Thanksgiving Corn Casserole

Good Morning dearest loves! What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had yesterday. It was just so special this year and we have so many blessings just being family! Well, I've packed Chris' lunch and he's out the door to work... total bummer... I'm sure he'll be able to close the office early because it'll be quiet. Honestly though, I don't know if he'll even be hungry to eat the lunch I packed ... we're both still stuffed from yesterday! :)

For those that wanted it, here's the recipe to Aunt Noreen's Corn Casserole.
This is the amount I made yesterday, and I had cut the original recipe in half. SO this recipe will make one 9 x 13 cake pan.

1 stick butter
1/4 dry onion flakes
1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 box seasoned croutons
1/2 parmesan cheese
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp pepper
dash of salt
20 bag frozen corn
3 cups shredded cheese - I used cheddar

Melt butter, mix in dry onion flakes and mushrooms. Stir for 3 minutes.

Add croutons, parmesan cheese, milk & pepper. Stir well.

In large bowl mix corn, cheese and add stuffing mixture and dash of salt.

Put in casserole dish and top with a little cheese. Bake at 350 until hot.
I baked for an hour, 45 minutes would have been perfect. Also freezes well so you can make 1 smaller casserole and tuck one away for later.

I'm so glad you enjoyed. Truly, yesterday was a wonderful blessing. Looking forward to Christmas Eve and having us all together again, especially having Mark home to share in the love too!

Much love to all!
XOXO,
Dawn

Celebrate Good Times.... C'mon!

Happy New Year Everybody! I want to thank everybody for such wonderful Christmas memories this year and Welcome you to the family blog! Feel free to pop in and "blog" about anything going on in your life... good, comical or historic!

At a time when everybody is pulling together to make things stretch farther, this family is over-flowing with Love! I absolutely adore the laughter and the tears... I shed many of those myself, many of which are from great memories, happiness and just because I'm a sap. :)

I heard the Surf 'n Turf at Scotty & Diana's was incredible! Here's a picture of our dinner tonight... a stuffed roast, mashed potatoes, gravy (for Chris only), merlot & of course.... drum roll please... a triple layer brownie dessert.

We had a nice, relaxing day today and planned many great things for 2009! What other memories did you make to ring in 2009? I know Taylor & Breezy are back in class very shortly here! I hope you both enjoyed your holiday break & look forward to our spa day soon!

Lots of Lovel! Dawn