• 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
• 2 cups frozen green beans
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup chopped onion
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1¾ cups chicken broth
• 1¼ cups milk
• 4 cups cubed cooked turkey meat - light and dark meat mixed
• 4 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

Note: Image shows individual rameken rather than pie dish.

 Leftover Turkey Pot Pie

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• 1 5-pound boneless beef chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup  diced onions
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup diiced celery
• 4 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 4 cups beef stock
• 4 cups  water
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons Tabasco
• ½ cup  all-purpose flour
• ½ cup  vegetable oil
• salt and ground pepper

• 5 lb ready-to-eat ham
• 10 whole cloves
• 1 (10-ounce jar) Southern Candymaker's Praline Sauce
• 2/3 cup butter

Note: To order Praline Sauce on line click here

Southern Candymakers Praline Sauce

• 18-pound free range, hormone free turkey, thawed and rinsed as described here

• 1 stick butter at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons ground sage
• 2 teaspoons ground thyme
• 2 teaspoons salt, plus more as needed
• 2 teaspoons coarsely ground pepper, plus more as needed
• 1 yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• 2-3 stalks celery, cleaned and cut into 2-inch pieces
• basic turkey stock, as needed (recipe here)

Perfect Roasted Turkey

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• 3 large (10-20 count or larger) dry-pack Scallops per person
• 1 large acorn squash
• 2 cups honey
• 2 cups apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
• 1/4 cup paprika
• kosher salt
• coarse ground black pepper
• olive or vegetable oil

Seared Scallops

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This is not the finished dish but we wanted to show you what perfectly cooked scallops look like

• 10-12 pound fresh pork shank
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 10 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups water
• Vegetable oil

Stuffed Roasted Pork Shank

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• 1 1/2 pounds grouper filets
• 1/2 pound wild mushrooms (shiitakes will work if you can’t find wild)
• 1/2 pound mushroom stems
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 shallots, roughly chopped
• 12 each mussels 
• 1 cup fish sauce (available at Asian markets)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 6 very thin slices of jambon serrano
• 1 Tbs picked fresh thyme leaves
• 1/2 Tbs tarragon chopped
• 1 Tbs snipped chives
• 2 coffee filters
• salt & pepper
• vegetable oil

• 1 (5-7 lb) Trimmed Pork Loin
• 1 (16oz) Jar Cajun Injector Roasted Garlic & Herbs Marinade
• 2 Tablespoons Cajun Shake

Cajun Injector Roasted Garlic and Herbs Pork Loin 

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Servings: 12 to 16 (6oz) slices

• 1 pound fresh pasta 
• 1 stick butter (do not use margarine)  
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 3 to 10 cloves garlic, chopped (to your taste)  
• 1 pound crawfish tails, boiled and peeled 
• 1 pint half-and-half  
• 1 to 2 tablespoons Creole seasoning

Note: depending on the size of the crawfish, it takes 3 - 5 pounds whole crawfish to yield 1 pound crawfish tails.

Crawfish and Pasta

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• 12 raw colossal shrimp,* unpeeled, with heads and tails left on
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper**
• 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 to 3 tablespoons water, divided
• 1 lemon, use half seeded
• 1⁄4 pound (1 stick) cold, unsalted butter cut into 1⁄2-inch cubes warm
• crusty French bread, for serving

*If colossal shrimp are not available, use the largest you can find.
**To coarse-grind the peppercorns, use a blender or pepper mill. The grind is important to the taste of the finished dish.

Note: This dish is prepared only two servings at a time because increasing the number of shrimp beyond 12 would require increasing the dish’s amount of sauce. Reducing the larger amount of sauce would require more cooking time, resulting in over-cooked shrimp

Italian Barbecue Shrimp 

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