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Dark Chocolate Dipped Fruit Salad Cones

12/30/2017

 
Chocolate dipped ice cream cones filled with fresh fruit!!
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You wonder why any kid would want
​fresh fruit in a cone.
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​​Hello Skittles. Ha!
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Even adults will like these festive
fruit salad cones!
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BIG TIME NOTE HERE:
USE THE JUMBO CAKE CONES. I USED REGULAR SIZE CONES AND I REALLY SHOULD HAVE USED THE
JUMBO SIZE AS SUGGESTED.




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​Here's the fixins for these happy, sparkly treats!
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The ingredients are:
Jumbo ice cream cones
Apple
Strawberries, halved
Blueberries
Dark Chocolate Chunks
Sprinkles (I used crushed candy canes as it was December)
Lemon to rub apples slices


THAT'S IT! That's all you need for the ingredients!


I used two different recipes for this kid friendly treat. Click on the links below and you will go directly to their cool websites to print off the full recipes!

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This is the recipe used for the Fruit Salad Cones
from Bakers Royale. 

This is the recipe used for Dark Chocolate Dipped Cones
​from Joy The Baker.
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Okay, crush up some candy canes.
Eat some and then put the rest in a bowl.
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​Cut out some apple stars or hearts or whatever you have. Rub each slice with lemon so they won't brown.
Because I did not use JUMBO cones, I had to eventually whittle the apples down to just circles. Frowny face.
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elt the dark chocolate over boiling water.



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Dip the cones in the melted chocolate and then the crushed candy canes or sprinkles.






Easy enough.
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Now this is what I did backwards, cause yo' friend Angie ain't no 
​ rocket scientist.

I put the cones in the freezer for 10-15 for the rimmed chocolate to get hard and THEN I drizzled the chocolate inside the cone.
I should have drizzled the insides FIRST, froze and THEN dipped the rim.
​It was fine, just more....bulky to work with.
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After you drizzle the inside, roll the cones around and then lay on their side and freeze again for a bit, to get the chocolate hard.



Remove from freezer and throw
Skittles in the bottom.
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Set your liners in the cups.
Now remember, I used regular size cones and I should have used JUMBO cones. I did have to take scissors and cut the liners to the cup size.
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Fill with the apples, blueberries and halved strawberries.
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And now you have a tray of candy filled ice cream cones dipped in chocolate with fresh fruit.
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I hope you try this sometime, it's great for any holiday or party or just a special treat to keep the
kids happy.
Oh who am I kidding, it's fun for adults too!










Okay, in closing, here's a couple other shiny sparkly things that make me happy, like the ice cream cones did.
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This is my tree skirt made out of Kaffe Fassett fabric that my Ma was so kind to make for me.
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​My room and tree are small, so I fold the skirt in half under the tree and it's sooooooo soft.
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​The colors are not traditional and their bright shininess makes me squee!
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Another bright and shiny thing is one and only grandchild,
​6 year old
Boy Blue, playing drums on his dad's set.
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On Christmas Day,
Boy Blue, his engineer/musician dad, and his
​Grandpa Tim all had a jam session.
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I believe the jam session ended with Grandpa Tim's best AC/DC guitar solo.
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​Lastly, Cactus Jack is 7 months old.
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He's an inside cat who goes outside sometimes.

This week was his first time seeing snow.



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Okay, that's all I have for today!
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Thanks so much for checking in!

It's arctic cold out there so stay warm!
Drink some hot chocolate with tons of tiny marshmallows!

Note to self: Add tiny marshmallows to grocery list.



​Have a safe and warm New Year's Eve
​ and we'll talk at ya soon!
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Super Easy, Super Quick Absolutely Addicting Cheesy Bacon Rotel Cups

12/20/2017

 
Cheesy Bacon Rotel Cups!
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Intrigued?

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​G
et thee to the nearest grocery store and buy these items!
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​Those
fixins up there are brought together so quickly and so easily to produce these appetizer cups that people will love!
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If for some reason these tangy delicious bite-size appetizer nuggets don't intrigue you  
SCROOOOOOGE,









well then, maybe this liver and onion appetizer is more to your liking...





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I like how apparently an appetizer made with liver & onions is the absolute worst food thing I could think of, ha!


