Sweet Potato Gnocchi

I had always wanted to try making these with sweet potato gnocchi instead of regular potatoes.

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Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas

These Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas are recipes we make every year for our Thanksgiving Day dinner table.

This roundup of recipes has just about everything you need to have a beautiful Thanksgiving Day meal before and after the Holiday.

Each family had been working Retail for years.

This was our first Thanksgiving Day altogether and no one had to work.

We all got to spend the day off together and were truly blessed with a delicious menu.

Each one of us contributes their favorite recipe we make on this Thanksgiving Day, as a tradition.

During the past years, I worked for 31 years in Retail and almost every Thanksgiving Day the store was open.

My kids would make me a meal that would consist of Turkey Covered Sandwiches, and I love them.

Those suggestions and recipes are all below for those working, dinner for two and what to do with leftovers.

Everything from Fried Turkey, Herb Mashed Potatoes, Mom's homemade Amaretto cranberry sauce, gravy and many desserts to choose from.

Our favorite pie is pumpkin and apple, there are even some cookies we make, appetizers and much much more.

If you're too busy right now to get through them all, go ahead and save this roundup to Pinterest.

This is pretty much a one-stop Thanksgiving shop of recipes.

Have a delicious and blessed Holiday Season. Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers, hope you all have a delicious day with family and friends.

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Bow Tie Mock Lasagna

Bow Tie Lasagna is the perfect easy solution to your favorite lasagna recipe fast and easy!



Actually, even make Homemade Bow Tie Pasta and it's pretty easy to do them.



The dough is delicious, however, you can certainly use the supermarket brand.



Check the ingredients and make this quick mock lasagna that everyone in my family loves.



Perfect for even a take-along for a side dish at any picnic gathering.

Traditions

It wouldn't be Sunday without eating some kind of macaroni, meatballs, and sausage.


This comes together quick and easy and leftovers are fabulous too!


I like to make this often at Thanksgiving as a side dish, everyone always loves a side of pasta!


Traditionally my Grandma always made bow ties from scratch and we made them once a year around Easter or Christmas.

Love How Pretty These Look!

When I was a little girl, I only asked mom to make this pasta, I always thought it was so such a pretty pasta.


I actually still to this day still feel the same way.

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Fun Pasta Shapes

If you have a picky eater, this is the pasta to choose to cook!


My kids and grand children never turn away from eating this fun shaped pasta.


Anytime I make it, it's a perfect meal that everyone loves.


Mom's memory of making fun foods and dinners lives on, making bow ties reminds me of those fun times and days.

Our Family Sauce Recipe

Traditional Sunday Sauce or store bought around 3 jars of your favorite


Bow Tie Mock Lasagna, is the best fast Italian food you can make.


It will be just like a quick lasagna with thus perfect and pretty pasta.


No one will complain that you used bow tie pasta.

If You Make them Homemade

This kind of pasta is great no matter whether you leave it plain with tomato sauce or into this delicious lasagna.


Grandma even used to make her own bow tie pasta from scratch on holiday, of course those were always a special treat and the best.


Yes they require a little more work, but a light and fluffy little bow tie pasta made the best mock lasagna!


As I said earlier, we had homemade bow tie pasta during the Holiday seasons.


Bow Tie Mock Lasagna is just a quick and easier way to make a fast pretty lasagna using this delicious bow tie pasta noodle.

Check Out These Homemade Family Pasta Recipes

Stuffed Shells
Mom's Lasagna
Manicotti Shells
Grandma's Authentic Fettuccine Alfredo
Grandma's Homemade pasta photo update
Bow Tie Pasta

pasta, macaroni,

pasta,

Italian

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

BOW TIE MOCK LASAGNA

prep time: 25 minscook time: 35 minstotal time: 60 mins

This is an easy version of lasagna

ingredients:

Traditional Sunday Sauce or store-bought around 3 jars of your favorite

1 pound cooked loose Sausage and Meatballs mashed together (if you don't have meatballs, use seasoned fried hamburger around 1 pound after it's cooked pour around 1/2 cup tomato sauce in it)

2 cups Mozzarella Shredded

Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese

Fresh Parsley for garnish

Ricotta filling:

1 lb Ricotta Cheese mixed with 2 eggs beaten, 1/4 cup grating cheese, 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic or use granulated garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste and a handful chopped fresh Italian parsley. Mix all together set aside.

