Glazed Carrots and Homemade Stuffing

Posted on November 13th, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

A few of you requested the recipes for Ryan’s grandma’s glazed carrots and my mom’s homemade stuffing after seeing them shine in all their glory in my morning post highlighting our Friendsgiving party.

Before sharing these recipes with you, please know that they are:

  1. Not exactly healthy
  2. Incredibly delicious

They are two recipes I look forward to without fail every year and if you decide to make one (or both!) of them, I hope they are a hit with you and your loved ones!

My mom’s stuffing is hands-down my absolute favorite dish of Thanksgiving. Yes, I like it even more than any Thanksgiving dessert! Just a bite of her stuffing fills me with a sense of comfort unlike any other dish out there and simply cannot be duplicated. It’s home in a casserole dish!

Please enjoy… from my family to yours!

Bubbee’s Glazed Carrots

glazed carrots

Makes six side-dish servings

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups carrots, peeled and sliced into long strips (julienne), lightly steamed
  • 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon onion, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions:

  1. Combine carrots, bacon, onions, cinnamon, salt and pepper in a one-quart casserole dish
  2. Sprinkle with brown sugar and butter
  3. Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes

Mama’s Homemade Thanksgiving Stuffing

homemade stuffing

Ingredients:

  • 2 loaves stale bread (any kind of bread, white, wheat, French, rolls, etc.) – We use one loaf of white bread and one loaf of oatmeal wheat
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • ½ stick butter
  • 1 bunch parsley
  • 1 large (32-ounce) container fat free chicken or vegetable broth
  • 2 eggs (equivalent amount of egg whites or egg beaters will also work)
  • A few shakes or garlic salt
  • A few shakes of pepper
  • 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning

Instructions:

  1. Rip 2 loaves of stale bread into pieces. (It is great if you can do this step the day before making the stuffing, allowing the bread to sit out on a couple of cooking sheets overnight to become extra stale.)
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Melt ½ stick of butter in large skillet. Watch closely so your butter does not brown and add onion and celery to the butter over low to medium heat.
  4. When onion and celery are lightly browned and tender, remove skillet from burner.
  5. Remove long stems from a handful of parsley. (You want mostly the fluffy part. I use regular parsley, but curly is okay.) Chop the parsley – making sure to keep it from being ground too much. You still want to have some identifiable leaves.
  6. Beat two eggs (You can use a comparable amount of egg whites or egg beaters, if you prefer.)
  7. Place half of the bread crumbs in a large mixing bowl and add the melted butter, onion, celery mixture, chopped parsley, beaten eggs, a few shakes of garlic salt, a shake of pepper, and poultry seasoning.
  8. Gently mix the above mixture with your hands to distribute as evenly as you can among all the bread crumbs. As you discover how dry your mixture is, slowly supplement with chicken broth, being sure to keep the mixture on the dry side. If you make it too moist, it will still be fine, but the texture of your stuffing will be more dense. The good news is, you are in control and can make it more moist by adding more broth or less moist by adding more bread crumbs. Experiment as you add the remaining bread crumbs, using chicken broth to make it stick together. Do not mix longer than it takes to make the mixture moist and consistent.
  9. Butter the inside of a baking dish. Place stuffing into dish and cover with foil. Bake 45 min. with foil on and then 15 minutes without the foil to allow the top to brown.

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49 Responses to “Glazed Carrots and Homemade Stuffing”

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    Kari Burghardt, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:33 pm Said:

    THANK YOU so much for posting the glazed carrots recipe. It sounds so good! Sounds like you had a great weekend, I love the Friendsgiving idea! :)
    ~Kari

      

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    Erin @ Girl Gone Veggie, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:33 pm Said:

    I am SO making that stuffing for Thanksgiving this year! It looks incredible, and is vegetarian! Thank you so much!

