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GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE McCormick vs French's Recipes. ONE IS BETTER. Thanksgiving Side Dish
Nov 1, 2025
GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE McCormick's Green Bean Casserole Seasoning Blend with Recipe vs French's Crispy Fried Onions Green Bean Casserole Recipe on container. Why I like one better than the other. Everyone's Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today we
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are going to make one of my favorite
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dishes that I love on Thanksgiving and
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it's green bean casserole. And not only
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are we going to make one, but we're
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going to make two different versions.
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And they're very easy.
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I found this little gem right here. It
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is a green bean casserole seasoning mix
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by McCormick. It's a limited edition.
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So, I'm going to try this versus the
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original recipe from the French's crispy
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fried onions. On the back of their
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package, they have that recipe. Easy
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recipes. Five ingredients. Five
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ingredients. It just fits in a twoourt
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casserole dish each one. Now, you can
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double up on this recipe. If you're
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coming over to my house and you're
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making green bean casserole, you better
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double up because you know I love green
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bean casserole. Love it leftovers, too,
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with the turkey. All right, we're going
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to get started with the original one.
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Put that one together. Then we're going
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to put together the McCormick green bean
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casserole seasoning mix recipe and we'll
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bake them and I'm going to taste and see
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which one I like. Now I'm in a two cord
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casserole dish and we're going to place
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in one can of cream of a celery soup.
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Now it did say cream of mushroom soup,
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but I'm not a fan.
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Now to that we're going to add eighth of
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a teaspoon of black pepper.
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We're going to add 3/4 cup of milk.
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Take a fork. We're going to blend this
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together very carefully.
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Now, that's three of the ingredients.
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Now, nothing will ever top
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the green bean casserole from my
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sister-in-law, Donna. She's got a
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special recipe, and I always have her
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bring it when they come over for
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Thanksgiving.
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Okay, once you get this all mixed in,
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we're going to add two cans of green
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beans.
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Now, I've drained them. These are 14 oz
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each.
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You can use any style green beans that
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you like. I do like the whole green
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beans. Not a fan of the French style,
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but if they're there, I'll eat them.
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There we go.
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Give those a nice coat.
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Now, this is the recipe off of the
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French's crispy fried onions. And that's
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pretty much the original one that
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everyone uses for Thanksgiving. Right
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now, what we're going to do is take half
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of these onions. This is a 6 oz
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container.
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We're going to manhandle it open.
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Now, you know, you got to try one.
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Yeah. Try them for your guests so they
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don't have to worry about it.
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Mhm. Salty. Got that onion flavor to it.
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We're going to place half of this
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container, which is 3 oz, into the green
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beans and stir those in.
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[Applause]
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There we go.
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Let's get those mixed up.
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Get them on in there.
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That's why we didn't add any salt.
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That will put salt in there. Plus, the
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cream of soup will do that also.
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All right, we're just going to flatten
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it down.
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All right, we're going to set this aside
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that I'm going to put together the
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McCormick seasoning mix one because
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these can cook together in the oven.
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All right, let's make this easy version.
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We're going to place the packet of green
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bean casserole seasoning mix into a
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twoourt casserole dish.
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Smell
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what's going on in there.
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I'm going to show you all the
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ingredients right there. You can stop it
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right here and read those ingredients if
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you want to know what's in there.
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All right. To that, it says to add in
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half a cup of hot water.
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And we're going to blend that together.
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Oh, it smells like the holidays in
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there.
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smells like it's got a little bit more
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herbs and flavor
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than I smelled in the other one,
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which it just had a cream of celery in
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there. So, look at all those. Do you see
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all those herbs in there? All right. So,
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once you get this blended together with
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your whisk,
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cuz I just want to make sure that powder
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is mixed in well, we're going to add in
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3/4 cup of milk.
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We have a helper here with my owl.
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All right, get that all blended in.
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Let's see what's next. All right, we're
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going to stir in two cans of green
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beans. Now, I've drained them.
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Get those nice and coated.
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I'm hoping that's going to thicken up
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somewhat.
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And then it says add 23
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container
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of our French's fried onions.
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There we go. Blend that together.
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I can't really can't wait to taste this.
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See how it compares.
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There we go.
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Now, let's look at the consistency
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really quick. This is a thicker mixture
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a little bit because of the soup. And
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this is a little more runnier. So, we're
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going to see how this one will come
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together in the oven. Now, these both
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will cook in the preheated oven at 350°
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for 30 minutes. So, they're both the
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same on that. And then we're going to
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come back. Okay, I've just pulled them
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out of the oven at the 30 minute mark.
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Woo! Look how that thickened up. Yum.
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And then we got this one right here
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that's still creamy. So, we're going to
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take the rest of the fried onions. I may
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not put the rest on there, but we'll
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just put some across the top.
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We'll do the crispy ones.
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We'll see how many we need for this one
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here.
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[Laughter]
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Now, this was the seasoning packet from
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McCormix,
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and this was the French's crispy fried
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onion recipe on the back. All right,
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these are going to go back in the oven
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for about five or so minutes, just to
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kind of golden these a little bit more,
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crisp them up, and we'll pull it out.
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I'm going to give it a taste test. Let's
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give a taste test. Now, this is the
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green bean casserole seasoning mix. It's
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a limited edition, so I'm sure you're
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going to have to go and get that
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quickly. I picked this up at Walmart.
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So, I'm going to put a little in a bowl
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here.
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Oh, I'm super excited.
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There we go.
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So, now this one here
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is the French's crispy fried onion
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recipe on the back. So, we'll give that
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a try.
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Let's see.
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Nice thickness going on. Get some of
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those onions.
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There we go.
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I'm going to give that a try.
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I'm going to taste the original first.
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Yep. I love the creaminess from the
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soup.
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And those French onions, I'm telling you
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what. Woo! Those are good in there. All
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right, let me give a try this one here.
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There's more seasoning flavor in that
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one than this one here. That's for sure.
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Yeah.
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But I like the creaminess of the soup
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over there.
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Mhm.
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Yep.
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Guess which it is. Which one?
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This one right here. The original.
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I love the creaminess from the soup and
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it adds some flavor to it. The black
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pepper in there.
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Now, this one's okay, but it's just
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lacking that holiday feel in a green
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bean casserole. But neither of these are
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better than my homemade version using
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the
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no canned soup method. And then also
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I've cooked the green bean casserole in
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a crock pot. So that method is out there
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on my channel, Katherine'splates.com.
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And also one of my favorites that my
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sister-in-law brings her green bean
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casserole.
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Her secret recipe, but let me tell you,
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it is delicious. I might have to make it
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for y'all one time. All right, you guys.
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That's how I ranked them. One and two.
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Well, you can see the uh ingredients
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that I told you about earlier. So, check
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those out and see if you you like that
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one. All right, you guys. Happy
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Thanksgiving. I'll see you on the next
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episode. Thomas and I are going to be
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doing some Christmas candy coming up, so
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stay tuned for that one. It's going to
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be fun. Bye. A.
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