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Mom’s Meatloaf

“Ma! The meatloaf. Fuck.” Wedding Crashers (2005)

Meatloaf Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of ground beef (I reconmend Force of Nature’s Ancestral Blend)
  • ¾ of a pound of certified humane organic ground pork
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 3 sticks of organic celery
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 bunch of organic parsley
  • ¼ cup of breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of ketchup 
  • 1 tablespoon of mustard
  • 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

Cheesy Cauliflower Ingredients:

  • 1 head of organic cauliflower
  • 1 bag of shredded cheddar cheese 
  • 3/4 of a cup of heavy whipping cream
  • 1 lemon
  • Nutmeg
  • Salt

Meatloaf Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Combine
  3. Bake at 375 for an hour (or until cooked through)

Cauliflower Directions:

  1. Squeeze the lemon over the cauliflower
  2. Sprinkle salt and nutmeg over the cauliflower
  3. Steam cauliflower 

Cheese Sauce Directions:

  1. Mix cheese and cream together in a pot over medium heat
  2. Stir until uniform constancy achieved 

Mom’s Lamb Stew With Couscous

Ingredients:

  • 1 bone-in lamb loin chop (per person)
  • 1 air-chilled organic chicken leg (per person)
  • 1 chorizo (per person) (in the absence of high-quality chorizo, use Silva Linguiça Portuguese Sausage)
  • 2 stalks of organic leek
  • 4 organic Roma tomatoes
  • 2 organic zucchinis 
  • 4 sticks of organic celery
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 box of couscous
  • 2 box of chicken stock (but it’s good to have extra just incase)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 1 bunch of organic parsley
  • 1 generous pinch of saffron

Directions:

  1. First browns the meats with some butter and or olive oil
  2. Add the stock
  3. Add the carrots, celery, tomatoes, and leek
  4. Add the herbs and spices
  5. Add the zucchini when it’s close to being done

Mom’s Tuna Salad

Ingredients:

  • 1 jar of Tonnino Yellowfin Tuna Fillets in Spring Water 
  • 2 tablespoons of Kewpie mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup of chopped organic celery
  • ¼ cup of chopped organic green onion
  • ¼ cup of finely-chopped organic parsley
  • ½ of an organic Honeyscrip apple cubed
  • 1 minced Bubbies Kosher Dill Pickle
  • 1 head of organic butter lettuce
  • 1 tablespoon of Kosterina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 lemon or a mild vinegar (white wine vinegar) 
  • Salt to taste

Directions:

  1. Combine tuna with mayonnaise, then add the pickles, and then the celery 
  2. Create a bed of lettuce, place a scoop of the tuna mixture in the center, then garnish with the green onion and apple
  3. Drizzle with olive oil, and a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of salt

Pro tip: If you want to turn it into a tuna melt, simply toast some sourdough bread, add a slice of muenster, havarti, or a mild cheddar (e.g. colby cheddar)

Aunt Deb’s Thanksgiving Stuffing

One of my fondest Thanksgiving memories is of making massive batches of this stuffing with my Aunt out on The Ranch to feed my massive family– which has only grown since!

Ingredients:

  • ½ a cup of chicken stock
  • 4 ½ cups of day old sourdough bread (or 36 oz of stuffing)
  • 1 pound of sausage (2 cups)
  • 1 pound of chestnuts (2 cups)
  • 4 stalks of celery roughly chopped
  • 2 yellow onions roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon of organic thyme minced
  • 2 tablespoon of organic sage minced
  • 3 tablespoon of organic rosemary minced
  • 4 tablespoon of organic parsley minced
  • 1 organic red apple (I recommend using a Honeycrisp)
  • 1 organic green apple (I recommend using a Grannysmith)
  • 2 pasture-raised eggs
  • 1 stick of french un-salted butter

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 375°F and butter two 9×11″ baking dishes
  2. In a large skillet, sauté your onion, celery, chestnuts, and herbs in butter over medium heat until lightly browned
  3. Then add your sausage to the mix, and cook for a 3-5 minutes
  4. Pour your mixture into a large bowl, and combine with the breadcrumbs and apple slices
  5. Finally, pour in your stock and eggs
  6. Transfer to baking dishes and let bake for roughly 30 minutes

Note:

  1. If you plan on making the bread cubes yourself, make sure you buy the bread ahead of time so it has enough time to dry out (this will vary based on regional humidity)
  2. You can also use turkey stock instead of chicken, if you can find it.
  3. Make sure the sausage you buy isn’t too spicy or it will overpower the dish, I like to use breakfast sausage
  4. Chestnuts can be hard to find, but I swear they make the dish, so plan ahead to ensure you have them
  5. Fresh herbs are always better than dried herbs
  6. You don’t need to cook your sausage all the way through on the skillet because it will cook more in the oven
  7. Make sure you have twice as much stock as needed in case more moisture is needed
  8. If the top of the stuffing is browning too quickly in the oven, cover with tinfoil for the remainder of its time in the oven

Joyce’s Thanksgiving Ambrosia

Every Thanksgiving, in loving memory of my uncle’s mother, Joyce, I make this old-fashioned American side dish. It’s easy to make and can be made ahead of time, which is a plus. But the real reason to make it is because its sweetness, cool temperature, and mint-green color really add some variety to an otherwise savory and salt plate, especially if you aren’t a big fan of cranberry.

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet of pistachio jello pudding mix
  • 1 (20 oz) can of crushed pineapple
  • 1 tub of cool whip
  • 1 package of sliced almonds
  • 2 cups of mini marshmallows 
  • 1 jar of Maraschino cherries (for garnish)

Directions:

  1. Combine your wet ingredients into the pistachio jello pudding mix
  2. Transfer to serving dish
  3. Refrigerate overnight
  4. Before serving, decorate the top of your pistachio pudding with cherries for a fun pop of color

Hill Family Party Potatoes

My older sister married into the most wonderful family, so I am thrilled to add this Hill family classic into the Wright Family Digital Cookbook. It’s an old-fashioned American dish, but one that we had never heard of before. Now I look forward to enjoying them alongside my new brothers and sisters in law every year at Sibsgiving (sibling Thanksgiving.)

Ingredients:

  • 36 ounces of frozen hash browns
  • 2 cups of sour cream
  • 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 stick of butter (melted)
  • 1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup 
  • 2 teaspoons of minced yellow onion
  • 1 cup of Corn Flakes
  • Salt to taste

Directions:

  1. Start by fully thawing your hash browns
  2. Preheat your oven to 350°F
  3. Crush up the corn flakes and toast them in the oven while it’s preheating for about 10 minutes or until fragrant
  4. Coat your 9×13″ baking dish with butter
  5. In a large bowl combine the: sour cream, cheese, butter, soup, onion, and the potatoes
    • Make sure to add the potatoes last
  6. Pour your mixture into your baking dish, and sprinkles the corn flakes on top
  7. Bake for one hour