Every Thanksgiving we have our annual dinner with our very special family friends! This year, the Fishers were assigned to make the vegetable and starch dishes.
After my workout, because we will be eating ALL day (and please don't mind my lovely appearance in these videos), I decided to help my mom out with the cooking. We decided to make a green bean dish and stuffing, my personal favorite!!!!!
Here are the recipes and hope you enjoy!!
Sauteed String Beans with Garlic and Slivered Almonds
Heat up olive oil and margarine to coat the pan
Add 6-10 cloves of fresh chopped garlic and sauté until they become soft
In the mean time, boil string beans in a pot of water for about 5 minutes until they become tender
Have a bowl of ice water ready, transfer the string beans into the ice water and then strain them
Add the strained string beans to the garlic mixture and toss
Add toasted slivered almonds and reheat before serving!
Thanksgiving Challah Stuffing
Ingredients:
1 loaf (1 pound) of challah bread, torn into 2-inch shreds6 tablespoons of unsalted margarine
1 1/4 cups of diced onions
1 cup of chopped celery
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 apples, peeled, cored, and diced
2 tablespoons chopped thyme leaves/oregano/sage/any herbs of your choice
2 tablespoons of kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon of freshly ground pepper
Chopped flat parsley
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups of non-dairy creamer
1 1/2 cups of reduced sodium chicken broth (or No-chicken broth for all you vegetarians out there!)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Toast challah on both sides until golden, allow to cool.
Melt margarine in a large skillet and saute onions, celery, garlic until slightly softened. Then added apples, herbs, salt and pepper. Saute til soft and then toss with fresh chopped parsley. Allow to cool
Mix beaten eggs, non-dairy creamer and broth in a 4-cup measuring cup. Pour of toasted challah pieces and mix through (try not to break up all the chunks. That will make it really mushy)
Add sauteed vegetables and mix through
Pour into a baking dish that was sprayed with cooking spray so that it does not stick
Cover the pan and bake it in a350 degree oven for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake it for another 25 minutes until it is nice a golden!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
