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Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions

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caramelized onions

Stop! Do not push your slow cooker to the back of the cabinet just because summer is coming. Caramelized onions are one of my favorites, especially for summer cooking, and your trusty Crock Pot makes an easy-peasy big bunch.

What do I do with caramelized onions? Let me count the ways. Top grilled burgers. Grilled steaks. Grilled chops. Grilled pork tenderloin. Smoked brisket. Pizza and flat breads of all kinds. Sandwiches. Crostini. Dips. Quiche. Salad. Pasta salad. Vegetable tarts. Need I keep going? [Read more…]

Baked Potato Dip

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baked potato dip
Recipes flood my internet feed daily and one or two usually catch my eye and I mentally file those away and plan to test, research and explore further. Then there are those recipes that fly by in a blip and I think “ewww ick”, bloggers are becoming more and more desperate with each passing hour by the “recipes” they are blogging about. One such recipe that hit the ewww ick radar was baked potato dip. Many versions were floating around the world wide web and I thought to myself, why?

Fast forward to a soggy Memorial Day weekend where plans were diverted to accommodate the never ending inches of rain. [Read more…]

Summertime Sangria

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Summertime Sangria
Warm breezes and sunshine are beginning to peek through the days of the week. Soon all we will be talking about will be the heat. Not to worry, help is on the way.

Summertime and sangria go hand in hand like beach towels and ocean waves. While I don’t live close enough to enjoy an ocean I do know how to find a spot with water and fun whether it be a swimming pool, pond or lake. Thanks to this sangria guide, all is well as I can enjoy family and friends, read a summer novel or just relax with a cool, refreshing sangria. [Read more…]