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- Y'all, it looks like spring's here.
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So that means we gonna be going outside more.
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We gonna be cooking on the grill and having folks over.
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So I love side dishes.
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I love easy side dishes that I can just, you know,
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put in the oven and be there.
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And so, I'm gonna make
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a creamy, shredded hash brown casserole.
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And I got some of my disposable cans out
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because this makes a lot.
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So I'm gonna put some in these and freeze 'em.
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So the next time it'll be done, all I'll have to do
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is pull 'em out 'cause this freezes well.
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But you top it with crushed potato chips.
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So if you go freeze it, leave off the potato chips
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until you're ready to cook it.
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So I'm gonna start with a little bit of butter
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and I'm gonna saute these onions some.
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And I've got cheddar jack cheese.
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I got the shredded hash browns, I've got sour cream,
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I've got a can of cream of celery soup,
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salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.
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So it's easy, it's easy.
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So I'm just gonna start duffing.
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It called for this whole 30-ounce bag of hash browns.
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So that's what I say. It's gonna make a lot, y'all.
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But that's all right, I'll be so happy when Michael said,
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"Let's have the kids for dinner."
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Okay, I got something I can pull out for a side dish.
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What kind of meat you gonna cook 'em?
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All right, so I'm just gonna stir this all together.
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I mean, it's just so easy.
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Ooh, this is some creamy sour cream.
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You know, sometimes that is the real milky
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and I kinda like it that way.
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All right, let's see.
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That kept my little poop of scooper out
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for my cream of celery.
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Jamie shot a video this morning for y'all,
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and oh my gosh, the dish that he made looks so good.
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And I bet that's one that you could, because it made a lot.
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And I bet that's one that you can freeze, you think?
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No, I'm not sure what Ollie had in it.
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- [Camerawoman] It was a chicken poppy seed.
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Okay, my garlic powder, my pepper and my sauce.
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And my pan's getting hot.
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So you go here, curl my onions in there,
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and just for a couple minutes,
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kind of get the raw taste out of 'em.
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Need that out of the way.
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So, you know, I always love hearing from y'all.
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Oh, oh, oh, I know what I wanted to show y'all.
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The funny, the cutest thing in the world
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and it has made me laugh so many times since Christmas.
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Ashley and Anthony, some of our children,
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Michael's son and my son now
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gave us the neatest Christmas gift.
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So cute, and we had to take some of my pretty
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blue willow plates down and things like that
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'cause I just have to put these where you can see it.
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Y'all come around here, let me show you.
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(chuckling) Ashley has got such a great imagination.
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Look, there's Max at the spa.
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Here's Lulu having coffee outta my coffee cup
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that I have coffee out of every morning.
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And Gus grabbed one of his papa's cigars.
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So he's having the cigar.
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Are those not so cute?
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And listen, she had 'em done at the drug store.
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So this, look at this one.
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This is a fried chicken picture.
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How precious is that?
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Precious. God, I love my babies. (laughing)
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Look, Gus looks like he's so sad
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'cause he thinks he should have all three of those legs
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Oh, they're so sweet when they're not being bad.
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Okay, so these are sauteed
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and I'm so glad I thought to show y'all that
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'cause I thought that was a wonderful gift idea
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for people that have pets and are really part of the family.
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Okay, those good, good, good, good.
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So I'm gonna stir this all together while we're waiting
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Okay, our onions are ready, y'all.
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And lets see, I think I'm gonna go ahead
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and add my cheese first, 'cause those hot onions will help
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melt that cheese in there, right?
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Yes, yum, yum. Mm, mm.
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You can't go wrong with a tater and cheese and sour cream.
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All right, here we go.
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Every bit of that good old butter in that casserole.
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What you got, Lulu, you happy?
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All right. You know what?
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I think I may freeze all these.
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Today is one of our grandson's birthday.
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It's John's birthday and he's turning 13.
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So we're going out to dinner tonight.
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He wants to go have pizza at his favorite pizza joint.
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So I think I'm just going to freeze all of this
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until I really need it.
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And it's gonna be so wonderful
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to just pull this out of the freezer.
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Okay, I was able to get three meals out of this casserole.
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Okay. That one might be a little short.
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Okay. So, ain't that great?
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- [Camerawoman] And then since you're not cooking
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can you tell everybody what they would do
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when you're ready to cook it?
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- Yes, when you're ready to cook 'em, take 'em out
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and sit 'em on the counter and you know, let 'em thaw some
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and then put 'em in like a 350-degree oven.
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Now, the original recipe for all of this at one time
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I think is like 45 minutes.
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So in this size, maybe 25, 30 minutes, you know,
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till it's nice and hot and melty.
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And that one looks a little short.
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I could stand up here all day
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making sure they're the same size, so-
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- [Camerawoman] We're not selling them,
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so nobody's getting cheated. - No, no.
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So yeah, right. So it's 350 degrees.
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Like I said, take 'em out, let 'em thaw.
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And you may wanna cook 'em a few minutes
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before you put the bat potato chips on
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because there's a good chance it's gonna be still
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real, real cold from being in the freezer.
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And you don't want burnt chips.
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Yay for us, I'm thinking ahead,
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which is I don't do that often, y'all.
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So loving best dishes to y'all.
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I think you'll like this one.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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