tasty tuesday's: thanksgiving edition v.2

y'all getting geared up for thanksgiving?

i know i am. 

we have already celebrated with the hubs side of the family, but we are still looking forward to more family time (and more leftovers) 

on actual turkey day!

i've got two new recipes to share and i'm excited about them!

one is tried and true and one is a newbie.

let's get started, shall we?

first up is my mom's recipe...not sure where she got it from, but it's wonderful. 

Mama's Squash Casserole

what you need:

5-6 good sized yellow squash, fresh

(or two packages frozen sliced squash)

1 egg

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 package shredded cheddar cheese

1 package of bread crumbs or stuffing mix

(we use the Pepperidge Farms stuffing mix in the blue bag)

couple of spoonfuls of mayonnaise

1 small onion, or onion salt

what you do:

preheat the oven to 350 degrees

wash, cut and sauté the squash with the onion 'til soft

in a bowl mix together the egg, soup, 3/4 of the bag of cheese,

mayo, and bread crumbs (just eyeball the bread crumbs).

then mix in the onion and squash.

pour into a greased (or "pammed") dish.

top it with the remaining cheese and bread crumbs.

bake for 30 minutes.

voila! 

this isn't really healthy, but it is miiiiighty tasty. :)

next up we have a new recipe that i haven't tried yet, but i found it on pinterest so it must be good, right?! 

it originially came from a blog - 

pressed down, shaken together

- a cute site run by Keri. 

Mini Pumpkin Pie Croissants

what you need:

2 tubes of crescent rolls

1/2 block of cream cheese

1 can pumpkin 

(pure pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling)

1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

3 T sugar

*an additional 4 T sugar & 1 T pumpkin pie spice for later

what you do:

preheat oven to 375 degrees.

undo all of the crescent rolls and cut each one in half.

now you have 32 pieces of dough.

beat together the cream cheese, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and sugar until it's nice and fluffy.

then spoon/spread some of the filling into each of the pieces of dough.

then roll them up and roll them around in the additional sugar & spice mixture so the outside is coated.

then bake them for about 15-18 minutes.

i'm so excited to try this recipe!

i'll try to remember to come back and 

update this post after we have tried them.

 they look so cute and delicious!

i will also try to remember to take pictures while i'm making them...not sure if this will happen though since i'll be gearing up for thanksgiving and watching the parade :)

have a happy thanksgiving, y'all!

just so you know...i'm thankful for all of you.

and my wonderful family.

and fantastic friends.

and am very thankful that this thanksgiving...

i am NOT pregnant!!!

yay!!!!

gobble gobble,