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Dear Ma,

I still hate liver & onions. But I wish I had a bucket of those deep fried sugar donuts you made back in the day. Yummmmmmmmmm.

Love, 
Angie



Your daughter.

The middle one. 

A - N - G - I - E.

You know, the middle child, in between the two oldest and the two youngest.

What do you mean remind you who I am again???????
I was the kid with the basketball sized head and the insufferable
know-it-all attitude! 



Oh let's face it, not much has changed.

Anyway, XOXO.
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P.S. Can you make me up a batch of those sugar donuts sometime soon,  please :)




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​O
kay, let's move on to what these "fillo" shells are...
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These are
fully baked
​phyllo dough cups.


You will either find these in the freezer section or the bread aisle.

Yeah, I know.

​Weird.​
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Now remember, they are fully baked!
​They look like this when you open the box.
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Cheesy Bacon Rotel Cups

Way too many websites to source or credit, it's all over internetland.
Courtesy your friend Angie at www.turnkeyqualitycars.com


Ingredients
  • 3 (1.9 ounce) boxes of frozen Mini Phyllo (Fillo) Shells (15 per box)
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 (10 ounce) can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies), drained
  • 1/2 cup chopped, cooked bacon
  • OR 1 (2.8 ounce) bag Oscar Meyer Real Bacon bits
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded Colby and Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove phyllo shells carefully from their boxes. No need to thaw. Place shells onto a large baking sheet.

In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, Rotel tomatoes and bacon pieces. Once combined, stir in the cheese. Scoop 2 Tablespoons of filling into each phyllo shell. Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until golden and cheese is melted.

Serve and enjoy! 

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Very little preparation,

​ just fry up some bacon!
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​Can of rotel tomatoes, the mayo and that delicious bacon in a bowl...
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​Mix 'er up!
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A couple teaspoons of the mayo, tomato, cheese, bacon in each cup...
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Ready to go in the
​350 degree oven.

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20 minutes later...
​helllllloooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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​A
rrange these little pretties on a platter
​and serve away!
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ach one tastes like a little mini flaky BLT.
The tangy mayo with the salty bacon and flavor of the Rotel tomatoes with that combo cheese, FANTASTIC!
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​Disclaimer: I am completely serious, don't say I didn't warn you!
These suckers are absolutely addicting! 
I mean addicting!!
I'm not going to tell you how many I ate seven but I will say I had to throw these in the freezer nine wrapped up real good for Christmas Day brunch fine ten because I would have ate twelve every single ding dang one. Shut up.
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Quick note: I put these in the freezer wrapped up really really well.
I took a couple out the next day and let them come to room temp.
They were every bit JUST AS DELICIOUS BUT the phyllo cup flaked a bit so be careful when removing them from the tray/plate/bag in the freezer.

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Okay, so remember the letter up above to my Ma?
Well, we both have January birthdays.

c1977? I was maybe 13 here, Ma was 33. We were at my Grandma Norris' house.
[clearing throat] Uh, I'm on the right there, Ma is on the left...just for clarification purposes.
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Okay kiddos, that's all I gots for today!!!
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Thanks so much for humoring me!
I really appreciate it!! 




Here's to wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year filled with good food and great memories!!!
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Talk at ya soon!!!










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Cool Vehicles That Show Up in Driveway and Make Us Smile

12/17/2017

 

I'm a vintage lovin' gal.
That's why I ran a seasonal antique shop out of my barn for several years.
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I also love me all vintage and
vintage-y vehicles.

When I saw this vehicle in the driveway,
​I screamed out there!!!

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​Funny thing is, I knew right away whose car this may be. 
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This late 80s/early 90s Firebird belongs to a mechanic friend of Tim's.
​Dude is a GENIUS mechanic. 
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​Here's a little known fact about many
​mechanics....
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Many mechanics have their "daily driver" car.
This is the car they drive to work in.
The car they carry their tools in.
The car they go to the grocery store in after work.
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The car they don't have to worry about getting all greased and dirtied up in. 
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Wrenches, Mechanics, Grease Monkeys, Service techs, whatever you want to call them...many save their good car for good.
Their daily driver may not look like a beauty queen but let me tell ya, it'll start on a cold January morning when other cars won't.
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N
ow let's move on to this
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
2003 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
Jeff Gordon Signature Edition

a customer brought by.
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​Aw man, look at those factory flames!!!
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Our lucky lucky lucky customer had bought this
always garaged, Jeff Gordon, #24, Special Edition
2003 Monte SS with just 17k miles on it last year!  
17k Miles!!!!!!
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​Yes, I said 17k miles on it.
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​A 2003 SS Special Edition.
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I love EVERYTHING about this
​collector car!!!

