Green Beans

1 pkg of uncooked bacon sliced into small pieces.
1 cup sliced onion
2 garlic cloves minced
1 lb fresh green beans stem removed
1 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste

Turn Instapot onto saute function. Add uncooked bacon. Cook for 3-4 minutes until bacon crisps.

Add onion and garlic. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.

Add chicken broth and deglaze the pot with a spatula. Scrape the bottom that you thought was burnt, but really isn't. Scrape up all the bits of cooked bacon in the pot.

Add green beans salt and pepper to taste. Stir.

Cook for 15 minutes on Manual, High-pressure cooking.  Quick release when finished.

Recipe adapted from:
https://www.staysnatched.com/wprm_print/10334

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Homemade Stuffing

First off take about 3 pounds of bread diced into 1" squares.  Spread onto cookie sheets. Bake at 200 degrees for about 40 minutes.  Leave them on the counter to cool and continue to dry out. Can also dry out by leaving out overnight.

1 cup Butter/Lard
2 large Onion, diced (about 5 cups)
8 stalks Celery, thinly sliced
4 cloves Garlic, minced
1 cup freshly chopped Parsley
2 tbs freshly chopped Sage, minced
2 tbs fresh Thyme Leaves, minced
1 tbs freshly chopped Rosemary
Kosher Salt
Freshly ground Black Pepper
8 cups vegetable broth
4 large Eggs, beaten
Salt and Pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter/lard. Add onion and celery and cook until soft and fragrant, about 8 minutes.

Stir in garlic, parsley, sage, thyme, and rosemary and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

Place bread into a large bowl and add skillet mixture. Toss to combine. Whisk together chicken broth and beaten eggs and pour bread mixture. Season generously with salt and pepper and toss until completely coated.

Transfer mixture to two greased baking dishes and cover with foil. Bake until cooked through, about 1 hour. Remove foil and cook until bread is golden, 15 to 20 minutes more.

This recipe was adapted from the following recipe:
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a55387/classic-homemade-turkey-stuffing-recipe/

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Cranberry Sauce

1/2 cup Orange Juice (I like the juice with pulp)
1/2 cup Water
1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Kosher Salt
8 oz bag of cranberries

Combine above in a medium saucepan. Bring up to a simmer over medium heat and cook about 15 minutes. Let cool completely before serving.

This recipe was adapted from the below link. I took out the sugar.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-deen/homemade-cranberry-sauce-recipe-2200749

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Ham

Thaw ham in fridge.

Marinate overnight or for a minimum of 3 hours with the following

Mix together:
1/2 cup Oil
1/2 cup Lemon Juice
1 tbs Soy Sauce
1 tbs Liquid Smoke
1 tbs Lemongrass
1 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Onion Powder
2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper

Pour over meat and sprinkle the following all over the ham:
Paprika
Salt
Pepper

When time to cook, put ham on a rack inside the Instapot and pour in 1 cup of vegetable broth. Cook in the Instapot for about 3 hours.

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Thanksgiving Dinner

I'm pretty sure I will want these recipes again!

Ham

Cranberry Sauce

Homemade Stuffing

Instant Pot Green Beans

Lemon Mustard Carrots

Potatoes

Yam/Sweet Potato

Dinner Rolls

Now for the flow of getting it all done by the same household.

Start with the cranberry sauce and get it done and in the fridge to cool.

Then work on marinating the ham and into the fridge.

Next is the bread for the stuffing. If you don't pull it out to dry out the night before,  get it done in the oven and dump it in a large bowl to continue drying for the rest of the day.

Next cut up your potatoes, and wrap your sweet potatoes and put into the fridge.

Next is the onion. Cut up the onion for the stuffing, potatoes, and green beans. (slice for green beans, dice for everything else)

Cut up the carrots and get them marinating in the fridge.

Cut up the green beans and bacon and get in the fridge.

Once all the prep work is done, start by cooking the dinner rolls.

3 hours before dinner, get the ham in the instapot.

2 hours before dinner, start to work on the stuffing.

With an hour before dinner, put the green beans in the other instapot, the carrots and the potatoes on the stove top.

For the sweet potatoes, 2 options. Either put them in the oven at 350 at the same time as the ham goes in the instapot, they will need about 2-3 hours to cook at this temperature. The stuffing can be put in when it's time. Or if you have a convection microwave, set the temperature to cook at 400 degrees and cook them for 20-30 minutes.

Everything should be done about the same time!!  As you are getting food out to the table, use the juice from the ham and potatoes to make your gravy.

This is done by taking 1/2 - 3/4 cup cold water and mixing it with 3-4 tbs of your starch of choice. Blend until smooth.  Pour slowly into the heated juices with a wire whisk stirring constantly over medium heat until boils and thickens.

Put everything to the table and enjoy your feast!

If you are asking about dessert...go to the dessert tab, pick your favorites and make them the day before!!

If you want hot pumpkin pie, then once the food of the last hour is up you have about 20 minutes to assemble your pie. Cook it during dinner and it will be hot and ready to go!

No Bake Cheesecake

Crust:

Ingredients:

½ PKG	Graham Cracker, Vanilla Wafer, or Macaroon Crackers, Crushed and Crumbled
2 TBS 2 TBS	Sugar Melted Butter

Directions:

Mix and using fork cover bottom and sides of pan.

Filling:

Ingredients:

1-8 OZ	Cream Cheese
1 TSP 1-8 OZ 2 TBS 1 Cup	Vanilla Cool Whip Milk Powdered Sugar

Directions:

Whip all but cool whip till smooth then add cool whip.  Put in crust and chill 3 hours or overnight.  Top with favorite pie filling.

Variation:

Layer, in the following order, in a 13 x 9 x 2 in. Cookie sheet pan   

1–Graham Cracker crust                        
2– Cream Cheese Mixture

3– Bananas cut and well drained            
4– Pineapple chunks or tidbits
5– Cool whip

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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef

3 pound roast beef
1 Italian seasoning dry packet
16 ounce sliced pepperoncini (juice and all)

Place all in the crockpot for desired time. Shred beef and serve in a salad, on a sandwich, on rice or quinoa, or all by itself.

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