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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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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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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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Sweet Potato and Chickpea Burgers with Curry Basil Aioli

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So a good friend of mine and I were talking the other day about healthy foods we like to make.  And if came up that her family liked some sweet potato/white bean burgers she likes to make.  So I ran with the idea and came up with these Sweet Potato and Chickpea Burgers with Curry Basil Aioli. Every ingredient I used was gluten free including the buns and bread crumbs, but if you not gluten free you can use a gluten {Read More}

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Easy Homemade Pinto Beans

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I love homemade beans, they are so much better than canned, not to mention that even with the time and labor you save at least 40% of the cost of canned beans. Now don’t get me wrong, I do use canned beans, as they are convenient. But if I have just a time bit of extra time I will make a large batch of pinto beans and freeze them in baggies. Each pound makes about four meal portions for my {Read More}

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