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Olive Garden Roasted Butternut Squash

Stephanie — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:58:25 +0000

To my surprise the Olive Garden Roasted Butternut Squash was a dish you could order along with your meal. I always think of pasta when I think of the Olive Garden. Imagine my surprise when they were serving up roasted butternut squash. They make roast theirs with a sweet wine sauce, and it is wonderful. I am going to show you how to make this side dish just like they do.

Olive Garden Roasted Butternut Squash

Yes, the Olive Garden serves up many wonderful dishes, their salad, their Alfredo sauce, their famous soups. Recently when I was dining at the Olive Garden you could get roasted butternut squash as a side dish. You can make this at home now, it is very easy to make. If you find it difficult to cut butternut squash I find that both Costco and Trader Joes sells butternut squash already cut up and ready to use. I recommend Riesling wine for this recipe, but honestly any sweet wine will do. I wouldn’t use an expensive white wine in this recipe, personally I would choose something under ten dollars that is drinkable.

You may want to serve this dish with a roast or a roasted chicken. I love making the oven do double duty when I am roasting meat. This way I have less to clean up later. You can enjoy this butternut squash roasted just like the Olive Garden tonight.

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Luby’s Fried Cabbage

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:04:29 +0000

Luby’s makes some of the best cabbage, their fried cabbage is good, and easy to make. Why is this cabbage so good? It is perfectly cooked with bacon, and just the right amount of seasonings.

So often I think cabbage is the forgotten vegetable. It is inexpensive, and can be bitter if not cooked right. It isn’t hard to cook cabbage. I want you show you how you can prepare cooked cabbage that people will ask you for the recipe. Luby’s is known for their great tasting side dishes, and this one is no exception. So the next time there is a big sale on cabbage be sure to pick up a few extra heads of cabbage and enjoy this dish.

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IHOP Banana Caramel Pancakes

Stephanie — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:18:31 +0000

The IHOP Banana Cream Pancakes are one of IHOPS fun and creative pancakes. These are made with their famous pancake batter, banana cream, caramel, and fresh bananas. The banana cream and the caramel are a magical combination that taste heavenly. You won’t be reaching for the bottle of syrup when you enjoy these pancakes they are perfectly sweet. You can now enjoy these pancakes straight from your own kitchen.

For me, pancakes always remind me of my father. He loved to make pancakes. I don’t know why, but he always seemed happy when making breakfast. He also used to make him at Montgomery Ward when they used to have fund raisers at work. Department stores were so different in the late 70s and early 80s. My Dad was an assistant manager at the one in Pueblo, Colorado. I remember the candy counter, there, and they also had a cafeteria. You could get a hot cooked meal in their cafeteria. This is where my Dad would help make pancakes whenever there was a fund raiser.

For me, pancakes always evoke memories of childhood and the excitement of having pancakes. Pancakes in my house were a treat. I think most often we had bowls of cold cereal, so when a hot breakfast was made we always enjoyed those much more. My copy cat recipe of the IHOP Banana pancakes is a sweet treat with the creamy banana filling, fresh bananas and caramel sauce. It is my hope you enjoy these on a morning gathered with your family and that you create some of your own special memories.

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Panda Express Broccoli Beef

Stephanie — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:58:15 +0000

Beef Broccoli is one of those dishes that you can serve to almost anyone. People love beef, and this turns broccoli into a dish that most anyone will eat. I am going to suggest a slight change in the way they serve their dish. I would like for you to steam your broccoli a bit before placing into the stir fry. This will make sure your broccoli is done thoroughly. Also, you can use flank steak, sirloin, or even filet. I find fillet to be much less expensive at Asian markets than in regular grocery stores. The trick here is to slice the beef nice and thin.

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Jalapeno Poppers

Stephanie — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:22:41 +0000

Jalapeno Poppers have to be one of my favorite snacks. I certainly don’t care how these lovely nuggets of heat come, I think they are fantastic. You can stuff them with cheese, bacon, shrimp, or just about anything else and they are going to disappear. I think the first time I tried one of these was when I was working in a restaurant, or you might just call it a place that served food. I thought these hot poppers were the best thing we had on the menu..

Another reason I like to make recipes at home is I get to eliminate fillers and artificial flavors and colors. Sometimes when you buy food out the food quality is a little lower than what we might serve at home. When I made these at home, I used an organic sharp Cheddar cheese. I have two ingredients in the filling for these poppers. I use cream cheese and Cheddar cheese.

If you want to freeze these, once you get them battered you can freeze them uncooked on a cookie sheet until solid, then you can put the poppers into plastic bags and store. You could also fry them all of the way, freeze them on a cookie sheet, and pop them into plastic bags. When you are ready to serve them, place them on a baking sheet at 350 degrees and reheat until they are fully warm.

If you want to have fun with this recipe, you can swap out the cheeses. You could put a little left over ham and Swiss cheese into these for a unique flavor.

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