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Spaghetti Sauce
By traciesparks
1. Combine all the ingredients in a large stainless steel pot except onions, peppers, and tomato paste
- 4 quarts Fresh Or Frozen Tomatoes
- 3/4 cups Canola Oil
- 1/4 cups Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Italian Seasonings
- 1 Tablespoon Oregano, Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Basil, Chopped
- 2 teaspoons Black Pepper
- 1 dash Hot Pepper Sauce Or A Pinch Of Dried Hot Peppers
- 4 cloves Garlic, Large
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- 1 cup Onion, Chopped
- 1 cup Bell Pepper, Chopped
- 1 can Tomato Paste (12 Oz.)
Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
By traciesparks
Readers, whatever you're doing, stop
- 3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 c. brown sugar
- 1/4 c. granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 c. all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c. bittersweet chocolate chips
White Chocolate Kissed Gingerbread Cookies
By traciesparks
This reinvented version of the favorite holiday cookie features a gingerbread cookie with a white and milk chocolat...
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ginger, Ground
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Nutmeg, Ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 60 white and milk chocolate swirled kiss-shaped candies
Green Beans with New Potatoes
By traciesparks
These are SOOOOO good! Yes, they are slap your mama good! lol I had these all the time growing up and was looking f...
- 3 pounds fresh green beans
- 1/4 pound salt pork, sliced
- 1/4 cup bacon grease
- 2 cups chicken broth, plus more if needed
- 2 to 3 teaspoons House Seasoning, recipe follows
- 12 small red potatoes
- 1 onion, cut into slivers
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, sliced
- Ground black pepper
Pomegranate Cosmopolitans
By traciesparks
.....a cosmopolitan IS a martini
- 2 cups good vodka (recommended: Grey Goose or Finlandia)
- 1 cup orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)
- 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail, (recommended: Ocean Spray)
- 1/2 cup bottled pomegranate juice (recommended: Pom Wonderful)
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)
- Thinly sliced limes, for garnish
Porcupines
By traciesparks
A spin on a basic meatball
- pound Ground Beef
- 1/2 cups White Rice (not Instant)
- 1/2 cups Water
- 1/3 cups Chopped Onion
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Celery Salt
- 1/8 teaspoons Garlic Powder
- 1/8 teaspoons Pepper
- 15 ounces, fluid Can Tomato Sauce
- 1 cup Water
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
Bottoms-Up Cherry Limeade Recipe
By traciesparks
My guests enjoy this refreshing cherry-topped drink
- 3/4 cup lime juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 liters lime carbonated water, chilled
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice
- 8 maraschino cherries with stems
- 8 lime slices
Award Winning Chili
By traciesparks
This is my mom’s recipe
- 1 pound Ground Beef
- 1/2 cups Chopped Onion
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1 can (16 Oz. Can) Petite Cut Tomatoes, Do Not Drain
- 1 can (15 Oz. Can) Red Kidney Beans, Drained
- 3/4 cups Tomato Juice
- 1 can (4 Oz. Can) Chopped Green Chiles
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Crushed Oregano
- 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cumin
- 1/4 teaspoons Celery Salt
- 1/4 teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
- 1/8 teaspoons Dry Mustard
- A Few Drops Of Tabasco Sauce
Pork Chops and Rice
By traciesparks
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup long grain white rice
- 4 pork chops, bone in
- Salt
- One 10-ounce can beef broth, plus more if needed
- 4 onion slices, separated into rings
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Cioppino Garlic Crostini
By traciesparks
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- 1 small loaf French bread, sliced into 1/2-inch slices
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- Kosher salt and ground black pepper
- 1 garlic clove, smashed