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Accepted and requested donations include the following: soup, canned or fresh fruit, applesauce, fruit cocktail, stuffing and gravy mixes, canned or fresh vegetables, instant potatoes, pie crust and filling, boxed desserts, cookies, juice, boxed bread mix, coffee, tea, flour, sugar, evaporated milk, peanut butter, jelly, marshmallow fluff, raisins, oatmeal, canned ham, peanuts, and $15 gift cards for a turkey. So, refer your friends, help keep local families fed this Thanksgiving, possibly win a free turkey, and get your back health checked this November. Learn more about this special opportunity by calling South Windsor Neck & Back at 860.644.2437. For more information about the meal drive, call 860.648.6361 ext. 319.
As you prepare to gather around the dining room table with your friends and family, take time this holiday season to think of those who can’t fill their tables. This November, South Windsor Neck & Back is helping to supply Thanksgiving meals to South Windsor residents while providing those who give back an opportunity to check their backs. South Windsor Neck & Back is accepting food donations for South Windsor Department of Human Services. New patients who bring in 7–10 items to donate by mid-November will receive a free new patient exam and one raffle ticket towards our free turkey giveaway. As for our loyal returning patients, if you donate 7–10 food items at our clinic and refer a new patient to us, you will receive two raffle tickets to enter into our free turkey giveaway. The South Windsor Department of Human Services will be collecting the packaged goods and delivering grocery bags to families of three members or less and boxes of food to families of four members or more.
Shepherd’s Pie
Scrumptious
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon olive oil
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2 stalks celery, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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1 tablespoon tomato paste
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1 1/2 cups garden peas Cheesy Mashed Potatoes (recipe below)
2 pounds lean ground beef or lamb 2 tablespoonsWorcestershire sauce
1 onion, diced 2 carrots, diced
1/2 cup beef stock
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Ingredients:
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Directions:
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4 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
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1 cup grated mature white cheddar Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Fill a large saucepan with cold water and add 1 tablespoon of salt. Add potatoes to the water and bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until soft, about 20 minutes. • Once the potatoes are at the desired softness, drain them and place back into the saucepan for mashing. Add butter and cream and begin to mash potatoes into a semi-smooth consistency. • Once at desired texture, add cheese and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. 5. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in the peas. 6. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly. Place potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread. Once mashed potatoes cover the entire surface of the dish, rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. Place the dish into the heated oven and cook until browned, about 20 minutes. Serve.
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4 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup heavy cream
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Directions
1. Heat oven to 400 F. Add butter and oil to a large skillet onmediumheat. Sauté onions, carrots, celery, and garlic until tender, about 7–10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. 2. Once vegetables have softened and started to brown a little, add tomato paste and mix. 3. Add ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. 4. Add theWorcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
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