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I made chocolate chuck cookies and a broccoli casserole. We went to a family Thanksgiving for my partner's family. By the time we left, the cookies were all gone and the broccoli casserole was about half gone. Yay!  The cookies were made with this recipe.  https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies/ I made a double batch & used my stand mixer. I used Tony’s Chocolonely milk chocolate bars that I chopped up. I also used vanilla paste instead of extract. I used more chocolate and vanilla paste then was called for. This was my first time using the paste and it was very good.  I have made these cookies before & I will again.🙂  The broccoli casserole recipe I used was this one. https://www.budgetbytes.com/broccoli-cheddar-casserole/ I made quite a few changes to this.  I did use a different cheese sause and didn't add cheese to the main part of the dish. Instead of a roux base which the recipe calls for, I melted the cheeses into half as much milk & seasoned it. I used a bit of american and mostly chedder.  I did still add the onion & garlic but I sautéed it and then added it to the rice & broccoli.    I added seasoned breadcrumbs on top near thr end instead of more cheese. When I made the rice the day before I cooked it with chicken stock.  It was good but if I made it for just us again I would use more broccoli and maybe add cauliflower to it.