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Original tires, rims....sighhhhhhhh...
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This Special Edition Monte came with the number
24 (Jeff Gordon's number) on the leather seats.
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They only made 2,424 of these Special Editions.

They came with Jeff's signature on the outside by the #24. The wheel rims and dash, ultra cool!!


What I love most about this particular gentleman's vehicle is that,


wait,


​wait for it,


just a minute,


wait....



Okay, this is what I like:
​HE ACTUALLY DRIVES IT AND DOESN'T HAVE IT STORED AWAY IN SOME CLIMATE-CONTROLLED GARAGE ONLY TO BRING IT OUT FIVE SECONDS A YEAR AND THEN TELLS YOU TO GET YER HANDS
OFF THE PAINT!

Dude drives it man, that's what I most particularly love! Dude drives it!!! 
Well, that and the flames on the hood. :)
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Okay, so this car wasn't in my driveway but it was in Iowa City in a parking lot and I just COULD NOT GET OVER THE COLOR!
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Say what???
So cool.
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​L
et's move on to a mid 90s Ford F250
that was being serviced up at Hostys in Frytown.
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This MINT CONDITION pickup had only like
​6,000 miles on it!!!!!! 6,000!!!!!!
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​Look at the bed!

No rust anywhere!
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​Look at that chrome!
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Interior looks like it just rolled off the factory line.
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Manual to boot!
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Speaking of mid 90s trucks...how about my cousin's 1995 F350 diesel!!!!
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Does it look different to you??
It did to me! I couldn't wrap my head around it!
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​I mean, it just looked crazy cool and you could tell everything was original to the year of the vehicle!
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Come to find out some Fords had the
Centaurus Conversion Package
as an after market feature.
Finding an F-350 with this feature is very very rare!
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Besides all the cool exterior features like running lights all along the truck, a Westin brush guard, molding, running boards and roof spoiler,
​the interiors were trimmed in wood, of course.
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Shhhhhh, If this truck did not belong to my cousin who I happen to like very much, I would have ripped out that AMAZING wood console while he wasn't looking.

Just to have it.

​Cause it's so cray cray awesome!
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There's even wood trim on the headliner.
Love it!
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​M
y cousin sells at farmers markets.

His conversion F350 is absolutely perfect in this setting!
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Moving on to our friend's 1960s Bronco.
Not a week goes by in the warm months where at least two people don't stop by every week to inquire about this rare vehicle. This vintage Bronco was purchased, used and found in the Midwest, which is rather unique. These specific Broncos where made mainly for ranches, off road use in western states mainly.
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​N
ot EVERY vehicle out here has an engine.
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Sometimes the mode of transportation is when Amish come out and lift your house that was hit by a tornado, off the ground and move it down the road to another family's acreage where the house is made beautiful again!
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These pics are early in the process, where the road ties were used to secure the house once it was pulled up off the foundation.
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This is not my photo but I was there, on Hwy 22 between Kalona and Riverside, that exact moment, that exact day.
I pulled over onto the side of the highway, like everybody else did, not because you had to but because it was a sight to behold.
I remember trying to count the men but lost track at 100. 
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It's not every night a yellow smart car pulls into the driveway!
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Tim and I get the biggest kick out of
stuff like this!!!
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Tim was rather intrigued.
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Off Tim and Warren went down the road...
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...and back again.
We had a blast checking out this car!!
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We had this super cool 70s Chevy Silverado pickup truck pull in that was purchased in the 1980s.
​The customer customized it out for specific functions!
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The customer made his own bed
​that was hooked to hydraulics.
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Not only was the bed hooked to hydraulics, but the truck ran on LP OR regular gasoline.
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Decades ago, the customer even sewed his own seat covers!
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Look at this interior!!
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​Tim wanted to make sure I saw this...
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Tim pointed out that the customer has an air tank under the hood that gets air from the A/C compressor to supply air to another canister that you can hook up to an air hose to pump up tires and such.
It's like a portable air tank under the hood.
BRILLIANT!!! CONVENIENT!!!
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This is the conversion for the engine: gas or LP.
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Lastly, I was down the road picking up a couple sandwiches from Kalona Creamery when a
tractorcade started going by.
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Of course I stopped and took pics and waved at all the folks on tractors.
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​And finally,
my cousin, you know... 
the one who has the red Ford F-350 pickup with conversion package, well, he also has this Dodge truck and I about giggled myself to no end when he pulled up today...
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with a wreath attached to his front grill!!!
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 LOVE IT!!!!!!


