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Secret Tip #2 for Flavorful Sauces, Soups, Gravy…?

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The other day I posted about my Secret Tip #1 for Flavorful Sauces, Soups, Gravy…?.  Today I am on to Tip #2. Again, the five generally recognized tastes are Bitterness, Sourness, Sweetness, Saltiness, and Umami. Today’s secret tip is lemon (or lime can work sometimes, too).  Of course, lemon provides a bit of sourness.  It also provides some freshness in things like meat gravies and soups that can be missing after you have cooked a dish for a while. Start {Read More}

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Pan Fried Mini Meatloaf

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My family loves meatloaf. It’s great with mashed potatoes or Cheddar Bacon Risotto and even better for leftovers the next day on a sandwich! (I will admit to eating it for breakfast sometimes). But some days I am in a hurry and don’t have the time for it to cook in the oven.  This is when I had the idea to pan fry them as individual loaves or patties.  It works great and you end up cutting the cooking time about {Read More}

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Gluten Free Coconut Flour Cupcakes

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Today  (4/10) is my mom’s birthday so I whipped up a batch of cupcakes.  I decided to go with coconut flour cupcakes and they were really good.  I would not call them health food but I do like that they are full of protein (lots of eggs) and are grain free. They are very moist and dense- we really enjoyed them!!  Here is the original recipe I pulled from. It was for a double layer cake, so I halved the {Read More}

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M&M’s® Candy Popcorn

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Who loves a good movie night? What about a good snack? What is your favorite genre? Action, romance, comedy?? What about snacks? Sweet?? Salty? Both? I actually like them all. I am big fan of Si-Fi and fantasy, but I also really like a lot of romance movies. So when I got to do a post that not only let me watch a {Read More}

My Super Secret “Deviled Egg” Recipe

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OK, so this is not really super secret (I’m glad to share it with you!!) and they are not even truly deviled eggs, not in the traditional sense.  Deviled eggs are suppose to be spicy or mustardy or something, and I don’t really like them that way.  The only way I like them is the way my mom made them.. sweet and a  little tangy. So get this.. you want to know my secret? .. Ketchup..yep. We love them, my {Read More}

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Salted Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole

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We LOVE sweet potatoes in the Penner house, we really do. We will eat them mashed, baked, roasted, fried, as chips… and if there are other ways we will eat them like that, too. So at Thanksgiving I am always excited to make the sweet potato casserole. This is my go to recipe: My Secret Weapon Sweet Potato Casserole. But his year I wanted to do another variation, and it turned out great. I think it would be an impressive {Read More}

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