Favorite Fearless Entertaining Thanksgiving Recipes

Rosemary and Orange Cornish Game Hen

4 hens, clean as directed

Place in a generous sauce pan and heat:
Juice of 3 large oranges
1/4 cup chopped rosemary
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups salted butter

Once butter is melted, add:
4 washed oranges, cut into pieces small enough to stuff hen

Toss oranges in mixture, leave on medium to low heat until orange skin can be pierced, stirring as needed.
Remove from heat, spoon oranges into hen cavity.


Cook hens as directed, continuing to baste with balance of mixture.
Garnish with a slice of orange, pierced with a rosemary sprig.
Serves 4


Olive and Caper Stuffing Tower

1 pkg. of your favorite corn bread stuffing
1/2 C. capers, drained (liquid set aside)
1/2 C. olives, chopped (liquid set aside)
Butter

Using your favorite packaged dressing, substitute half of the required water or broth with the liquid from olives and capers.
Double the amount of butter the recipe calls for. Prepare on stove as instructed, remove from heat and add capers and olives.

Make sure stuffing is moist enough to stay molded. If not, continue to add small amounts of liquid until it is. Spray generously the inside of individual molds with cooking spray. Press stuffing firmly into each mold. Place molds on a cookie sheet and heat in oven shortly before serving.
Stuffing should easily slip out of mold.
Drizzle with a hot mushroom gravy, if desired, and serve.
Serves 6.


Asparagus Wrapped with Bacon Pastry

12-16 asparagus spears, snap off ends
4-6 strips of bacon
3 crescent rolls uncooked, laid flat, cut in half lengthwise
Olive oil

Lightly cook bacon in the microwave. Remove and place on top of crescent roll strip.
Roll asparagus in olive oil, bunch 3-4 spears together and twist and wrap bacon/dough together if needed.
Place bunches on a cookie sheet.
Cook at 350 degrees until tender and pastry is golden brown.
Makes 4-6 bunches.

Enjoying the Holidays. Deciding to be Joyful is where You Begin!

I truly believe that in every situation, the first step in overcoming fear is to replace it with JOY.
In the realm of entertaining, inviting guests into your home and providing a Holiday Celebration for many or a few, this theory most certainly holds true!

Remembering these six points will give you a jump start in turning your fears into Joy!

Try the following.

1. Remember that the minute you extend an invitation into your home, you have already won your guests over. People love being included and we are opening the doors of our homes less and less. Sharing your home is nothing less than a gift in itself. Knowing this alone should take most of the PRESSURE OFF.

2. Be yourself from the very beginning of your preparations. This may take a conscious effort, and a lot of practice, since for years we have allowed others and ourselves to convince us we needed to be someone we were not. You will find this VERY FREEING!

3. Decorate a few places big and put touches of the season or celebration here and there. Make sure you surround yourself and your family with the things, colors, looks and FEELINGS YOU LOVE.

4. Use what you already have whenever possible. Doing this usually results in spending less money, wasting less time and produces some unusual and UNEXPECTED ENTERTAINING ELEMENTS.

5. Embrace your mistakes, mishaps and the unplanned. More often than not THEY ADD TO THE FUN!

6. Keep food easy, tasty and ENJOYABLE TO PREPARE AND SERVE!



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Let the Holiday fun and JOY begin!!
Catherine