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‘Tis the season to abandon your diets, my friends, and in that spirit, I thought it would be fun to provide a space to swap your favorite holiday recipes, whether it be your family’s famous top-secret stuffing recipe, gingerbread cookies for Christmas, or a killer Matza Ball.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! May God’s Love be with you, Always.
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Jeremy’s Famous Cranberry Sauce
1 Package (approx. 12 oz) Cranberries, frozen or fresh
1/2 cup sugar
1 Lemon
1 Cinnamon Stick
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and heat on medium until the cranberries burst and the sauce thickens. Add the zest of one lemon, and if you want some extra zing, throw in the juice as well. Stir occasionally, but not too much - over-stirring will turn it into mush! You can use an orange instead of a lemon for sweeter sauce, rather than tart. Oh, and use the cinnamon stick, NOT pre-ground cinnamon!
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Andrea’s Kickin’ Tomatoes
Pierce grape tomatoes with a toothpick a few times. In a bowl, fill with Pepper Vodka, cover tightly and let tomatoes soak overnight in the fridge.
Right before serving, drain off the excess Pepper Vodka and save for Bloody Marys.
Place toothpicks on the side and serve with sea salt and basil for easy dipping.
**This recipe does contain alcohol that does not “cook off.†Not suggested for a party with young ones.
Lessons Learned from Serving:
If your cocktail hour goes long, keep the tomatoes on ice, or at least cool. The vodka can be potent when warm! ïŠ
When fixing plates for your friends to take for lunch the next day, don’t include the tomatoes. It is hard enough to explain to your boss why you have a headache let alone why you have alcohol on your lunch plate. ïŠ
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0 0 Great Idea Jeremy
MY FAVORITE FUDGE
(Sorry Joe, didn’t mean to start a fudge bake-off) This recipe is so easy and so good you won’t believe it.
3 cups milk chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Put in microwave (high) for 3 minutes. Stir until smooth. Add 1 tsp vanilla. If desired add walnuts or pecans. If you want Rocky Road add nuts AND mini marshmallows. People are always asking for the recipe when I make this and they never believe how simple it is.
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0 0 Here’s an quick and easy one. It can be made with sugar free and fat free ingredients if you choose.
What’s needed:
one .6 oz package orange Jello (or two .3 oz packages)
one 24 oz tub cottage cheese
one 8 oz tub Cool Whip (thawed)
one small can manderine orange sections (drained)
In a large bowl, stir dry Jello powder into cottage cheese until well mixed. Then stir in manderine orange sections.
After these ingredients are well mixed, carefully fold in the Cool Whip until it’s well combined with the previous mixture.
Keep chilled.
This can be served over lettuce or spinach leaves for a light salad, or by itself as a light dessert.
Another variation is to use lime Jello and pineapple chucks.
If this takes you more than 10 minutes to make, you’re working too hard on it.
Enjoy! And Merry Christmas to all you IFz-ers!
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1 stick of butter
1 egg. beaten
1 c. sugar
1 cup dates, cut fine
2 c. Rice Krispies
1 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla
1 bag of flaked coconut
melt butter, add egg, sugar, and dates. Cook in iron skillet or pan of
choice for 6 minutes. Stir constantly, remove from stove. Add Rice
Krispies, nuts and vanilla. Form into small balls by teaspoons and roll in
coconut.
This is my mother’s recipe. She always made these for holidays but
they are good for any occasion.
Note: I always buy chopped dates. No seeds and no chopping, same
price.
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chill, gato, it ain't worth getting your purty fur messed up
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A co-worker brought in some awesome fudge and this was the recipe (the dark is great):
Combine in saucepan:
4 ½ cups sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1 cube butter
Dash of salt
Bring to a boil and let boil for 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, put in a bowl:
1 pkg chocolate chips
1 large Hershey’s bar (8 oz)
1 jar marshmallow crème
Pour the boiled mixture over this. Stir until melted and well mixed.
Pour into buttered pan. Allow to cool, and enjoy!
For variety, use flavored chips and/or flavored Hershey’s (dark chocolate chips + Special Dark = yuuuuummy!). You an also use the candy bars with almonds or peanuts in them, if you like nuts in your fudge.