He said he went to Goodwill and bought the tackiest wreath he could find.
Beings that this wreath is made out fake vintage plastic
MADE ME LOVE IT EVEN MORE!!! 
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Merry Merry Christmas and
Happy Holidays to all!!


Hope you enjoyed this post of fun and funky vehicles!

Thanks for checking in!


Next post is a recipe post (oh stop yawning!!!)
so check back again soon!


Take care and we'll talk at ya soon!








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Corey's Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Cheese, Spinach & Tomatoes and Outdoor Christmas Lights, well the Christmas lights aren't stuffed in the tenderloin although that would be festive for sure.

12/15/2017

 

Greetings, friends!!!!

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Today I am sharing
an ahhhhhmazing

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin recipe
shared with me by the cool meat department guy at my local grocery, Corey.
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I'm also sharing my outdoor Christmas lights.
Ah c'mon, humor me just a few pictures if you will.

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Front porch is kind of bare this holiday season, makes the scoopin' of the snow easy though, well once the snow begins anyway.​
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​Mr. Donkey works year round
on this front porch. 
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The artificial tree rests in a vintage Orange Sunkist box and there's a cool basket weave planter I picked up at a consignment shop for $3.60!!






​I saw a photo that inspired me to be a little
​whack-a-doodle with one side only of the porch railing.
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Every fence needs a good old wreath and
chunky lights strewn about.
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Anyhoo, let's get to this stuffed pork tenderloin that I can not say enough about!
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​This recipe was so good that I made it twice in one week and I'm making it again tonight!
Look at the pretty Christmas colors!!
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​The pork melts in your mouth, the herbed cheese is tangy and is the star of the show frankly, the seared panko crust gives it a delicious nutty flavored crunch and the tomatoes and spinach round out the flavor profile.
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​This recipe is straight from a quick conversation with Corey, the meat guy at my local grocery who casually mentioned how he makes a
​stuffed pork tenderloin. 
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Corey pointed me to the two different soft cheeses he uses, depending what's on sale. 



​Intrigued, I wrote down Corey's recipe and went home and made the Stuffed Crusted Pork Tenderloin
word for word,
after also googling a quick pan sauce recipe.


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​Here's the fixins for this melt in your mouth, pan seared, crusted, stuffed Pork Tenderloin.
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Corey’s Crusted Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Cheese, Spinach and Tomatoes
Courtesy of: Your friend Angie with TurnkeyQualityCars.com
Recipe is Corey’s original recipe


Ingredients
1.5 – 2 lbs Pork Tenderloin
Coarse Salt and Pepper
1 cup firmly packed fresh spinach leaves
1 1/4 cup fresh chopped tomatoes –I used roma
1 pkg. soft garlic and herbed cheese (approx 5 oz) – Note: This MUST be an HERBED soft cheese
½ cup whole wheat panko bread crumbs (slightly processed, blended or crushed)
¼ tsp dried thyme
3 Tbsps. Avocado or canola oil (higher smoke point than olive oil)
1/2 cup white wine for the deglazed sauce
1/2 cup chicken stock for the deglazed sauce
 
Directions
Preheat oven to 350.
Butterfly tenderloin lengthwise, like a book.
Between plastic wrap, pound tenderloin out even on both sides.
Salt and pepper both sides of tenderloin and lay flat, inside up.
Spread herbed cheese on both sides of the inside of tenderloin.
Top with Spinach leaves and then top with chopped tomatoes.
Fold over in half and secure with butchers twine every two inches.
Add dried thyme to crushed panko crumbs.
Roll pork tenderloin in panko crumbs.
Heat avocado/canola oil in cast iron pan on medium until sizzling.
Sear all sides of pork tenderloin in cast iron pan…1.5 - 2 minutes each side. (4 sides)
Place pan in 350 oven until internal temps reach 145-160 degrees. Approx 20 minutes??
Remove tenderloin from pan and let rest on platter under tin foil.
Heat cast iron pan on medium high heat on stovetop and add wine and chicken broth, deglazing pan.
Simmer 10 minutes. Salt and pepper sauce as needed. 
Strain. Set sauce aside.
Slice tenderloin on the bias.
Drizzle with the delicious glaze.
Serve with sweet potato puree or side salad or any rice or potato.



