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Holiday Food Traditions

We love the holiday season at my house. Like many other families we have many food traditions centered around the holidays. Some of the traditions date back 40+ years, such as my sister and I along with our Gram making stuffed rolled dates for Dad and tasty gingerbread cookies. Another tradition that dates back almost 50 years in our family is the classic Red Velvet Cake.

Another is my mother's glazed baked ham. It's a tradition that I still continue, studding the ham with whole cloves, decorating it with pineapple rings and cherry's and glazing it with a mixture of brown sugar, pineapple juice, whole grain mustard and orange juice. Here is a classic Pineapple Glazed Ham recipe from Epicurious.

We're making plenty of new family traditions too. I've included one our our newest traditions, although it goes back almost 20 years or so. It's the famous (or infamous) Mrs. Field's Cookies. My sister and I got together to make this recipe. I'll never forget the first time I made them, they turned out fabulously.

Perhaps you're planning on cooking a turkey for your Christmas dinner and have any questions we're here to help. We can help teach you how to roast a turkey and keep is moist and make it flavorful. We've got a fabulous turkey stuffing recipe and a recipe for homemade turkey gravy. You can check out all of our turkey recipes and turkey tips here.

Part of the magic of the holidays is making new traditions as well as honoring the old ones.

Christmas Recipes

Apricot & Bourbon Pork Tenderloin
Baked French Toast Casserole (Paula Deen)
Black Bottoms Cupcakes
Chocolate Pound Cake
Chocolate Truffle Loaf with Raspberry Sauce
Crumb Cake
Dad's Sweet Stuffed Dates
Egg & Sausage Scramble
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Grand Marnier French Toast
Greek Almond Cookies (Kourabiethes)
Italiano Meat Pie
Leg of Lamb, Creme de menthe
Louisiana Roasted Pecan Pie
Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pineapple Glazed Ham
Red Velvet Cake & Butter Cream Icing
Split Pea & Ham Soup, Magic Pan Restaurant

Thanksgiving Recipes

Bourbon Cranberry Sauce
Campbell's Green Bean Casserole
Chestnut Stuffing
Fresh Cranberry Orange Compote
Homemade Turkey Broth
Madeira Gravy
Pearl Onions au Gratin
Sage Sausage and Apple Stuffing
Tangy Cranberry Apple Chutney
Tips on Cooking a Turkey

Tasty & Easy Green Bean Recipes

Blanched Green Beans
Fried Green Beans
Ginger Garlic Green Beans
Greek Green Beans
Greek Potatoes and Green Beans
Green Beans a'la Waterman's
Green Beans Almondine
Green Beans Almondine (with a hint of lemon)
Green Beans Almondine (with an Asian flair)
Green Beans Almondine (with mushrooms)
Green Bean Casserole (Campbell's)
Green Bean Casserole (Cook's Illustrated)
Green Beans in Sour Cream & Tomato Sauce
Green Bean Salad, Dill, Parlsey & Savory
Green Bean Salad, Feta & Pecans
Green Bean Salad, Provencal
Green Beans with Coconut
Green Beans with Ginger Butter
Green Beans with Onion Paste (Madhur Jaffrey)
Green Beans with Shallots
Italian Green Beans (St. Anna Beans)
Oven Roasted Green Beans
Pears with Green Beans & Bacon
Persian Green Beans & Rice
Sesame & Portobello Green Beans
Sicilian Green Bean & Fennel Salad (Cooking Light)
Stir-Fried Green Beans with Pork & Chilies
Sweet & Sour Green Beans

Green Bean Salad
A recipe from my great-grandmother. This is a recipe that's always been a favorite of my Mom's. She's of German heritage and said that she learned it from her Grandmother. For this recipe you'll want to cook the beans until they are tender, but still slightly firm. Green Bean Salad Cut the ends off of one pound of green beans and then cut them into 2 inch lengths. Drop them into boiling water and cook them uncovered for 10-15 minutes. .

Quick and easy recipes for fresh green beans, gourmet green bean recipes
There is nothing that can quite match the taste of farm fresh green beans. Sure, the prep time is a bit longer than if you were opening a can or using a bag out of the freezer, but it's a real treat and one I like to take advantage of since the season only lasts for a few months of the year.