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Pecan Pie Bars

Pecan Pie Bars
We’re less than 24 hours away from the biggest food day of the year, when our stomachs face off against tryptophan and our skinny jeans get the heave-ho in favor of sweatpants. Are you ready? I’m just about to board a plane to head home to San Diego, where my parents have been feverishly at work ironing table runners, writing place cards, and preparing to welcome a dozen family members and friends at our Turkey Day table. The infrared turkey fryer has been fetched from its spot in the garage. There is a whole lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, as it’s been a crazy amazing couple of weeks. Ever since writing the book, I’ve discovered my affinity for food puns has reached that delicate line between hilariously witty and seriously annoying. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving filled with family, friends and all of your favorite foods!

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice I have a DELICIOUS recipe for you all! I am so excited to share this one. I found this on Mels Kitchen Cafe about a year ago. My family and I LOVE this dish! It has such a great flavor. Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken The chicken coating: 3-4 boneless chicken breasts salt + pepper 1 cup cornstarch 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup canola oil The sweet and sour sauce: 3/4 cup sugar 4 tbs ketchup 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar 1 tbs soy sauce 1 tsp garlic salt Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Below is the greatness you will get when it's all cooked: Fried Rice 3 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best!) 3 tbs sesame oil 1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed) 1 small onion, chopped 2 tsp minced garlic 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/4 cup soy sauce On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok.

Root Beer Pulled Pork Crockpot Recipe! | BubbleCrumb This is a delicious and easy way to feed the crew without slaving over the stove! The secret ingredient is ROOT BEER!! Yum! What a great combo, pork and root beer! For those of you who do not eat pork, I think chicken thighs would be very good too! To make this Pulled Pork Recipe, you will need the following ingredients: 1 pork roast 1 (12oz) can or bottle of root beer Place the pork in a crock pot. Add the root beer. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Pull pork with fork(s) or chop. Add your favorite BBQ sauce and mix until it has enough sauce for your taste! I like to add a little of the cooking liquid to the bun, you could also butter and grill. Enjoy!

Rachael Ray's "You Won’t Be Single For Long" Vodka Cream Pasta Ingredients Makes 4 servings 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, once around the pan in a slow stream 1 tbsp butter 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 shallots, minced 1 cup vodka 1 cup chicken stock 1 32 oz can crushed tomatoes Coarse salt and pepper 16 oz pasta, such as penne rigate 1/2 cup heavy cream 20 leaves fresh basil, shredded or torn Crusty bread, for passing Directions Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. While the sauce simmers, cook the pasta in salted boiling water until cooked to al dente (with a bite to it). Stir the cream into the sauce. Recipe | Easy and Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas Let me preface this recipe with this …. I’ve never experienced Mexican food outside of Taco Bell. That’s a sad fact right there. What I can tell you is this …. these are freaking delicious. Below you’ll find all the steps I took to make this dish, minus the sauce which you can make from the recipe at the bottom. Easy and Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas Author: Cat Davis Type: Main Dish Serves: 6-8 Ingredients 6-8 corn tortillas (enchilada size) 1 pre-cooked plain rotisserie chicken, shredded 1 cup sweet corn 4 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese, divided in half 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons all purpose flour 1-1/4 cups chicken broth 1 - 10oz can cream of chicken soup 1 cup sour cream 1 - 4oz can chopped green chiles ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon sea salt Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Baked Lasagne : Recipes, Menus, Meal Ideas, Food, and Cooking tips | Yea Recipes 1 lb Of lean ground beef, or. -Italian sausage. 3 tb of olive oil. 1 lg Onion, chopped (to make 1. -cup). 1 lg Red or green bell pepper. -(finely chopped). 2 lg Garlic cloves, minced. 28 oz Italian plum tomatoes. 6 oz Can tomato paste. 1/3 c of water. 1 1/2 ts Dried basil. 1 ts of oregano. 1 ts Sugar (optional). Salt. 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper. 1 Bay leaf, broken in half. 15 oz Fresh ricotta. 4 c Grated mozzarella cheese. 1/4 c Freshly grated Parmesan. -cheese. 1 Egg. 1/2 ts Salt. 8 Lasagne noodles (about 6. -oz.). 1 tb Olive oil. 1/4 c Freshly grated mozzarella. Take away the sausage casings and crumble your sausage. stirring often to break up the meat. Remove meat and set aside. onion, garlic and bell pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, about 5 to 8 minutes or until onion is tender. Stir in the reserved meat, tomato puree, tomato paste, water, basil, oregano, sugar, 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and bay leaf and bring to boil. /2 to 5 cups of sauce). continues to boil. sauce.

Peach Cobbler Serve cobbler with vanilla ice cream or lightly sweetened whipped cream. 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups milk 1 teaspoon almond extract, divided 2 pounds peaches, peeled and sliced (about 4 cups) Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in a 13- by 9-inch baking pan; set in oven to melt. Meanwhile, whisk flour, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.

Cream Cheese Sausage Pinwheels! These are super yummie! I am not real sure where the recipe came from, but they are pretty easy to prepare and great to take with you to work to share with co-workers... they will thank you! These are also a big hit at baby showers... or just for your husband on a Saturday morning- because you love him (my husband ate about 3/4 of these... and I let him... because I love him!) Cream Cheese Sausage Pinwheels 1 Roll Breakfast Sausage 1 Tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 1 Pkg Softened Cream Cheese Brown sausage and drain. In a large bowl, combine cooked sausage with softened cream cheese. Remove crescent roll dough from packaging do not separate sections, and roll out into a rectangle, sealing the perforated areas with your fingers- so the cream cheese doesn'toooze out of the cracks! Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough in a thin even layer. Cut in about 1/4" sections and lay on baking sheet.