Side note: I crushed up the panko crumbs the second time I made this, the smaller crumbs made it much easier for searing and getting a good even crust.




I also used different soft, spreadable cheeses both times.
The first time I used Belletoile.
​Very spreadable.
The second time I used Boursin. This was a crumbly cheese and tangier.
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Both cheeses are fantastic. Would probably go with Boursin again (slightly tangier) although Belletoile was just as good.



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Anyway, let's get started!!
Butterfly that tenderloin and pound it thin!




​Salt and pepper that baby up on both sides!
Lay it flat, inside up.
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Spread cheese. 
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​Spread spinach.
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Spread those delicious chopped tomatoes!!
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Fold over in half and secure with butcher's twine
every two inches.

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G
et your panko ready by processing, blending or crushing the panko so it isn't so chunky. Add dried thyme. 
Roll the pork tenderloin in the panko.




Sear that tenderloin in an oven proof skillet on all sides over medium heat with olive or avocado oil.
***I use avocado oil, it has a higher heat smoke point, less chance the smoke detectors will go off. Again. :)*****



Throw the seared crusted pork tenderloin in the 350 degree oven and cook until the meat thermometer
reaches 145-160 degrees.  



Lookin' mighty fine when it comes out!
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Transfer tenderloin to a platter and tent up for ten minutes while you make the pan sauce.

Do you suppose I coulda maybe sorta shoulda used a LARGER platter???
Good golly Miss Molly.
(shout out to Miss Molly and S) :)
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So for the pan sauce, I just took the drippings and added white wine and chicken broth and deglazed pan and let the sauce simmer a bit.
​Season with salt and pepper as needed.


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The pan sauce will have chunks of panko in it which aren't necessary,

​so you will want to strain the sauce.





These are really terrible pictures but strain that sauce and you will get a good 1 cups of a tasty glaze.




​Cut that beautiful pork tenderloin on the bias...

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Plate up
a couple slices on a sweet potato puree bed or side with rice or a nice salad.
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Roasted rosemary potatoes would be nice too.







The tang of the herbed cheese, the fresh tomatoes
​and spinach are addictive. 
The seared panko crust with thyme is genius.
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Take the flavor over-the-top by glazing
​with the pan sauce.




Okay, now gonna share the quick 
Sweet Potato Puree with Smoked Paprika
recipe. This is the only way to make a sweet potato puree, people!! 
SMOKED paprika!!!  
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Sweet-Potato Puree with Smoked Paprika
Straight outta Epicurious.com

INGREDIENTS
    • 3 pounds sweet potatoes
    • 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and softened
    • 1/3 cup heavy cream
    • 1/4 teaspoon sweet or hot smoked paprika*
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
    • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste
    • *Available at kalustyans.com
PREPARATION
    1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
    2. Prick each potato once with a fork, then bake potatoes in a foil-lined shallow baking pan until tender, about 1 hour. When cool enough to handle, peel, then cut away any eyes or dark spots. Purée potatoes with butter, cream, paprika, salt, and cayenne in a food processor until smooth.
Here's the direct link where you can go to the Epicurious website and print the recipe off!
​Sweet-Potato Puree with Smoked Paprika



Bake up sweet potatoes until tender
​and add the butter, spices and heavy cream.

​Make sure to use SMOKED paprika, not regular paprika!! 
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Recipe says to puree potatoes, spices and cream in a food processor.
Angie says no way in heck was I gonna get the food processor out and clean up THAT mess!
So a hand mixer worked good. Just a good ol' potato masher would be fine too.
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That's it!!!!
How easy is that!!
The pur
ee is nice and smooth, sweet and smoky and absolutely a delicious complement to Corey's Stuffed Pork Tenderloin!
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Next day, I ate a bowl for lunch,
deeelicious.
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Okay y'all, that's all I gots
​for today!

