Foil packet potatoes and onions

These potatoes make a great side dish to compliment any bar-b-que!

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I cut six small potatoes and 1 small onion into cubes. You can slice them or cut them however you like! Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste. I like to keep it light on the seasonings as not to overpower the main dish, but you can have fun and play around with your spices and seasonings.

 I stirred in 2 tbsp. Bertolli Olive Oil to lightly coat the potatoes.

Put on foil and wrap tightly.

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Put on foil and wrap tightly.

Put foil pack on hot grill. We cooked ours covered for 30 minutes, carefully turning the packet over. Then cooked for another 30 minutes. 

They came out perfectly

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Until next time!
May your blessings be many and your troubles be few!

Home-made no-stick rice. No boxed stuff here!

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup

Butter - 2 Tbsp.

Water - 2 cups

Melt 2 tablespoons butter. 

Before butter gets too hot, pour rice in and stir. We are basically sautéing, or quick frying the rice. 

 On medium/high heat cook rice in butter for approximately two minutes - stirring constantly (don't let it turn brown)

Pour 2 cups hot tap water over rice and let it come to a medium boil.

As soon as the water comes to a boil, turn the heat down to about a number 2 setting (low heat.) Put the lid on. 

Let simmer for approximately 15 minutes. 

I took the lid off and gave it a quick stir after about 10 minutes to show you how it's coming along. It doesn't really need stirred any more than that.

Fifteen minutes of simmering! No need to drain. We like ours al dente and this is perfect!

Mmm. This rice is good enough to eat just like it is...

…but, I'm having my rice this evening with some left over Chicken Mole.

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This rice goes really well with Mel's Blackened Fish too!

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Until next time!

May your blessings be many and your troubles be few!

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Chocolate covered peanut butter rounds

 Ingredients

Ritz or Georgia crackers

Peanut butter

Almond Bark

Supplies

Bowl

Fork

Butter knife

Wax paper

Storage container

Directions

Spread peanut butter onto 
crackers,

add cracker tops, set aside.

  

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Break six of the almond bark squares into a glass bowl. 

Microwave for 1 minute on high. Do not overcook. When you take the bark from the microwave, it may appear to still be chunky, but do not put it back in the microwave. First begin to vigorously stir. The hot bark should finish melting the rest. 

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Drop each peanut butter cracker sandwich into melted bark.

 Bring out with fork and lightly tap off excess chocolate bark.

  Put on wax paper to set up until chocolate is firm. 

If you have a little bark left, and no more peanut butter crackers to drop in, you can add any nuts you may have on hand for some chocolate covered nuts or clusters. I did some almonds, and a few peanut clusters.

My chocolate was beginning to harden a bit, so I put it back in the microwave for 15 seconds, stirred in the almonds, and quickly dropped them onto the wax paper. 

 Half the package of dark almond bark (6 squares) made what you see below.

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Storing

I layer these in an air tight container using wax paper between each layer so they don't stick to together. Although it doesn't happen at my house, these will keep for about two weeks. In 75 degrees or less, there is no need to refrigerate.

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Until next time!

May your blessings be many and your troubles be few!

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You can check out our chocolate covered pretzels here!

Chocolate covered pretzel Rods

I am blessed to have a couple of my grandbabies visiting for part of their summer, and our little Jaley Bean has her third birthday coming up. She put in a request for chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles. So we had some fun making them for her!

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 Ingredients:

White Almond Bark

Pretzel sticks of choice

Sprinkles - optional

Supplies:

Glass bowl

Fork

Butter knife

Wax paper

Also optional: cute little 3 year old who needs to see and smell every little thing along the way!

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Break almond bark into squares. If using half the package (6 squares) microwave on high for 1 minute. If using all 12 squares, microwave on high for 2 minutes. Some of the bark might still seem hard, but once you begin to stir, it will all melt together.

Stir until creamy.

Pour melted bark into tall glass or jar for dipping the pretzels.

I let my Jaley Bean dip the first one. 

We poured our sprinkles into a glass as well thinking we could dip the pretzel into the sprinkles. This didn't work out so well. 

(we kept it anyway because the kids and hubby don't mind how it looks!)

We tried putting the sprinkles in a plate and rolling the pretzel, but that didn't work either, so we sprinkled the sprinkles onto the pretzels before the bark set up.

So Jaley Bean got her chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles!

Store in airtight container.

 Until next time!

May your blessings be many and your troubles be few!

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