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Daddy's Pork Chops
By Astrid
Mom's recipe
- 4 pork chops
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1/2 cup celery, diced, plus a few leaves
- Dash of: salt, pepper and ginger
- 1/2 cup water
Garlic Baked Grits
By Astrid
Cook grits in salted water
- 1 cup cooked grits
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup butter
- 6 oz cheese, cubed
- Dash garlic
Dark Chocolate Cherry Fudge
By Astrid
Directions LINE 8-inch-square baking pan with foil
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup (5 fl.-oz. can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 1 2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Dark Chocolate Morsels
- 3/4 cup (4 oz.) dried cherries, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Strawberry-Lemon Mojitos
By Astrid
1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon wedges with the whole strawberries and mint leaves
- 1 . 8 lemon wedges
- 2 . 4 strawberries, plus 2 halved strawberries, for garnish
- 3 . 24 mint leaves, plus 4 mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)
- 4 . Ice cubes, plus crushed ice
- 5 . 8 ounces gold or aged rum
- 6 . 3 ounces fresh lemon juice
- 7 . 2 ounces prepared sugarcane syrup or agave nectar
Classic Chicken Pot Pie
By Astrid
1 Heat oven to 425°F. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie using 9-inch glass pie pan
- INGREDIENTS
- Crust
- 1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
- Filling
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 3/4 cups Progresso® chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken or turkey
- 2 cups Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
Scallops in Alfredo Sauce
By Astrid
Easy recipe, with little prep time
- 10 scallops
- 4 TBSP butter, divided
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1 TBSP parsley
- 1 jar alfredo sauce
- Fettucine noodles, cooked
Black and Tan
By Astrid
Chill 4 pint glasses in a freezer until frosted
- 3 bottles (each 12 fl. oz.) ale, such as Bass, chilled
- 2 cans (each 16 fl. oz.) stout, such as Guinness, chilled
Tommy Gun
By Astrid
1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the ginger with the jam and lemon juice
- 1 . 2 thin fresh ginger slices
- 2 . 1 teaspoon apricot jam
- 3 . 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 4 . Ice
- 5 . 2 ounces Irish whiskey
- 6 . 1/2 ounce Grand Marnier
- 7 . 1 lemon twist
Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Nut Loaf Bread
By Astrid
Directions PREHEAT oven to 350° F
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 can (15 ounces) LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Fat Free Milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts
Hpnotiq Mojito
By Astrid
Muddle 6 fresh spearmint leaves in bottom of glass
- 1 oz. Hpnotiq
- 2 oz. White Rum
- 3 oz. Club Soda