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Juicy Roasted Chicken
By barbsjustagirl
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon onion powder, or to taste
- 1/2 cup margarine, divided
- 1 stalk celery, leaves removed
Sugared Cranberries
By barbsjustagirl
Bring the 2 cups of sugar, the water, cloves, and orange peel just to a simmer in a small pot, stirring, then...
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- The peel from half a scrubbed orange, in large strips (use a vegetable peeler)
- 1 12-ounce bag cranberries, washed, picked through, and drained
Peppermint Cupcake Wreath
By barbsjustagirl
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 1 (18.25 oz) box white cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 3 large eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1-1/4 tsp. peppermint extract, divided
- Red food coloring gel
- 1-1/2 (16 ounce) containers classic white frosting
- 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candy
Spaghetti Minestrone
By barbsjustagirl
184 calories, 6 g fat (2 g sat
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 ribs celery, thinly sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup canned white beans, rinsed and drained
- 12 green beans, (about 2.5 oz.) cut into 1/4" pieces
- 1 cup small cauliflower florets
- 1-1/2 cups cooked spaghetti, chopped
- 1 zucchini, sliced lengthwise and cut into 1/4-inch thick pieces
- 1 cup canned diced tomatoes, drained
- 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
- Salt and pepper
- Grated Parmesan, for garnish
Poured fondant
By barbsjustagirl
Instructions on how to make and use poured fondant
- White fondant
- Apricot jam
- Hot boiled water
- Cupcakes (firm cupcakes works best)
- Pastry brush
- Tea spoon
- Heatproof bowls
- Optional: Flavorings and food colors.
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with maple infused cream cheese frosting
By barbsjustagirl
DC Cupcakes version to a wonderful fall cupcake
- Ingredients for the maple cream-cheese frosting:
- INGREDIENTS
- 2 ‑1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 ‑1/2 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 8 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- Ingredients for the decoration:
- 1 small package of white fondant
- brown, red and yellow food color
- gold and brown edible luster dust
Apple Crisp (Slow Cooker version)
By barbsjustagirl
1. Mix flour, brown sugar, 1/2 cup of white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl
- 1 * 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 * 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 1 * 1 cup chopped walnuts
- *
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup white sugar, or to taste
- 1 * 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6 * 6 cups apples - peeled, cored and chopped
- 2 * 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Hearty Beef Chili
By barbsjustagirl
* 1, In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, place half of the beef and 1 tablespoon of the flour; seal ...
- Chili
- 2 1/2 lb beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons quick-mixing flour
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 4 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 1 1/2 cups Progresso® beef-flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 1 can (28 oz) Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons cornmeal
- 1 can (15 oz) Progresso® black beans, drained, rinsed
- 1 can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso® chopped green chiles
- Garnishes, if desired
- Shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- Sour cream
- Chopped fresh cilantro
- Tortilla chips
Unfried Fries
By barbsjustagirl
Joy Bauer
- Oil spray (canola or olive oil)
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled
- salt and black pepper
- Seasonings: Chili powder, chipotle chili powder, ground cumin, or
- ground cinnamon (recommended)
Mini Ice Cream Cookie Cups
By barbsjustagirl
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 24 mini muffin cups with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 package (16 oz) Pillsbury® Ready to Bake!™ refrigerated sugar cookies (24 cookies)
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 1/3 cup Fisher® Chef’s Naturals® Chopped Walnuts, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Hershey’s® semi-sweet chocolate baking chips
- 1/4 cup Smucker’s® Seedless Red Raspberry Jam
- 1 1/2 cups vanilla bean ice cream, softened
- 24 fresh raspberries