French Dip Crockpot Recipe

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Want an easy, no-fuss no-muss, recipe for din-din?  Here you go friends.  Be sure to use good red wine, a lager beer and not be prissy when seasoning the roast with salt and pepper. Translation = use lots. Season and Sear Deglaze and Dump {it all into the ole slow cooker} Shred, toast your buttered [...]

Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe

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Truth: This Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe was used every Sunday morning when I resided at 412 Veteran Avenue, Westwood, CA, 90024. My college roommate and I made sure, come Sunday morning the proper ingredients where ready and waiting. The key ingredient : Buttermilk. Mix those ingredients together in proper order. Then grease your pan with butter. [...]

How To Cook Live Crabs

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I had never done this. Live Crab? I don’t know how to cook live crabs. The thought of boiling Mr. Crab alive made my heart wince. Visions of standing over boiling water, not being able to drop Mr. Crab to its demise were strong. I’m a sensitive shellfish type – wimpy wimpy wimpy. The answer [...]

Juicing Recipe – A Delicious Green Smoothie

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Juicing Recipes. With juicing being a New Years Resolution for many, here is a favorite juicing recipe to share. I love it because it tastes great. Pinky swear, it just needs to be cold. Afterwards I feel like a green goddess, healthy and ready to take on the day. Look out Olive Oil, Popeye would [...]

Grammie’s Parker House Dinner Rolls

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  Grammie’s parents separated when she was a toddler.  Her mom, to support her only daughter, rented out rooms in their home to offer family income.  Grammie grew up as a pair of hands to help her Mom run their boarding home. She assisted in cooking two meals a day for their 1920′s boarders.  Below was [...]

Christmas Morning Menu

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Here is a peak at Sugar and Spice Headquarters Christmas Morning Menu. Enjoy and have a terrific Christmas Eve Friends.  We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup – Elf Cheese and Pancetta Breakfast Casserole   Cheese and Pancetta Breakfast Casserole 5.0 from 1 reviews [...]

Roll-Out Cookie Recipe

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We have two Roll-Out Cookie Recipes in our family. This one came from a Mommy I chased  down after tasting her classroom treats 10 years ago in Preschool classes for my oldest. She made them as lollipops, a circle cookie with a stick in the side, then decorated to resemble a pink lolly. Thanks Ms. [...]

Macadamia Nuts Congo Bars Recipe

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Five years ago I found this recipe in a magazine and was attracted to the golden nugget macadamia nuts + chocolate + caramel.  It sounded out of this world. Grammie, who visited from Fort Wayne, Indiana every year, might like these. I brought a tin to my mom’s house and I remember her smile when [...]

Chocolate Pecan Rolo Cookie Recipe

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The sink is full of soapy warm water and the oven is humming all day long.  The Sugar and Spice cookie factory is running at full tilt. Last night, after many cookies were cooling, I asked which one had the highest rating among the tribe.  This Chocolate Pecan Rolo Cookie Recipe was the hands-down winner.  Why is [...]