DAY Recipe

Michael McLaughlin, cookbook author, says, “Not all Thanksgiving traditions originated decades ago. This recent addition to my holiday menu lineup was inspired by my move to Santa Fe. With locally grown green chilies readily available and pine nuts growing on piñon trees right outside my back door, a southwestern-style stuffing incorporating both ingredients seemed a [...]

Makes 12 servings.

INGREDIENTS
1 1/3cups all purpose flour
1 1/3cups yellow cornmeal
2teaspoons baking powder
1teaspoon salt
3/4teaspoon baking soda
1 1/3cups buttermilk
1/2cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2large eggs

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 9-inch square baking pan. Sift flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt [...]

“The day before Thanksgiving, my grandmother would make trays of corn bread for this stuffing,” says food writer Janet Fletcher. “We grandkids would crack the pecans for the stuffing; the nuts came from the trees in her back yard.”

Makes [...]

Bruce Aidells, founder of Aidells Sausage Company, says, “Stuffing was the most important part of my family’s holiday menu. The turkey was always overcooked, but the stuffing was moist and delicious. We usually had two, sometimes three stuffings, but I leaned toward the kind with sausage. It was meaty and spicy, just like this one.”

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I’m always looking for ways to make interesting weeknight meals,” says Sandy Stevens of Las Vegas, Nevada. “Since tamales are one of my teenagers’ favorite foods, I came up with a new way to serve them. This casserole is a big hit with my whole family.”
The spicy casserole can also be made in a microwave: [...]