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Steamed Green Beans with Mushroom White-Wine Shallot Sauce (wine optional)

By on October 7, 2011 in Recipes, Survival Guide for Busy Moms

Thanksgiving Recipes

My recipe for Mushroom White-Wine Shallot Sauce is part of my Toni’s 12 Days of Thanksgiving.  It can be made well in advance before Thanksgiving and stored in the freezer.

Thanksgiving green bean recipe by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

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Mushroom White-Wine Shallot Sauce Recipe (wine is optional)

 Ingredients for Mushroom White Wine Sauce: (double this recipe for a large group)

  • Butter-1/2 cup (1 stick or 8 tbspns)
  • Sliced mushrooms- 1 bag
  • Shallots- 2, peeled and minced
  • Flour- 3 tbspns
  • White wine, like cooking wine or a Chardonnay like Mirassou Chardonnay
  • Chicken broth- 1 cup
  • Heavy cream- 1 cup

Directions:

  1. Melt butter in skillet over medium-high heat
  2. Add shallots and mushrooms; saute until tender, approximately 3 minutes
  3. Add flour and saute for 1 more minute
  4. Add wine and stir until flour is dissolved (or skip if not using wine)
  5. Add broth and cream; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes

Store in airtight container until Thanksgiving Day to pour over steamed fresh green beans.

Thanksgiving Day

For fresh steamed green beans, they’re making it really easy for us these days.  I use fresh ready-to-steam green beans that are found in the produce section that are washed and ready to steam in the bag in the microwave.  Also, Bird’s Eye Steamfresh frozen green beans are easy to pull out of the freezer and cook in the microwave.

Or you can buy fresh green beans in bulk from the produce section to wash and trim yourself.

Warm the Mushroom White-Wine Shallot Sauce in the microwave or a slow-cooker to keep warm for serving.

Green Bean Thanksgiving recipe

Steamed Green Beans with Mushroom White Wine Shallot Sauce

 

Thanksgiving Green Bean Casserole: Classic or Contemporary?

Many people prefer the classic Green Bean Casserole.  Here is a post I wrote last year about classic versus contemporary green bean recipes for Thanksgiving.

Green Bean Casserole Thanksgiving recipe

Classic Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving

 

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Toni’s Perfect Cranberry Sauce

By on October 1, 2011 in Survival Guide for Busy Moms

Thanksgiving Recipes

Cranberry sauce can be made and stored well in advance without having to freeze because you’re essentially making a sugared jelly out of the fresh cranberries.

Homemade cranberry sauce is probably the easiest recipe to make on your Thanksgiving menu, so don’t be tempted to purchase the canned version!

This recipe for cranberry sauce has never let me down; that’s why I call it “perfect”.  It’s also part of my Toni’s 12 Days of Thanksgiving.

Cranberry Sauce easy recipe

cranberries are beautiful when they begin to pop!

Toni’s Perfect Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

  1.  3 cups cranberries (1 12oz. bag)
  2.  1 cup orange juice
  3.  1 cup agave nectar or 1 cup sugar
  4.  Cinnamon sticks- 2

 Directions:

  1.  Combine all ingredients in saucepan; cook over medium heat stirring constantly
  2.  Be amazed at how beautiful the cranberries look when they soften and begin to pop
  3.  Once cranberries are completely softened and have popped (about 10-12 minutes), remove from heat, cool
  4. Remove cinnamon sticks before serving or stick them up in the sauce for decoration

Cranberry Sauce Easy Recipe

 

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Dish Up Your Favorite

By on September 12, 2011 in Making Dinner

Favorite Family Dinners

What’s your favorite family dinner?

Any healthy, delicious dinner that I can make in a short amount of time with the least amount of money is always a hit for me.

With the wrapping up of our Launch Party and the start of our Tour, I love to hear from my readers about their favorite family dinner from The Organized Cook meal planning system.  So I thought I’d share a few photos of recent “favs”:

The Organized Cook Family Favorite Dinners

I received an email from Julie about Chicken Madeira

The Organized Cook Family Favorite Dinners

Peppy Spaghetti is my friend, Jennie's favorite and it's now her "go to" meal

The Organized Cook Family Favorite Dinners

Mediterranean Potatoes with Greek Pita Pockets is always a hit

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Crunchy Ranch Chicken Tenders are Janeen and Mikey's favorite

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Kim and her husband from Arizona love the Tortellini Soup

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Vanessa recently posted on Facebook that Ranch Fried Chicken was her favorite

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Ranch Fried Chicken leftovers reincarnated into Chicken Pot Pie

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Rhonda recently wrote that Beef & Portabella Stroganoff was her favorite made from leftover grilled London Broil

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Amy wrote that Sesame Baked Chicken was her favorite

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Herb Marinated Flank Steak is my husband's favorite

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

Even my Picky Eater will eat my Turkey Burgers

The Organized Cook family favorite dinners

My favorite? Baja Fish Tacos.

 

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Reincarnated. Not Leftover.

By on July 6, 2011 in Making Dinner

Does this dinner look leftover to you?

That’s because it’s been reincarnated.

Meal Planning from The Organized Cook

Philly Cheesesteak Sub from The Organized Cook

I blog a lot about menu planning as a way to make family dinners affordable, timely and delicious.  And menu planning is just one step in The Organized Cook.

What I’ve done in The Organized Cook is taken the idea of meal planning a few steps further by organizing the menu into my special algorithm that saves both time and money while reducing waste.  There’s also a few other techniques I’ve incorporated.

Reincarnating The Leftover

My Italy-Meets-London Broil was fabulous.  But, when I slap the label “leftover” on it, the taste appeal is lost.London Broil from The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

When that same London Broil is reincarnated into Philly Cheesesteak, I have a simple and delicious dinner without the waste.

 

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