Filipino Thanksgiving Dinner in the USA

Our simple Thanksgiving Dinner.  Most were prepared by 3rd-born, 21 year old daughter.  Such a hard worker.  So proud of her!

Almonds, candied pecans, wasabi peas

Traditional turkey

Spicy Chicken & Mushroom Soup

for soup: lime, green onion, cilantro

Spring Rolls with shrimp + peanut butter sauce

sweet potatoes with pecans/marshmellow

Asparagus with parmesan cheese

freshly-baked bread

Muffins and Cookies

for dipping in chocolate

fruit salad in trifle bowl

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Try this recipe with spaghetti and hot dogs

From Pinterest: Spaghetti Hot Dogs
 We used Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Weiners; and Ronzoni Whole Grain Spaghetti.
 Even the hubster loved them!

Below was what gave me the idea (from Pinterest )

Source: 25.media.tumblr.com via Jill on Pinterest

Sweet & Sour Chicken

Ingredients

Serves 8

• 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 bell peppers (green, red, yellow, or a combination), cut into 1-inch pieces
• 8 scallions, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces, white and green parts separated
• 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• Cooked white rice, for serving (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Directions

1. In a large bowl, toss chicken with 1 tablespoon each soy sauce and cornstarch, salt, and pepper. In another bowl, combine remaining soy sauce and cornstarch, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and 1/2 cup water; set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Cook half the chicken, turning occasionally, until browned and almost cooked through, 4 minutes; remove. Cook the remaining chicken in another tablespoon oil; remove.
3. Add remaining oil to the pan. Add peppers, white parts of scallions, and garlic; cook over medium-high, stirring, until peppers are crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.
4. Whisk soy sauce mixture; add to pan. Return chicken; add scallion greens. Cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and chicken is cooked through, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately over rice, if desired.

Delicious Blondies Dessert (did Dagwood name this?)

Blondies
Kristi made these recently.  We ate them ALL!

INGREDIENTS:

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 egg yolk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 tablespoons peanut butter
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips


Frosting:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup milk



DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, cream together 3/4 cup of butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and yolk one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and 6 tablespoons peanut butter. Blend in the sifted ingredients and stir in the chocolate chips. Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool completely before frosting.

4. To make the frosting, mix the remaining 1/2 cup of butter and 1 cup peanut butter together in a medium bowl. Mix in the confectioners sugar until smooth, then gradually stir in milk until a spreadable consistency is reached. Cut, serve and enjoy!