(we served this for Fall Farm Day, too. A great way to use leftovers and get some Greens into otherwise non-Greens eaters!)
Prepare Macaroni or other Pasta of your choice. Toss with Olive Oil to coat and prevent sticking. When cooled, mix in 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese until Pasta is coated. Set aside.
Use leftover Collard Greens or other type of cooked Greens (wash, chop, sautee in 2T Olive Oil with chopped Onions. Add water or brother and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender). Pulse cooked Greens in a food processor until just chopped finely, no need to puree. Set aside.
Make a roux with 2T Butter, 2T Flour, salt and pepper. Add 2 cups milk and stir while cooking over medium heat to combine and thicken cream sauce. Add 2 T Corn Starch to 1/2 cup milk and add this to the cream sauce, the corn starch helps the cheese sauce from getting goopy. Stir in grated cheese, we like Yellow Moon Cheese Compnay's Red Hill Cheddar for this.
Combine Cheese Sauce, Pasta and Greens, pour into a baking dish and bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Turkey Pot Pie
Sooooo easy, delicious and satisfying. All Turkeyed out? No problem, prepare this pie with holiday leftovers and pop it in the freezer before baking to enjoy for a later date.
- Mix together cubed leftover Turkey, leftover vegetables and leftover gravy.
- Pour into a roll-out pie crust (in the refrigerator section) and top with the second crust, pinch edges together.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
We have also made little individual pies with prepared crusts from the freezer section and topped with round cutouts of crust, yum!
Will's Chili
We make this for the few days after Thanksgiving when we don't even want to look at Turkey anymore! This is the recipe Will made for Fall Farm Day. . .
1. Brown 1 pound Ground Beef in 1T Bacon Fat (or omit this for Veg Version).
2. Sautee in 2T Olive Oil: 1 Onion; 2 Carrots; 2 ribs Celery all diced finely.
3. Combine meat with vegetables in a soup pot and add: 2 cups Crushed Tomatoes; 3 cups mixed prepared Beans (we used canned Black Beans, Pintos and Great Northern).
4. Pour in one beer (or 16 ounces water or broth). Season with 5T Chili Powder, 1T Ground Cumin, 1T Garlic Powder, 1T Sugar and Hot Sauce to taste.
Cook for at least 30 minutes to combine flavors, an hour or longer is better. For Farm Day we made it the night before!