1 pound any pasta homemade or store-bought cooked in salted water and drained to package instructions we like Al dente.

instructions:

Cook pasta in salted water and drained according to package instructions we like Al dente.

Cook pasta, drain. In a large baking dish start to layer with sauce first, pasta, add dollops of ricotta on top, more pasta than sauce, crushed meat mixture, some mozzarella, some grating cheese, more sauce. Continue layering with pasta, ricotta, meats, sauce, and cheeses until all used up with pasta on top then ending with mozzarella cheese, more grating cheese, and garnish with fresh parsley. Bake at 350 degrees until the cheese is bubbling and melted.

calories
185

fat (grams)
4

carbs (grams)
3

protein (grams)
8

sugar (grams)
4

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How To Make A Cheese Board in 10 Minutes

When we have the family get together these cheese, and meat boards are a family favorite.

The best things about cheeseboard appetizers are they can be perfect for snacking, before the big dinner or a special romantic evening.


I love to prepare a cheese board with some unique fruits, meats, cheeses and so much more.


Come take a look at these ideas and how easy they are to assemble.


Most of the time these Cheese, Meat and Fruit Tray Appetizers are eaten on a Sunday for us.


Paired off with a good bottle of our favorite Chianti wine, it's the best way to start off the day before a big meal.

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Chicken Chipotle Avocado Sandwich

Winter time tends to pack on the pounds eating comfort foods. I found this delicious sandwich that awesome on your waistline, filling and low in calories! Chicken Chipotle Avocado Sandwich is a sure taste please when your counting calories. Get your summer body ready!

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Baking Mix Cinnamon Sugar Banana Muffins

I love these combination of flavors. Baking Mix Cinnamon Sugar Banana Muffins are sure to be a hit for all banana bread fans out there and this recipe is so much easier!

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Baked Banana Pancakes

I just love easy recipes. I also love these easy baked banana pancakes to use up those over ripe bananas with! The smell of these baked banana pancakes gets everyone's mouth watering! These are much more comforting to make in the oven, than standing over a hot stove flipping them!

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Grandma's Holiday Rice Pudding

I love Grandma's Holiday Rice pudding. She always put some pineapple and a cherry on top to look festive for our rice pudding! It's a delicious treat dessert. You can add other suggestions if you're not a pineapple fan! Use Red and Green Cherries for Christmas!

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Mushroom Zucchini Quiche

Mushroom Zucchini Quiche is a delicious savory cheesy filling all in one flaky pie crust.


This is perfect for breakfast or brunch!


Originally quiche is one delicious cheese and cream-filled crusted pie and popular in French.


Here is an adapted Italian version of how American Italian quiche came about.

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Slow Cooker Potato and Bacon Soup

What's more comforting than a bowl of potato and bacon soup on a chilly day?


This is so easily made in the slow cooker.


The best part is not only is it easy, but it's also done in around 2 to 3 hours.


While you go out shopping or at work, turn this big pot of soup on and it's waiting for you after a long day.


It really is the best potato soup recipe, ever.


I came up with it after enjoying baked potato soup at one of our favorite restaurants but added way more bacon and shredded cheese on top.


I have always been a big loaded baked potato person and this soup reminds me of just that!


Kick back and stroll through this deliciously easy recipe that is a hearty bowl of rich thick creamy bacon and potato goodness.


Just scroll down to the recipe card to print this off.

So Thick It's Almost a Side Dish!

This is a very rich soup with so much cheesy deliciousness inside this slow cooker.


I was amazed at how filling it is but we often use this as a side dish with chicken or fish.


It is that thick to be just like a cheesy scallop potato side dish.

Ingredients You Will Need

• potatoes
• cream cheese
• garlic
• cheddar cheese soup
• bacon
• cheddar cheese shredded
• flour
• milk
• parsley

Other Cooking Methods

1. Instant Pot
2. Stovetop 
3. Slow Cooker

Everything Taste Better with Bacon

There is no rule on how much cooked bacon to add, we love it.


