canola oil
ginger
1 gallon heavily iced water
Directions
2 to 3 days before roasting: Begin thawing the turkey in the refrigerator or in a
cooler kept at 38 degrees F.

Combine the vegetable stock, salt, brown sugar, peppercorns, allspice berries,
and candied ginger in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally
to dissolve solids and bring to a boil. Then remove the brine from the heat, cool
to room temperature, and refrigerate.

Early on the day or the night before you'd like to eat:

Combine the brine, water and ice in the 5-gallon bucket. Place the thawed turkey
(with innards removed) breast side down in brine. If necessary, weigh down the
bird to ensure it is fully immersed, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area for 8
to 16 hours, turning the bird once half way through brining.

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Remove the bird from brine and rinse inside
and out with cold water. Discard the brine. Place the bird on roasting rack inside
a half sheet pan and pat dry with paper towels.

Combine the apple, onion, cinnamon stick, and 1 cup of water in a microwave
safe dish and microwave on high for 5 minutes. Add steeped aromatics to the
turkey's cavity along with the rosemary and sage. Tuck the wings underneath the
bird and coat the skin liberally with canola oil.

Roast the turkey on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F for 30 minutes.
Insert a probe thermometer into thickest part of the breast and reduce the oven
temperature to 350 degrees F. Set the thermometer alarm (if available) to 161
degrees F. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of
roasting. Let the turkey rest, loosely covered with foil or a large mixing bowl for
15 minutes before carving.
Number of servings / Yields: 10 to 12 servings
Helpful Especially if you’re using an electric stove, place aluminum foil on
comments: the bottom of the stove to avoid the hot oil spilling into your oven.
Recipe The first time I used this recipe, I was pregnant and had cravings
related story for a turkey. During this craving moment, I caught a glimpse of a
or family food network television show “Good Eats” and Alton Brown was
 meal roasting a turkey. I went and bought a turkey, used this recipe and
tradition you it was the hit of the party. Now I use it every holiday, and just act
would like to like I came up with the recipe myself. It gets 5 stars.
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Together for Tangipahoa solicited these recipes from many different

people. We put them together in this electronic format so they
could be easily shared. This effort has been made because research
shows the importance of family meals. We hope that you enjoy the
recipes, but most of all, we hope you share the following message
from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia University with other families:

The Power of Parenting

Whether you’re cooking a gourmet meal, ordering food

from your favorite take-out place or eating on the go, rest
assured that what your kids really want during dinnertime
is YOU! Family meals are the perfect time to talk to your
kids and to listen to what’s on their mind. The more often
kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are
to smoke, drink or use drugs.

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