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Smokey Baked Beans
These beans are great served with smoked meats and potato salad. To make vegan/vegetarian, omit the bacon. There’s so much flavor in these beans, removing the bacon barely affects the overall taste. Most of the flavor comes from smoking the beans for several hours in a smoker. No smoker? Consider soaking some mesquite or applewood chips and adding them to your BBQ. Another option would be to add some liquid smoke and simmer indoors over the stove for 3 to 4 hours. It won’t be quite the same but similar. I’ve taken them to many big group BBQ’s and they are always a hit. While this is a recipe…
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Healthy Low Carb Seed Crackers
Avoiding pre-packaged snacks? Try making these seed crackers from scratch. They are low carb, gluten free, preservative free, and vegan. Did I mention delicious??? They are REALLY good! So good that I have made a double batch weekly for the last several months. Ingredients 1/2 cup flaxseeds 1 Tblsp arrowroot powder 1/4 Tsp salt 3 Tblsp black seasame seeds 3 Tblsp white seasame seeds 3 Tblsp hulled pepitas 1 cup boiling water Flaky sea salt Mix ingredients in medium size bowl and let sit for 10 minutes – it will thicken to form a sticky paste. Dump mixture onto parchment lined baking pan, cover with another sheet of parchment and…
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Try a Grazing Table at your next party – Beautiful, delicious and Easy!
I recently hosted a friend’s birthday party. Instead of a meal I opted for a grazing table (example pictured above), basically a variety of food that goes well together combined with a lot of flowers and herbs and can be left out for the majority of the event. This was easy and fun to prepare, but also allowed me to enjoy myself during the party. If you are hesistant to try an entire grazing table, consider doing a couple of grazing platters. …
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Shrimp and Veggie Spring Rolls
Are you looking for a great healthy meal option? Try making spring rolls at home – easy and 100% delicious. These rolls are awesome with just veggies or with a layer of shrimp, making it a shrimp spring roll. If you plan on making a combination of both, make sure to add the shrimp as your first layer, so your guests can easily see which is which. Start by chopping all your ingredients in long thin strips for the larger contents or diced for the smaller. The possibilities are pretty much endless for your fillings, but the items above were particularly good together: mango, carrots, mint, hot peppers (habanero, jalapeño…
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Hot Pepper Harvest & Hot Sauce Recipes
It’s been a bumper crop of hot peppers in my garden this year. I’ve got a large amount of jalapeños and habaneros ready to go. As you can imagine, there are challenges to using up all these peppers without causing bodily harm… Pickling and relishes are an option but I am trying to avoid the high salt and sugar in the majority of those recipes. Hot sauce is a great alternative to pickled peppers because you avoid the super high salt content. This year was the first year making hot sauce with habanero peppers. Wow! Caution. These are not for the faint of heart!!! Habanero Hot Sauce Ingredients: 10…