Gots is a word.   Look it up.    In the Pretend Word Dictionary.



As I said earlier, am making the Stuffed Pork Tenderloin recipe AGAIN tonight!
I hope you make it sometime too!
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Hope you're having a wonderful
holiday season!

Check back again! I've been cooking up a storm from recipes, some are fails, some are hits and most all are fun  (except for the baking ones, those aren't fun, those are pure torture)
but other than that, they're fun!

HOHOHO!!


Stay warm
and we'll talk at ya soon!


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Cheatin' Side of Apple Cobbler

12/2/2017

 
I know. I know.
​I KNOWWWWW!!!!

You be like 
"That don't look like no apple cobbler with those cinnamon rolls on top."
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​And you're right.

It don't taste like no apple cobbler either.
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This Cinnamon Roll Apple Cobbler
is weird and quirky and overly sweet and just plain
​cray cray.





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​Yet that did not stop me from eating this four days in a row...most recently topped with additional salted caramel.
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Now I'm not suggesting you should make
this by any means.


But it's quick to prepare (although the cook time is longish) and it has weird refrigerated cinnamon rolls and icing on top.
​You'll be the talk of the office party or family Christmas meal.
(Maybe not in a good way but hey, somebody needs to stand up for the weird and quirky and overly sweet and just plain cray cray people like me. I mean food. I mean this dish.) 


So now that you're like whaaaaaat is this chick talking about, should I make it or should I not???... 
Well, let's go through the steps.

Here's the fixins for this
Cinammon Roll Apple Cobbler.
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Peel and core (without cussing, pretend it's a game, where you have to peel 7 apples and not cuss once from the boredom) and slice the apples. 
I used a variety of apples.
Toss the apples with the ground ginger, sugar, flour,
​raisins and water.
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Toss apple mixture into a casserole dish.
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 Cover with aluminum foil and bake until apples are soft.
45 minutes or so.







Comes out of the oven like this, yummy! Smells great too!

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Okay, now quarter up the cinnamon rolls
and arrange on top of the apples. 





Throw back in oven uncovered until
​golden brown.

It took mine close to 30 minutes to become golden on top.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you can drizzle the icing on way better than my whack job here.
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Let cool and then dig in and critique.
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Yup.
Weird.
Quirky.
Overly sweet 
and

just plain cray cray.







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And yet, here I am, again, on the 4th day
​eating it warmed up. 
This time drizzled with buttery salted caramel sauce, yum!
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​So I will probably make this again when grandson comes over for a quick dessert that I know he will eat.
I mean c'mon: 
Apples 
Cinnamon rolls

One pan
 Drizzled icing


Cray cray, I tell you.





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This recipe is from the November 2017
​Better Homes & Garden Magazine.

Cinnamon Roll-Apple Cobbler

Cinnamon Roll-Apple Cobbler​
Straight outta November 2017 Better Homes & Garden

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 7 cups peeled, cored, and sliced apples (Braeburn, Pinata, Granny Smith, Idared, and/or Golden Delicious)
  • 1/4 cup golden raisins
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 17 1/2 ounce pkg. (5) refrigerated large cinnamon rolls with icing, quartered
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In an extra-large bowl stir together sugar, flour, and ginger. Add apples, raisins, and the water; toss to combine. Spoon apple mixture into a 2-quart round casserole dish; cover. Place a foil-lined baking sheet on oven rack below casserole dish. Bake, covered, 50 minutes or until apples begin to soften.
  2. Arrange cinnamon roll pieces on apple filling. Bake, uncovered, 25 to 30 minutes more or until rolls are golden. Cool at least 30 minutes. Drizzle icing from cinnamon roll package over top.
From the Better Homes & Garden Test Kitchen*TIP If you don't have a 2-qt. casserole, use a 2-qt. square baking dish. Prepare as directed, covering dish with foil and reducing baking time to 40 minutes in Step 1. Continue as directed in Step 2.



Okay, so if anyone makes this,
​let me know what you think!








​I will close by sharing a couple pictures. This scene is off of Hwy 1 this week.
Took my breath away.
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​I'll be posting a deeelicious cheese, spinach and tomato stuffed pork tenderloin this weekend too, I think.



Have a great weekend y'all,
and we'll talk at ya soon!


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