      

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    peanutbutterfingers Reply:
    November 13th, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    yes! i hope you love it!!! it’s honestly my all-time favorite recipe for stuffing. i’ve tried a bunch of others, but this one can’t be beat!

      

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    Sabrina @ Coffee With Sabrina, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:34 pm Said:

    YES! I was hoping for the Glazed Carrots too! Yummy!! :)

      

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    Tammy, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:41 pm Said:

    Julie, thank you! Can’t wait to make the carrots and your stuffing recipe is very similar to mine.

      

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    Trainer Kjirsten @ Balanced Healthy Life, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:53 pm Said:

    Thanks so much for sharing these family recipes! I’ve been looking for a stuffing recipe and this one looks perfect! Yum! I’m glad you and your friends had a great time last night!

      

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    Mallory, on November 13th, 2011 at 7:56 pm Said:

    they both look amazing! don’t worry, thanksgiving isn’t supposed to be healthy (err..except the turkey part.. but the sides are where it’s at!)

      

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    Ellie@fitforthesoul, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:01 pm Said:

    wowww these sound like they’re finger-lickin’ delicious~~! 0_0 And I love the name, Bubbee!!!! So that’s what you called her, right? You and your sis are so cute together btw, and you even matched boots. :P

      

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    peanutbutterfingers Reply:
    November 13th, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    that’s actually what ryan calls his grandma, so i adopted it for her, too!

      

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    Katie @ Healthy Heddleston, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:04 pm Said:

    Thanks!! Can’t wait to make the carrots!!

      

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    Ari @ Ari's Menu, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:09 pm Said:

    I’m so glad you posted the stuffing! That’s the one I wanted :)

      

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    HRCK, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:10 pm Said:

    Bookmarked and saved for two weeks time! And it is a-ok to have food that’s not entirely healthy on the eating holiday of the year…

      

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    Katie @ Peace Love and Oats, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:19 pm Said:

    stuffing is my favorite… And those carrots don’t look tooooo unhealthy! Haha maybe use turkey bacon!

      

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    Beth @ RUNNING around my kitchen, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:28 pm Said:

    I love stuffing and have tried different recipes the last several year and all of them are let-downs…I end up thinking Stove Top would’ve been better. This one looks really good and I’m going to try it for Thanksgiving this year! Thanks for sharing!!!

      

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    Denise, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:30 pm Said:

    LOVE Carrots but can do without stuffing!!!

      

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    Rebecca, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:30 pm Said:

    Both sound amazing!

      

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    Lindsey, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:33 pm Said:

    Stuffing is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. I think I will have to make this for my family this year!!

      

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    Clare @ Fitting It All In, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:40 pm Said:

    Seriously, I LIVE for stuffing. I could eat an entire meal just of it (and I often do with the leftovers:) )

      

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    Sana, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:47 pm Said:

    Thanks for the recipes! Can you possibly share the sweet potato casserole recipe as well?

    How did the mashed potatoes come out?

      

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    dana, on November 13th, 2011 at 8:59 pm Said:

    Is Ryan Jewish? I haven’t heard you mention Hanukkah before, but Bubby (or Bubbee) is typically Jewish. Just curious!

    I was looking for a good Thanksgiving carrot recipe for the Friendsgiving I’ll be attending next weekend. Thanks!

      

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    Hillary Reply:
    November 13th, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    I was going to ask the exact same thing!! I’ve never heard of non-Jewish families referring to their grandmothers as Bubbes!

      

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    julie @ peanut butter fingers Reply:
    November 13th, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    Nope! His grandma just loved that name for grandmothers and picked it out for herself. :)

      

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    Emily, on November 13th, 2011 at 9:05 pm Said:

    My mom’s stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving dish too! We add sage to ours!

      

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    chelsey @ clean eating chelsey, on November 13th, 2011 at 9:12 pm Said:

    Oh I can’t wait for my aunt’s stuffing! It is the best!!

