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@Sooner 

My Mom and now I never cook the stuffing in the bird, hubby and I love the crispy bits.

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@Sooner wrote:

@ECBG  Don't tell anybody because we may be the only people that think this, but mother made that green bean casserole when it first became popular and nobody liked it.

We went back to regular cooked green beans.

Your meal sounds wonderful, and yes, real whipped cream.  

We make our cornbread dressing with sauteed onions and celery mixed with crumbled cornbread and Italian seasoning.  We pour over that either chicken broth only or some years mix in a can of cream of chicken or mushroom soup to thicken it.  (I add a short shot of sherry to jazz up the sauce some years).  It is cooked in 

a casserole, not the turkey.

AND we gave up on sweet potato casserole after three years in a row of the marshmallows either burning or actually being ablaze (no yule log for us--just a blazing pan of sweet potato casserole).

And people agreed they liked the baked ones better anyway--with butter--and maybe maple syrup .

Salad--which I don't see the point of at a holiday--rolls, which we forget to put on the table until we are almost finished--and cranberry sauce out of the can plus that stuff that is an orange, cranberries, a bucket of sugar ground up with nuts.  I could eat a ton of that.

Then about six pies and three cakes for 6 people. That's our menu!   Oh and the turkey--

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[ECBG]

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@Sooner wrote:

@ECBG Now that you mention it, mother wasn't a big casserole person either.  

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@Sooner I do have a really kicking fresh spinach, chili sauce, and chedder cheese casserole that reheats like a dream if you like.

[Sooner]

@ECBG I LIKE!!!!!  My father used to raise spinach!  

[ECBG]

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@Sooner wrote:

@ECBG I LIKE!!!!!  My father used to raise spinach!  

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Spinach Cheddar Casserole

3 C Fresh steamed spinach (8 good handfuls steamed 10 minutes and drained)

2 Cans recipe cut tomatoes, drained

1 med -lg onion coarsely chopped

1/4 C Heinz Chili Sauce

1 C cracker crumbs from Ritz crackers (not bread crumbs)

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp paprika

1/2 lb sharp cheddar cheese, grated

1 C  real bacon bits

Heat Oven to 350 degrees

Place 1/2 of the steamed spinach in a deep buttered casserole.

Spread 1/2 of the following: chili sauce, tomatoes, onions, bacon bits, salt, pepper, cheese, and cracker crumbs.

Repeat ADDING BACON BEFORE ENDING IN CRUMBS

Bake 25 minutes.  Enjoy!!!