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- Hey everybody, it's Bobby here,
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filling in for my mom again.
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And it's just almost impossible to believe
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that it is already Easter, of the year 2024.
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I can't believe it, man, it's gone by so fast.
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So in honor of Easter, the Easter bunny
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dropped off this incredible recipe for me this morning.
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It's a carrot casserole.
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So if you've got bad eyesight, this recipe is for you.
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I've started by cooking off a few pounds of carrots,
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okay, until they were soft,
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so for about six or eight minutes.
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And now in my pan, I've got some butter,
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some yellow onion, and a little bit of garlic.
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And I've been cooking my yellow onions here
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for a few minutes, so they're starting to get soft
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and they're sweatin' for me.
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So to this, I'm gonna add some milk,
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so that's gonna cool off my skillet real quick.
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That's okay, it'll come up fast.
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All right, so I'm gonna cook this milk, onion,
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garlic butter combination for just a couple of minutes,
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and then I'm gonna add some flour and get it nice and thick.
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Mmhmm, this smells so good.
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Onions, butter, garlic,
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it's just the basis of so many good recipes,
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but I'll bet that you never guessed
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that you were gonna see a carrot casserole today.
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Did you, Groovy? (chuckles)
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Carrot casserole, who's hungry?
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- [Groovy] Oh, not me.
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- So I've added in my flour, and stir it in,
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and just cook this for a few minutes
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until it gets nice and thick,
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and then we'll remove it from the heat.
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We're gonna add some cheese
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'cause I know you're wondering, "Well, how are you
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gonna jazz up those carrots and make 'em taste good?"
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Well, the butter and the onions and garlic,
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that's all gonna help.
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And then some cheese, little salt and pepper.
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This is gonna be fantastic.
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So I added the flour to our milk, onion,
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garlic butter mixture,
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and it's getting really nice and thick.
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You know, think rue whenever I'm doing this.
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So it's reached point
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that I'm gonna go ahead and turn off the heat.
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And I'm going to add to that our cheddar cheese.
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Yeah, so y'all were skeptical about my carrot casserole.
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We'll stir this together.
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All right, now over here,
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my carrots, and you'll remember that I told you that we
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did these in the Dutch oven earlier.
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I cooked them for about six or eight minutes
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just to get 'em tender.
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Can see I didn't cook 'em to death.
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So they still got a lot of color.
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All right, so my carrots are tender
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and I'm gonna add them to our mixture on the stove.
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Gosh, I'm believing in this recipe.
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I think it's gonna be really, really good.
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And we'll combine our carrots with the flour,
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butter, cheese, onion, and garlic mixture.
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I'm just gonna fold that together
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so I don't bust those carrots up.
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Always fold them, always.
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Try not to destroy our ingredients.
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I don't wanna make it a big carrot mash.
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And once we get that completely combined,
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and it is, gosh, that smells so good.
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I'm gonna come over here and combine my crackers.
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Okay, I got butter crackers, Parmesan cheese,
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(bowl clatters) and some melted butter.
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(dish clanks) (fork clinks)
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We'll combine these ingredients and this will be
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our topping for the casserole.
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And now into our casserole dish.
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Our casserole dish goes to the carrots.
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Sorry to turn that away from you, Ed,
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I know you're trying to get the shot.
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Carrots, onions, garlic, butter, flour,
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nice and thick and just looks and smells wonderful.
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Just the aroma of butter and onions,
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you could cook almost anything.
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And with that as the base, it'll be a winner.
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Let's spread that into all corners of our casserole dish.
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Try to get it nice and even.
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This is a perfect dish for springtime,
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just screaming spring.
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And now, I've said this to you many times,
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but my mom has always told me,
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the first time you do something, go exactly by the recipe,
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and anytime after that, make it your own
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and do whatever you'd like to do.
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So if you're thinking of an ingredient
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that you would like to add to this,
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maybe if you wanted to, you know, add asparagus,
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or if you wanted to add English peas
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or whatever your heart desires,
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you can do that down the road if you'd like.
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That looks really, really good.
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And so to that, we'll just add our topping,
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which again is butter crackers, Parmesan cheese,
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and a little bit of melted butter.
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And we'll sprinkle that right on top.
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And that's gonna brown up nicely.
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And you'll remember our carrots are already cooked,
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so we're just gonna heat this thing through in the oven.
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Make sure there's some of the topping everywhere.
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So this is a wonderful looking recipe
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that I'll bet that you have not seen before.
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I'll bet you haven't.
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And I predict success.
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Okay, beautiful, so let's get it in the oven.
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We're gonna bake it at 350.
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I'll check it in 10 minutes and see what it looks like.
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So let's take a break and we'll be right back.
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Okay, everybody, what do you think, carrot casserole.
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I know you're skeptical.
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Oh gosh, yes sir, look at that.
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That looks really nice.
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All right, I'm gonna give it a shot
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and tell you how it tastes and I will be honest,
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if it's not good, I'll tell you.
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Smells like, what does it smell like?
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Maybe it's just the butter, it smells very good, by the way.
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It's a good aroma that I'm trying to put my finger on.
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Surprisingly flavorful to be really just carrots.
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As the main ingredient anyway.
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The onions really lend.
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Butter crackers are fantastic.
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It all is, gosh, it's a nice,
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it's just really nice kind of...
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It's definitely umami.
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You know, it's gonna be a savory, gosh,
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the carrots are typically sweet, but it's not sweet.
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Mm, no, it's so good.
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In honor of the Easter Bunny,
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here's a carrot casserole that I will leave out for him
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when he hippity hops over to my house
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to leave the Easter baskets for the kids.
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This is great, I think you'll really like it.
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So make it for your Easter Sunday meal.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
