Best Thanksgiving Side Dish

When Thanksgiving rolls around and cranberries go on sale, I'm ready to make my favorite side dish. Yes it may look like a dessert to you, but in my family it is served alongside the turkey as a vegetable! I probably like it because it is a "legal" dessert served with the main course. I love it fresh cooked out of the oven and then it is also delicious the next day cold right out of the fridge.

Cranberry Apple Casserole

Cranberry Apple Casserole

3 cups peeled and chopped apples
2 cups fresh cranberries
2 Tbs flour
1 cup sugar

topping
3 packages Cinnamon and Spice instant oatmeal (I use 2 pkg cinnamon & spice and 1 pkg plain)
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a quart casserole dish.

Combine apples and cranberries and toss with flour to coat fruit. Add 1 cup sugar, mix well and let sit while you make topping.

In a large bowl, combine all topping ingredients and stir.

Pour fruit into prepared casserole dish and spoon topping over it.  Bake 45-55 min uncovered.

Wake up!

Breakfast Fruit Salad

1 banana, sliced
1/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup raspberries
1 Cuties mandarin orange or other citrus
1 Tbs toasted nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans)

Mix fruits together and sprinkle nuts on top.

Rabbit food

Carrot Salad

6 carrots
1/4 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup apple, diced
1/4 cup toasted walnuts, chopped

Directions
Peel carrots and grate them in a food processor or with a hand grater.  Place carrots in a bowl and add remaining ingredients.  Toss well and season with salt if desired.  Serve chilled or at room temperature.