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“Yum Yum” Sauce - Japanese Pink Sauce Recipe from Rock Star Dad. Syrup and Biscuits. Ask anyone from Mississippi if they know about Comeback Sauce and they will look at you shocked for even asking the question. Of course, everyone in Mississippi knows about Comeback Sauce. Even if you’ve never heard the name, you probably know it, too. The sauce that’s served by the steak house chain made famous by the onions that bloom, is reminiscent of Comeback Sauce. Protein Ranch.

Protein Ranch Dressing: (Serves 4) 1 Cup Cottage Cheese (Watch your label, sometimes low fat doesn't mean low calories and the regular cottage cheese is only a few cal. more) 3-4 tsp.

Protein Ranch

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing mix 1/4 C. water (or milk if you prefer: Milk will add more calories) add more water if the consistency is too thick for your liking. Add ingredients to blender and blend until smooth. (About 3 min.) Enjoy! Preserving Food ~ Roasted Tomato Sauce. This sauce is best made with a variety of tomatoes.

Preserving Food ~ Roasted Tomato Sauce

I used the Champions from the garden, along with the sauce tomatoes and the Sun Gold Cherry tomatoes from the farm. Ingredients: Tomatoes (One flat of tomatoes makes about 8 - 10 pints of sauce) Garlic Balsamic Olive Oil Sea Salt Pepper Italian Seasoning Equipment: Homemade Nutella. OK guys, here it is: a formula to make your very own Nutella, from scratch.

Homemade Nutella

There are a great many Nutella fans out there, myself included, but the first two ingredients on the label – sugar and modified palm oil – inspired me to make my own. I had done it before, using hazelnuts and cocoa – but recently a friend tipped me off to Parisien David Lebovitz’s version, which he found in the Encyclopédie du Chocolat, and it was far closer to the real thing than any I had made before. Made with milk and powdered milk, the mixture is quite runny at first, but firms up in the fridge. The original recipe calls for straining, but I don’t mind the texture of ground hazelnuts – and like keeping the added fiber.

Homemade NutellaThe original recipe instructs to strain the spread at the very end, but I don’t mind a little nut texture in mine. A little something for your time. I made some homemade salad dressings today, so I thought I would share with you.

A little something for your time

Through a medical journey my husband is on, one of the many demands being made of him is to lose weight and eat better. Exquisite Pizza Sauce. Lemon Curd Recipe. Devonshire Cream Recipe. Devonshire (or Devon) Cream is a clotted cream produced commercially in Devon Cornwall and Somerset England.

Devonshire Cream Recipe

It is a thick, rich, yellowish cream with a scalded or cooked flavor that is made by heating unpasteurized milk until a thick layer of cream forms on its surface. The milk is then cooled and the layer of cream is skimmed off. Clotted cream has 55-60 percent fat content and is so thick it does not need to be whipped. Smashed Chickpea Salad. Oh, what a week this has been!

Smashed Chickpea Salad

On Monday, my 7 year old had his tonsils and adenoids removed. Since then, our days have been filled with fruit slushes, applesauce, ice water, movies and tylenol. It’s been a little rough. My heart just aches as he tries to talk with his sore, scratchy throat. Pasta with Tomato and Basil. Have you ever had one of those food moments where you eat something, maybe for the first time, and it’s like a slow motion scene from a movie?

Pasta with Tomato and Basil

Where flavor fills your mouth, your heart…dare I say…your soul? Okay, that may be a bit dramatic, but the first time I ever had bruschetta was one of those moments. It’s etched in my memory so vividly. Roasted Tomato Sauce. I have a jungle growing on the south side of my house.

Roasted Tomato Sauce

A tomato jungle. Wild green vines with yellow blooms and tomatoes in all stages of ripening. Hard to believe at the beginning of the summer I was worried they wouldn’t make it. With our stretch of heat and humidity the plants have exploded into a tangled, beautiful mess. Each day we bring in a bowlful of burnt orange, yellow and deep red tomatoes, in all sizes.

We’ve been spreading it on a whole wheat baguette, cut in half, with mozzarella and parm sprinkled on top. Roasted Tomato Sauce 5-6 cups of tomatoes, chopped or halved 2-3 garlic cloves 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning Preheat oven to 325 degrees. This sauce also makes a great base for tomato soup, marinara or pizza sauce. Alison. Ranch Dressing. A couple of years ago I had an unfortunate allergic reaction to some MSG in a bottle brand of ranch dressing.

Ranch Dressing

It was a lesson in reading ingredient lists and why I now make my own dressings. It was easy to put together good vinaigrettes, but I also wanted a ranch recipe for variety (and because my husband loves it). It took awhile to find just the right one.