Happy Thanksgiving from the Food and Nutrition and Environmental Services Team at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (A Sodexo managed account)

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. The Food and Nutrition team at Lahey Hospital & Medical center are busy planning for our annual Thanksgiving meal and Pie sale. We sold approximately 1200 pies and 300 tea breads each year during the event! This year we will be having the pie sale on Monday, 11/23 to Wednesday, 11/25 at the Hospital Lobby. We are offering Apple, Pecan, Banana Cream, Blueberry and Fruit of the forest pie. Each pie is on sale for $10 each. If you happened to be around Burlington, don't forget to stop by.

For this Thanksgiving blog, three of our colleagues from the Food and Nutrition department, Maria Petkiewich, Cafeteria worker, Debra Francis, Nutrition care coordinator and Maureen O'Brien, Prep cook, are very kind to share their favorite family Thanksgiving recipe with us. Hope it helps with your Thanksgiving meal preparation.

Maria Petkiewich's mother in law's Famous Broccoli and Cheese Casserole

Ingredients

- 1 can cream of Broccoli

- 1/2 box of Ritz Crackers 

- 1/4 stick of butter, melted

- 2 heads of Broccoli 

- 1/4 cup of milk

- 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese

Instructions

- Heat the oven to 375°F 

- Stir all the ingredients except cheddar cheese in a 1 quart casserole. Bake for 15 minutes

- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over the broccoli and bake for another 2 minutes. 

- Let stand for 5 minutes before serving

Debra Francis's Famous Granny's Cookies

Ingredients

-1 cup shortening 

-1 cup sugar

-2 eggs

-1 cup brown sugar

- 1/4 cup sour milk

-1 tbsp vanilla

-3 1/2 cups flour

-1 tbsp baking powder

-1 tbsp baking soda

-1 tbsp salt

-1 tbsp nutmeg

Instructions

- Cream together shortening,sugar and brown sugar

- Add eggs, sour milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth

- Sift together the remaining dry ingredients

- Stir into the batter and chill the batter for an hour

- Heat the over to 350°F.

- Bake for 10-15 mins (Until it turns brown)

-Let stand for 5 minutes before serving

Maureen's No Bake "Thanksgiving Turkey" dessert
Maureen prepares this with her grandchildren every Thanksgiving. It's a fun activity to do before or after your Thanksgiving meal.

You can find the original recipe at https://www.kelloggsfamilyrewards.com/en_US/recipes/thanksgiving-turkey-cookies.html.  Instead of using butterscotch morsels, Maureen used Ferrero Rocher Chocolate and Cherry Chocolate.

Here is a picture of the "Thanksgiving Turkey" dessert that Maureen prepared.

Hope you have fun trying out our colleagues's family recipe. 

I would also like to share one of our previous blog post by Darrin Cassidy, Patient Services Supervisor, on his experience working on Thanksgiving http://sodexoatlahey.blogspot.com/2013/11/darrin-cassidy-guest-blogger-working-on.html

Wishing you and your family a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving!