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November 24th, 2021

Blog, Chicken & Turkey, Seasonal/Holiday Recipes, Side Dishes, Special Recipes, Thanksgiving Dinner, Video & Picture Ebooks, Videos

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Two Traditional Thanksgiving Sides: Bread Stuffing and Fresh Mashed Potatoes – Made Easy with Picture Book and Video Directions

Fresh mashed potatoes and bread stuffing are most flavorfully enjoyed when made just before serving dinner.

Last post showed how to make fresh cranberry sauce: killer flavor and as easy to make as boiled water.

This post shows how to make 2 traditional Thanksgiving side dishes: fresh mashed potatoes and bread stuffing, which you can learn how to make on the fly with the picture book and or video directions shown below.

First, here’s what you need to make fresh mashed potatoes, which are best made just before you serve dinner.

Click this link or the picture above or below for picture book directions or…

…this link/picture below for quick video directions.

Here’s what you need to make quick & easy bread stuffing, which is also most fully flavorful and best made just before serving dinner.

Click this link or the picture above or below for picture book directions or…

…this link/picture below for quick video directions.

Of course, please click this link for complete Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook picture book Thanksgiving help.

April 23rd, 2014

Blog, Vegetables

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Oven Roasted Potatoes – Easy to Make, All in Pictures

Oven roasted potatoes are a great, less fatty but fully flavorful alternative to French fries and are darn easy to make. All it takes is a quick clean, cut, season, roast – and have at ‘em!

Just a quick word about whether to peel or not to peel the potato skins. I recommend not peeling the skins from the potatoes. Not only is peeling an extra step, but more importantly, removing the skin significantly decreases the nutrient and fiber content found mostly in both the potato skin and right below the skin.

FAO/USDA potato nutrition facts – click for link

Fresh Mashed Potatoes and What’s Your Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish?

Yesterday I promised today I’d ask: what’s your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? You bet I’d like to hear. But having asked, it’s only fair I lay down my cards first.

My favorite side dish is fresh mashed potatoes because they’re fantastically flavorful and comforting all on their own and do a great job blending with every other flavor on the Thanksgiving plate. As if that’s not enough, they’re also incredibly easy to make as shown in the step-by-step picture book recipe you can get here by clicking the picture above. (One quick tip: I love having ’em with skins still on both for flavor and added nutrition. Great!) The same recipe is also available in either of the complete Thanksgiving Dinner step-by-step video and picture ebooks you can check out by clicking the picture below.