The rich smokey flavor of applewood bacon is our favorite to use, you can also substitute ham if you have leftover spiral ham.


I have a smoker so we sometimes when we have leftover ham steaks, I use that or even left ham for the holiday, I have also used leftover smoked pork.

Partially Cooked Potatoes

Awe yes, this is the secret of it cooking so fast.


I microwave the potatoes first, or if you want to boil them that's fine too.


Just until they are slightly cooked but still firm so they cut easy.


Cool the potato first under cold water then slices and make them into chunks.


Even if you overcook the potatoes, it will still taste amazing!


If you like the potatoes firmer then don't precook them!

Tools You Will Need

1. measuring cups
2. knife
3. potato peeler
4. measuring spoons
5. slow cooker or instant pot
6.  saucepan
7. strainer

Try Some More of My Favorite Recipes

Potatoes Twice Baked

Baked Parmesan Potatoes

Best Potatoes Recipes

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Topping Suggestions

• more shredded cheese
• sour cream
• chopped fresh tomatoes
• crumbled tortilla chips
• oyster crackers
• crumbled bacon

Comfort Food

Potato soup is pure comfort food and best part, it feeds a crowd and super easy to make.


We just love potato recipes like Loaded Mashed Potatoes.


Everyone loves it loaded with bacon, who doesn't love bacon.


My kids even love this topped with tortilla chips, chopped tomatoes, and sliced olives so get creative!

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

prep time: 10 Mcook time: 2 hourtotal time: 2 H & 10 M

When I think of comfort food, my mind goes right to this creamy potato and bacon soup. It's thick rich and so easy to make in no time. Using anything from stovetop to slow cooker or even the instant pot, you can have a hearty bowl of bacon and potato soup in no time!

ingredients:

• 4 lbs of yellow potatoes partially microwaved, cooked then sliced
• 1 tablespoon granulated garlic powder
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 can cheddar cheese soup
• 8 strips of cooked bacon cut up
• 1 cup extra sharp shredded cheddar
• 8 ounces cream cheese cut into small pieces
• 1 cup whole milk
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon fresh or dried Italian parsley
• Optional garnish: Shredded cheddar cheese, oyster crackers

instructions:

How to cook

1. Heat the slow cooker on high, then oil spray your cooking pot. (you can make this in a soup pan, slow cooker, crockpot, instant pot or pressure cooker by following the instruction manual, Cooking times will vary)
2. In a large bowl add the potatoes and toss them in the flour with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
3. In another medium-sized bowl, add the milk, soup, and parsley stir to combine.
4. Starting with the potato add a few to the bottom, pour some of the soup mixtures, sprinkle with half the shredded cheese and half the cream cheese.
5. Repeat with potatoes, soup, cheeses until everything is used. Top with bacon.
6. Set the slow cooker on low for around 2 to 3 hours, stovetop around 25 to 30 minutes until potatoes are softened. For pressure cooker, this takes around  9 to 10  minutes.
7. Check and make sure potatoes are soft enough. Ladle into bowls.
8. Serve with oyster crackers. and garnish with shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Calories
325

Fat (grams)
22

Sat. Fat (grams)
19

Carbs (grams)
19

Net carbs
11

Sugar (grams)
9

Protein (grams)
15

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Baked Artichoke Hearts

I love old fashioned stuffed artichokes and the heart is the best part when I can't find whole fresh artichokes I used canned to make this baked artichoke heart casserole.



They are the perfect solution in a pinch as they take hardly any time to prepare and so delicious!



Once you try these you will be amazed how easy they are and no fuss with the great flavor of stuffed artichokes.



The topping is fabulous and pretty much the same ingredients you would use for Italian stuffed fresh artichokes except you have all hearts!



I really love this side dish and artichokes so if you love them to try this out and keep some cans on hand so you don't have to wait for artichoke season or holidays!



These make the best side dish and done in minutes!



Scroll down for this printable easy recipe to the bottom of the page.

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