As friends and family members roll into your homes this season, the HealthLinks team hopes you will enjoy some of our tasty holiday favorites. To health, happiness and the holidays – Cheers!
Cullen’s Oysters Rockefeller
Ingredients:
- Chesapeake Bay oysters – preferably toward the mouth of the bay, where the salinity is higher
- A dash of chipotle Tabasco
- A squeeze of lemon wedge
- A pinch of Cullen’s Collard Greens – cooked with onion/garlic and love
- A piece of crispy bacon;
- Freshly shredded Romano Cheese
Directions: Shuck the oysters, making sure there are no shell remnants and that the oyster is removed from its valve and sits in the “cup” side. In this order: add the “Rockefeller” ingredients to the top of the oyster; dash of chipotle Tabasco; pinch of Cullen’s Collards; strip of crispy bacon; freshly shredded Romano cheese. Place the oyster on an open-fire grill for 90 seconds. Once the goodness is bubbling, remove from the fire, squeeze lemon on top and enjoy!
Mandy’s Sweet Potato Souffle
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 6-8 sweet potatoes – peeled
- 4 eggs
- 3 sticks margarine
- 4 tablespoon self-rising flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 4 cups brown sugar
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
Directions: Mash sweet potatoes, add sugar, eggs, 1 stick margarine, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 tablespoon vanilla and mix well with a mixer. Pour into a greased pan. Mix 4 cups brown sugar, 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour and 2 sticks margarine. Pour over the sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Enjoy!!!
Aunt Marilyn’s Rum Cake
(From Lisa Breslin)
Ingredients:
- 1 box of yellow cake mix
- 1 package of vanilla pudding – not instant
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup of light rum
- ½ cup oil
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
Glaze
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ rum
- ¼ cup water
Directions: Grease and flour bundt cake pan. Sprinkle pecans in the bottom of the pan. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over pecans. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees.
Boil glaze ingredients 2 to 3 minutes. Pour over hot cake. Let cake remain in pan for 30 minutes to soak glaze.
Mom’s Sausage and Wild Rice Casserole
(From Brandon Clark)
Ingredients:
- 1 lb hot ground sausage (browned and drained on paper towels)
- 1 Uncle Ben’s Long Grain Wild Rice, Original Recipe (prepared)
- 8 – 10 oz. sour cream
Directions: Mix everything and put it in a casserole dish. Bake 350 degrees, 35-45 minutes.