Cornbread Dressing

Cornbread Dressing – Soul Food Recipe Ingredients: 6 cups finely crumbled Cornbread.  (If making cornbread from a mix, use 15 oz of the mix to make your cornbread.  And you will have a little extra cornbread to enjoy.)8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter2 ribs celery (diced)1 medium onion (diced)2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme leaves, or 2 teaspoons (dried and crushed)1 tablespoon minced fresh sage leaves or crushed1/4 cup minced fresh-leaf parsley3 large eggs, lightly beaten2/3 cup milk1 1/2 cups chicken or turkey broth1 tablespoon salt3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Instructions: Heat oven to 350 degrees F.Spread the cornbread out on a roasting pan and cook until lightly browned about 10 minutes.In a medium skillet over medium heat, melt 8 tablespoons of the butter and sauté the celery and onion until soft about 5 minutes.Add sage & thyme and cook for 2 minutes.In a large bowl stir together cornbread, and sautéed vegetables.Mix in parsley, eggs, milk and broth.Season the moist dressing with salt & pepper and mix well.Brush or spray a casserole dish with butter and add the dressing to the casserole dish.Bake 50 minutes.
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Turkey Wings

Ingredients: 4 Turkey wings 1 Box Lipton® onion soup mix 2 Pinches crushed red pepper 4 Capfuls of vinegar 1-1/2 to 2 cups of water 1 stick of low or non fat margarine Instructions: Place Turkey wings in a deep roasting pan and salt pepper to taste. Mix onion soup mix with water vinegar and red pepper. Pour into bottom of pan. Cut margarine into small chunks and place around wings. Place into oven and heat at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours or until done. Note: This is a delicious low fat recipe for the health conscious.
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Tamale Pie

Ingredients: 2 Cup Cornmeal 6 Cup Boiling Water 2 Tablespoon Fat (depends on how lean meat is) 1 lb Hamburger or ground Turkey 1 Clove Garlic, minced 1 Small Onion, chopped 1/2 Green Pepper, chopped 1 No. 2 Can Crushed Tomatoes 2 Teaspoon Salt 1 Tablespoon Chili Powder Water Margarine Instructions: Sift the cornmeal slowly into the rapidly boiling water, stirring constantly. Cook until thick, about fifteen minutes and then salt to taste. Line the bottom and sides of a greased casserole dish with the mush, reserving some for the top. Brown the hamburger(gr. turkey), garlic, onion and green pepper in the melted fat; add Tomatoes, seasonings and enough water to allow the meat mixture to simmer about ten minutes. Turn into the mush lined casserole, putting remainder of mush over the top in broken pieces. Dot with margarine and sprinkle with additional chili powder. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) about thirty minutes.
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