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Saturday, November 17, 2018

A quick and easy side dish for Thanksgiving



Gourmet on a Hot Plate is up and running, and I’m grateful that many readers have said they plan to use it as a Christmas gift. Great for everyone from elderly Great-Aunt Ella who’s in assisted living to that niece who’s a college freshman with a hot plate in the dorm room (if it’s allowed, of course!). And maybe there’s that old college fraternity guy who’s taken a notion to go live in a tiny cabin in the woods.

As I promised though, it’s time to get the conversation started on this blog that will be a continuation of the cookbook—an ongoing dialog, a place for recipes I didn’t have room for, questions you may have, recipes you love (keep that tiny kitchen in mind), and comments in general. I"ll try to keep up witht his twice a week, so send in whatever you want. I'll put new post on Facebook.

Before we get to Christmas, Thanksgiving dinner looms. Some cooking gurus call it the best meal of the year, the time when America shows off its cooking skills. But it can also be an overwhelming time for cooks—how do you coordinate all those dishes so they’re warm at the same time? Okay, maybe sometimes the turkey is cold, but if you can keep the gravy hot….

Today I’d like to give you a recipe that would be a quick and easy side dish, easily doubled—or probably tripled. Thanks to longtime dear friend Barbara Bucknell Ashcraft for this one (we met in a Brownie troop at the age of seven or so and have been fast friends ever since, even though separated by miles—and those few months she insists that I am older than she is). Barbara got this from her stepmother, and we named it for this woman I never met.

I usually don’t like to use prepared foods, like Minute Rice, but I have never experiment with real rice with this, and it’s so good my family clamors for it.

Louella’s Rice

1 c. Minute Rice

1 c. sour cream               

1 c. shredded sharp cheddar

1 can cream of celery soup

1 4-oz. can chopped chilies

Mix and bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes



            Happy Thanksgiving everyone!




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