Holiday Recipe's

  
   
    Millionaire's Pie

12 oz. cool whip
20 oz. crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups crushed pecans
1 can condensed milk
1/4 cups suger
juice of 1 lemon
(I usually double pineapple and pecans)

Mix all ingredients together and refridgerate for 1 hour.

Christmas Gumbo

5 - 6 oz. cans crab leg meat
1 large white onion, chopped
2 medium bell peppers, chopped
10 cloves garlic
10 shakes basil
10 shakes parsley
10 shakes Tony Chachere's
10 shakes black pepper
4 beef bouillon cubes
4 heaping tbsp. Savoie's roux
  

  Boil 2 cups water - Puree' in blender with roux. Add chopped veggies and cook over low heat for 1/2 hour. Add all seasonings, 2 beef bouillon cubes and 1 to 2 cups water. Raise het to dissolve bouillon and stir. Lowe heat and add crabmeat, simmer for 15 minutes with lid on. On the side, dissolve 2 beef bouillon cubes in 1-1/2 cups boiling water. Taste gumbo... add more seasoning and beef bouillon broth to desired taste.

Serve over rice with baked or candied sweet potatoes.
Serves approximately 8-10

         
 
Candied Sweet Potatoes

3 cans 29 oz.cut sweet potatoes, drained
8 oz. pecan halves
3 cups brown sugar
3 cups melted butter
5 oz. mini marshmallows

Put sweet potatoes in 9x13 pan. Layer with 3/4 marshmallows and all pecans. Stir brown suger into butter until dissolved. Pour over sweet potatoes making sure marshmallows and pecans are covered. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining marshmallows over sweet potatoes and bake 5 more minutes or until marshmallows are browned.