      

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    Lindsey, on November 13th, 2011 at 9:34 pm Said:

    Stuffing is always my favorite, the only item that ties it for me is cranberry sauce! Thanks for sharing :)

      

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    Heather H., on November 13th, 2011 at 10:04 pm Said:

    I love the stuffing recipe and I love that it has no meat! Would it be fine to omit the poultry seasoning? Or actually seasoning doesnt actually have meat in it….

      

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    Sarah, on November 13th, 2011 at 10:25 pm Said:

    The stuffing recipe looks amazing!! Thank you for sharing some of your family’s recipes!

      

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    Laura, on November 13th, 2011 at 10:33 pm Said:

    So because Im a military wife me and all my friends are far from home so we are doing Thanksgiving together and I am doing stuffing!!!

    I am totally doing this stuffing recipe but with adding apples and cranberries to it :) Thanks for sharing.

      

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    peanutbutterfingers Reply:
    November 14th, 2011 at 8:56 am

    yum! that sounds delicious!

      

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    Renee, on November 13th, 2011 at 10:59 pm Said:

    You know I’m going to try these recipes. I tried your homemade chicken soup recipe tonight, and it was delicious!! Even my hubby, a self proclaimed “meat eater” loved it.
    PS – I LOVE your blog. I read every day. Thank you.

      

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    peanutbutterfingers Reply:
    November 14th, 2011 at 8:56 am

    so glad you liked the soup! and thank you for the kind words!! :)

      

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    Gina @ Running to the Kitchen, on November 13th, 2011 at 11:21 pm Said:

    I feel the exact same way about my mom’s stuffing. Comfort is a baking dish :)
    These look delicious!

      

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    Khushboo, on November 14th, 2011 at 1:16 am Said:

    We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but I am totally replicating both those recipes- thanks!

      

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    Jenn @ Lotus and Pie, on November 14th, 2011 at 2:56 am Said:

    Thanks for the recipes, they look delicious!! xx

      

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    Erika - The Teenage Taste, on November 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am Said:

    Mmmm…both of these look fab! Thanks for sharing the recipes!

      

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    Gen, on November 14th, 2011 at 8:14 am Said:

    Yuum!! thanks for sharing the recipes! :D

      

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    Lauren @ What Lauren Likes, on November 14th, 2011 at 8:28 am Said:

    Great recipes! Yum :)

      

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    Joelle (On A Pink Typewriter), on November 14th, 2011 at 8:42 am Said:

    Yum, I actually really want to try this stuffing.. I just recently in the last few years started liking the stuff! I always a turkey and potatoes snob. ;)

      

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    Hope, on November 14th, 2011 at 9:17 am Said:

    The carrots and the stuffing look delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever had real stuffing before. I usually make Stove-Top ;)

      

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    Callie, on November 14th, 2011 at 11:59 am Said:

    The stuffing sounds soooo good! I think my mom makes pretty much the same thing, but adds raisins and chopped granny smith apples and it is de-vine!! We all love the extra crunch with the celery and onions too!

      

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    Morgan, on November 14th, 2011 at 1:33 pm Said:

    Hi Julie! I have been reading your blog for the past few months and love it! This is my first time commenting, but I really enjoy the upbeat nature of your blog!!! Also, that carrot recipe looks ridiiiiiiiiculous im gonna try it!

      

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    Alaina, on November 15th, 2011 at 7:03 pm Said:

    My mom makes the best sausage stuffing for Thanksgiving! The recipe is older than me! :-)

      

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    Allie, on November 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 pm Said:

    I’m going to try to make a vegetarian version of this for Thanksgiving. It sounds exactly like the type of traditional stuffing recipe I’ve been looking for.

      

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    mallory goepel, on November 25th, 2011 at 4:55 am Said:

    ooooh my goodness i made the glazed carrots today for thanksgiving and the recipe is THE BOMB! it got rave reviews from everyone, including my brother in law who has the palate of a 5 year old. i will definitely be reusing that one!

      

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