Category: Sauces/Toppings/Gravies
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Fresh Cranberry Relish
If you are a fan of cranberries, you’ll want to try this really easy recipe for Fresh Cranberry Relish! There’s no cooking—just add all the ingredients to your blender or food processor, chop them up, and it’s done! It’s super easy and tastes great!
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Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce
This is the first recipe I ever tried for roasting tomatoes several years ago and it’s a good one! But you’ll want to make sure you’ll be home for awhile, because the roasting takes 7 1/2 hours! It’s a great recipe to make on a cold day though, because with all that roasting time, your…
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Homemade Cranberry Sauce
I was never much of a fan of cranberry sauce as a kid, but I like it now, especially if it’s homemade. When I reviewed the book In Winter’s Kitchen by Beth Dooley a few years ago, I found a recipe for cranberry sauce which I decided I had to try, since I’ve never made homemade cranberry sauce.
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Stovetop Apple-Cinnamon Butter
Several friends have given me homemade apple butter the last few years—it makes a wonderful food gift, especially around the holidays. I discovered you can make apple butter with the slow cooker or on the stovetop, and for my first try I decided to make a stovetop version.
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Easy Salted Caramel Sauce
I bought some salted caramel sauce a few months ago, and I could hardly tell it was salted! So I made a note to try making a homemade salted caramel sauce sometime, and I finally had the chance. This Easy Salted Caramel Sauce is definitely salted and has a great buttery, sweet-salty flavor!
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Easy Marinara Sauce
Good, simple recipes are the best, especially when they don’t take long to make! I found a lot of recipes like this in my review copy of Simplify Supper, by Krista Numbers (softcover). There are lots of Italian and Tex-Mex-style dishes, as well as all-American classics like BBQ Ribs, Southern-Style Baked Beans, and Chicken Noodle Soup.…
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Red Plum Freezer Jam
I’ve never made freezer jam before (or any kind of jam for that matter). My friend Ann gave me some plum jam she had made with red plums from a tree in her backyard. She had so many plums, she had enough to give me a bunch to make my own plum jam, too!
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Tzatziki (Greek Yogurt-Cucumber Dip)
I recently made this Greek dip, Tzatziki, and was instantly hooked on it as soon as I tasted it! I adapted this from a recipe I found at About.com, which explains that this very healthy dip or sauce is often served “…on the side with warm pita bread triangles for dipping, and is also used…
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Blueberry Topping
I have to confess that I have never made a fruit topping or sauce before…for some reason, I always thought it was a hard thing to make. But I couldn’t have been more wrong! This recipe is SO easy and quick. And it’s made with fresh blueberries.
NancyC 