Christmas meal

We were in Mobile for Christmas, so I got to act as momma's sous chef instead of cooking everything. For Christmas lunch we had a yummy traditional Christmas meal. We had ham, mac and cheese, sweet potato souffle, green bean bundles, and sweet potato biscuits.

I've blogged about my momma's mac and cheese before, so check that recipe out: http://longtestedmenu.blogspot.com/2010/08/mommas-mac-and-cheese.html. For the sweet potato souffle:

3 c. mashed, cooked sweet potatoes (about 2 lg. sweet potatoes, peeled)
1/4 c. brown sugar
3 tbsp. butter
4 eggs, beaten
1/4 c. orange juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine mashed sweet potatoes with rest of ingredients. Beat well by hand or with electric mixer. Fold into buttered 2- quart baking dish. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted into center comes out clean and top is firm and golden.

For the green bean bundles:

whole green beans (canned or frozen-if using frozen cook half way in microwave)

brown sugar-about 1/2 a cup

2 tsp dry mustard

bacon slices, raw

Divide green beans into bundles of 5 or 6 and wrap each with 1/3 slice raw bacon. Lay bundles in a pan and sprinkle brown sugar and dry mustard over them. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Sweet potato biscuits

Take one small sweet potato, cook and smash. Add mixture to a biscuit batter as you add the milk.

2 cups self rising flour

3 heaping tablespoons of mayonnaise

1 cup milk.

Mix the sweet potato, milk and mayo together. Add to the flour. This will be sticky. Turn out onto a floured sheet of waxed paper. Roll the dough mixture several times onto the flour. Roll out to about 1/2 inch thick and cut into biscuits. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes.