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Easy Easter Dinner Ideas

Fried Apples are a southern staple. They go great with ham. Its like apple pie without the crust. They’re called cooked apples up north. Almost everyone will eat green beans. Add a little butter and sprinkle with slivered almonds and they look fancy. A great safe side dish. Get Recipe Broccoli salad is a delicious…

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Perfectly Easy Ham

Ham is not a particularly healthy choice, but we enjoy it once or twice a year – Christmas and Easter. It’s pretty easy. This was actually the way my grandmother did it, and I still make it this way – Place the ham in the roasting pan, cut side down. Score the ham lengthwise at…

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Perfect Turkey

  Cook this one only if you want to be responsible for the turkey forevermore. Everyone tells you to uncover the turkey during the last half of the cooking. This makes for the dry turkey everyone has grown up with. I‘ve even come up against a cooked in the bag turkey, at the same dinner….

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Reddi Whip or Cool Whip?

  Some well known ‘diet experts’ are handing out advice. Is the advice true?Here’s a quiz. You’re having pumpkin pie and you need whipped cream. You don’t have time to make real whipped cream. Do you buy a can of whipped cream, or Cool Whip Lite? Cool Whip Lite is recommended by South Beach Diet,…

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Cran Apple Sweet Potato Crisp

    1 lb. Sweet potatoes (3-4 medium) , peeled, cooked, and mashed with ¼ cup butter.  Stir in – ½ cup chopped apple and ¼ cup dried cranberries  Put sweet potato and fruit mixture into 1 quart baking dish  In a small bowl, mix 2 Tablespoons flour, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar and ¼ teaspoon…

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Cider Honey Glazed Ham

  1 cup apple cider 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/4 cup Dijon Mustard 1/4 cup honey 1/2 teas. Liquid Smoke   Preheat your oven to 350 F Put your ham into an ungreased roasting pan Pour the apple cider over the ham Mix the rest of the ingredients until completely blended Spoon over…

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