Turkey Broth in the Instant Pot – Homemade and Easy

Turkey Broth Instant Pot
Turkey Broth made in the Instant Pot

When you need broth for Oyster Cornbread Dressing or injecting into the turkey to get moist meat, you can use the neck and whatever scraps of poultry you have to make a flavorful broth.  Making turkey broth in the Instant Pot makes it even easier.

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Spicy Cranberry Sauce – Easy to Make

Spicy Cranberry Sauce

This Spicy Cranberry Sauce is very easy to make and will delight your guests. It’s very tasty with the seasonings of the season and goes very well with whatever you serve. Freshly grated nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and allspice combine to make a great side dish for your meal.

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Haunted Halloween Pumpkin Fortress Cake

Haunted Halloween Pumpkin Fortress Cake

This Halloween Pumpkin Fortress Cake is stuffed with cream cheese and has red food coloring.  With decorations, it’s meant to be a “scary” treat for the season. Wafting with pumpkin spice, the cake has an espresso glaze to remind you of a good coffee house cake. Surprisingly, it’s a pretty simple cake to make.

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How to Make Apple Brown Betty – a Winter Favorite

Make apple brown betty
This is probably my favorite winter dessert.  I look forward to the end of hot summer days when I can turn on my oven and make Apple Brown Betty. It’s an old recipe, first published in 1864. I’ve been making it since 2011 when I won an award for it.  I love the fact that it’s very simple to make and with the help of some tools, in the oven in under 10 minutes.

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Chocolate Praline Scones

Chocolate Praline Scones
Sometimes, you wake up in the morning, and you want something really tasty. These Chocolate Praline Scones look like they took a while to make, but they come together in a jiffy. You can have them for breakfast, and if you don’t eat them all, have them for dessert with a little ice cream.

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Best Tuna Salad Sandwich

tuna salad sandwichA Tuna salad sandwich always seems so bland but full of mayonnaise and other ingredients to hide the lack of tuna flavor. I believe I have found the solution to this.

Hint – even though that croissant looks great, it’s not the croissant that made this tuna salad sandwich so good.  Read on to find out my fix.

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Roasted Vegetables with Balsamic Butter Sauce

roasted vegetables in balsamic butter sauce
A long time ago, when Trader Joe’s was close to me, I tried a sample of their Roasted Vegetables in Balsamic Butter Sauce with a dollop of creme fraiche. I loved it. Ever since then, when I would visit the store, I would always get a few bags to put in my freezer. But, you know, sometimes you’re at the store, not Trader Joe’s, and you really want those vegetables with no time to go and get them. That’s when you get the stuff you need and make your own. Now, I’m going to share with you my take on these wonderful roasted vegetables with balsamic butter sauce.

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Beef Stroganoff Boswell with Flap Meat

Beef Stroganoff with Pene

This is the Boswell version of the classic Russian dish, Beef Stroganoff. One of the problems with making this is making sure the meat is tender, not having to chew meat forever. One solution is to use ground beef, but that’s not the classic version. Read on to find out my recommendation.

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