Dupre Marine's Holiday Recipes

This year has been an out of control rollercoaster ride, but the spirit of the holiday season stays in our hearts, and there is truly so much to be thankful for. For most of us, family, gifts, decorations, music and food are deep in our memories. The smell of cookies baking, gumbo on the stove, turkey roasting. We all have favorites we look forward to every year or look back on from past holiday parties or gatherings of friends and families. So this year we are sharing our favorite Christmas recipes from the Dupre Marine Family . Recipes made up of love, joy, peace and gratitude

Holiday Recipes

From Our Dupre Marine Family

1 cup Cheer

2 cups Joy

3 Tablespoons Wishes

4 cups Gratitude

Mix together and enjoy!

christmas punch

Submitted by Alva Dupre

1 bottle of Champagne

4 cups cranberry juice

4 cups orange juice

8 cups ginger ale

Mix and serve in a pitcher or bowl. Fruit optional

Cheers!

Sweet Potato Casserole

Submitted by Mary Dupre

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1/3 cup flour

• 1 cup chopped pecans

• 1/3 stick butter, melted

Sweet Potato Mixture:

• 3 cups mashed sweet potato

• 1 cup sugar

• 1/2 tsp of salt

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup melted)

Directions:

Combine brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter in mixing bowl. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and butter in a mixing bowl in the order listed. Mix thoroughly.

Pour mixture into a buttered baking dish.

Sprinkle the surface of the sweet potato mixture evenly with the crust mixture.

Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to set at least 30 minutes before serving. Serves

southern Squash Casserole

Submitted by Denise Morencie

Southern Squash Casserole

2 lbs of yellow squash cut in large slices

1/4 lb butter softened

1 bag Pepperidge Farm Cornbread Stuffing Mix

1 cup sour cream

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

1 large onion chopped

salt and pepper

1 grated carrot or chopped red bell pepper (optional)

Boil Squash until tender. Drain and mash. Add in butter, onion, soup, sour cream, salt and pepper and 1/2 of the bag of stuffing mix. Mix thoroughly.

Pour into a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining stuffing mix on top and bake at 300 degrees for one hour

Our Dupre Marine Christmas Tree!

Banana Pudding

Submitted by Patricia Self

Ingredients

• 1 (12-oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream

• 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk

• 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened

• 2 cups milk

• 1 (5-oz) box instant French vanilla pudding mix

• 6 to 8 bananas, sliced

• 2 bags chessmen cookies

Directions

Line the bottom of a 13x9x2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.

In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Paco’s Strawberry lotta cake

strawberry lotta cake

Submitted by Laird Rodrigue

You will need:

1- big deep dish disposable aluminum pan.

3-boxes of super moist strawberry cake mix.

3- large boxes of Strawberry Jello.

3- large boxes of vanilla pudding.

6 to 8- quarts of frozen strawberries.

2- large tubs of whipped cream.

Let strawberries defrost while preparing cake. (Probably overnight) Mix all 3 boxes of cake mix as directed per box and bake at 350. ( will take longer to cook then directed so keep an eye on it after the 30-35 minutes mark) when inserted tooth pick comes out clean it’s done.

After cake is done set aside and mix jelly as directed per box.

Poke entire cake with fork and pour Jello mixture onto cake.

Put cake with Jello in refrigerator over night.

Next day mix pudding as directed per box and let set for around 30 minutes after mixed then spread over cake evenly.

Drain juice from strawberries and spread evenly over pudding.

Spread cool whip topping evenly over strawberries.

Return to refrigerator for 2-3 hour so all ingredients set.

 Note: This cake will be heavy it’s best to leave in refrigerator to cut servings ( I use a spatula) Also leave in refrigerator at all time to prevent melt down.

 Hope you enjoy!

The Christmas Song

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

by Nat King Cole

slow cooker Buffalo chicken dip

Submitted by Mary Dupre

2 cups cooked shredded chicken (rotisserie or cook and shred

8 oz cream cheese, soften and cube

1 package dry ranch dressing mix

2 tsp garlic powder

1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 cup buffalo hot sauce

Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker (Crockpot). Stir Well. Cover and cook on low for 1-2 hours until hot and bubbly.

To bake in an oven. Combine all ingredients in a bowl then pour into a 9x9” baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 25-25 minutes until hot and bubbly.

Serve with tortilla chips, corn chips, crackers or vegetables

Rocky Road Candy

Submitted by Denise Morencie

I’ve been making these almost every year since I was a child baking with my Mom for Christmas. Best Christmas memories are baking with my mom, grandmother and aunts

1 package of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 can of sweetened condensed milk

2 Tbsp of butter

2 cups dry roasted peanuts (I prefer salted)

1 package of mini marshmallow

Directions for Rocky Road Candy:

In a large bowl, mix together peanuts and marshmallows.

Line a 9x13'“ pan with waxed paper

In a heavy pot, over lowest heat, melt chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk and butter

When melted, turn off heat and fold in chocolate mixture into marshmallows and peanuts. Spread in waxed paper lined pan and chill for 2 hours to firm. Flip over on cutting board and cut into squares

Alternated: If desired, the mixture can be dropped by spoonful onto waxed paper lined baking sheets.

This freezes well to last the season