Green Bean Casserole

First off, I'd like to say, Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers. From what I understand I do have readers from many different countries, and I find that to be really awesome!!! If any of you, my readers have your own blogs, please, feel free to add me to your reading list, and I'll add you back. I go through and read blogs almost daily. Its always fun to see what people are doing on their farms, or with their hobbies, and what they are cooking!!!

I'm fairly certain most of you are already done with the majority of their cooking. My family isn't celebrating Thanksgiving until this Saturday when everybody can be together due to work, or other family get togethers. As we know that happens once everybody gets married, has children, and so on.

Today I'm sharing with you a traditional Holiday Casserole. Green Beans are a very common dish at every get together, but sometimes, its fun to spice it up, and do something a bit different.

This recipe makes 4-6 servings, but is easily doubled, but if your family is like mine, 4-6 servings might be more than enough because there's going to be so much food there already that everybody is only going to take a little bit of everything.

1 & 1/2 lbs. sausage
1 quart green beans, fresh or frozen
10 & 3/4 oz. can mushroom soup
5 large potatoes, cooked until tender and sliced
3 Tbsp. oil
salt to taste
pepper to taste

1. Crumble or slice sausage into large skillet and cook until browned, stirring frequently.

2. In saucepan, cook green beans until crisp tender.

3. Alternately layer sausage, green beans and mushroom soup into greased casserole dish.

4.  Pour oil into skillet where sausage browned and add sliced potatoes. Cook over high heat, stirring  them up from the bottom frequently, until all are browned and crispy, but not burned.

5. Layer over top of casserole and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until heated through.

Hope everybody has a happy and safe Thanksgiving.  Remember, Be thankful for what you have, and worry not about the things that you don't have, and that friends are just as important as family.

Crockpot Macaroni And Cheese

Its hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, even though its later this year than I've ever known it to be. We spend Thanksgiving with my husbands family, so the menu is divided up between 4 of us, which means the load is lighter. I have about 4 or 5 things on my list. One of the things is Apple pie, and I'll be using the apple pie filling I made last month.

Another one of the things I'm making is crockpot macaroni and cheese. I generally make baked macaroni, but decided to change it up this year. I've tried this recipe before and its really yummy. I thought I would share it with you all, just in case your looking for something easy to make that will also sort of save some time!!!

This only makes 6 servings, but is really easy to double or triple.

8 oz. dry elbow macaroni, cooked
3-4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
13. oz can evaporated milk
1 and 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
chopped onion to taste

1. Combine all ingredients, except 1 cup cheese, in greased slow cooker. Sprinkle reserved cup of cheese over top.

2. Cover. Cook on low 3-4 hours. Do not remove the lid or stir until the mixture has finished cooking

That's it! Simple as that, and chances are you wont have any left overs!!!

I'll be posting more recipes this week!!!
Enjoy!!!