Apple Pie Bars Any day is a good day for apple pie, right? To me apple pie isn’t just a Fall and Thanksgiving dessert, I want apple pie all through out the year. Why have such a good thing only once a year? Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 12 Tbsp salted butter, cold and diced into cubes 1/4 cup +2 Tbsp buttermilk, chilled 1 egg yolk 2 1/4 lbs granny smith apples (about 6 medium apples) 2 1/2 Tbsp orange juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 egg white 1 1/2 Tbsp Raw Turbinado sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon Vanilla Glaze 1 cup powdered sugar 2 Tbsp half and half (milk could be substituted) 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl, whisk until smooth.

Smoky Sweet Potato Burgers with Roasted Garlic Cream and Avocado Before we talk burgers, let me tell you what I’m doing. I’m eating some blueberry yogurt pretzels (which are oh-so awesome… but would be even awesomer if they were really coated in yogurt and not white chocolate disguised as yogurt) and drinking a san pellgrino aranciata that is spiked with um… vodka, malibu and tequila. With those pretty perfectly square ice cubes. I know. I just couldn’t decide! I just kept adding things to the soda until I got a taste that I liked. But what is up with all of these flavors? I mean, it was great, if you’re into that sort of thing that includes plastering yourself to the couch for so long that your body forms an identical indentation that’s semi-permanent, and ordering pizza Friday night which not only was dinner, but then also became lunch and then uh, dinner again on Saturday. Now don’t go getting all excited thinking that my husband ate these for dinner. Welcome to my life. Print Save Smoky Sweet Potato Burgers with Roasted Garlic Cream and Avocado Chomp.

French Silk Pie In high school, for one brief day, I fancied myself a pastry chef. There was no reason for me to believe this bold statement; this was four years before I discovered a passion for baking (and six years before I baked professionally). Even so, as a friend and I were sitting bored on the couch on a Saturday afternoon, I imagined inventing new recipes couldn't be that hard. Up until this point, my only experience with baking was with box mixes, but I didn't let this simple, though glaring, fact deter me. Not when I was craving strawberry pie, anyway. My friend and I set out to engineer our own strawberry pie from scratch. We grabbed a package of frozen strawberries for the filling. As it baked in the oven, the house began to swirl with wonderful scents of butter and strawberries affirming our sincere, but completely wrong belief that baking could be done without recipes or any honest knowledge of how ingredients interact to create sinful treats. The pie immediately sunk. French Silk Pie

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew by Skinny Ms. This homestyle Chicken Stew started by browning the chicken in a Stovetop Slow Cooker. It’s super easy to add the oil to the slow cooker insert and brown the chicken on any stove top, including electric, gas or ceramic. Next, saute the onion and garlic. The clean up is a breeze since there’s no additional skillets needed. RECIPE SIGNUP: If you’re interested in receiving our newest and best Slow Cooker recipes via email, signup here: eNewsletter Signup. Servings: 4 | Calories: 162 | Previous Points: 3 | Points Plus: 2 | Total Fat: 2 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 35 mg | Dietary Fiber: 1 g | Sodium: 25 mg | Carbohydrates: 5 g | Sugars: 2 g | Protein: 16 g Ingredients Directions Sprinkle salt, pepper and sage on chicken, dredge in flour, shake off excess. Add carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, and celery to slow cooker. Copyright 2012 Skinny Ms.Ã��Ã�î All rights reserved.

Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread Guys! What a weekend I had! Nashville was basically a blast and a half! It was incredible and I have so much to tell you. I saw an Instagram picture that Jessica took a few weeks ago that had me go on a hunt. No, it wasn’t her Sweet Potato and Honey Dinner Rolls. No, it wasn’t her Snicker-Chip-Doodle Cookies, either! You guessed it! It was a picture of some Philadelphia Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese….in the tub…on the shelf at her local grocers, I assume. FIRST OF ALL, who knew they made this kind? And, SECOND OF ALL why has no one told me? You’re all in some serious trouble… Needless to say I went into a frenzy trying to get my hands on this stuff. So, the next best thing would be to make your own. Honestly, I’m really glad I made my own because {1} it’s really quite addicting {2} no preservatives {3} it’s REALLY GOOD on a bagel (who doesn’t love a good bagel and schmear?) My homemade version of this Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread lasted about 36 hours in my fridge. Print This Recipe

Peeta's Stuffed Cheese Buns What do you get when you mix bread, cheese, Hunger Games, cheese, and cheese? Say it with me: Stuffed Cheese Buns. And guess what, they're really quick and easy to make. And they have cheese. Sorry I keep making a bunch of Peeta food. You may recall the goat cheese and apple tart from when The Hunger Games came out in theaters. Don't hate, but I'm not actually on "team Peeta". You know, sometimes I wonder if he's actually my great-great-great grandson. Anyways, even if we weren't related, I need a real man who can protect me from psychopathic teenagers in the woods. But what food does Gale have to offer? See, since Peeta and I have the same mind, I know exactly what he would bake. Not that I'm actually going to make these again tomorrow night when we watch the movie. But Peeta, you still are my grandson, even if I'm not on your "team". These only take about an hour. You just roll it into a ball, stick a hunk of cheese in, and then pinch it back together so that it can't escape.

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