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Thanksgiving leftovers don’t have to be boring. These individual gluten free turkey pot pies feature a flaky crust, delicious veggies, and tasty leftover turkey. It’s not your typical thanksgiving leftover meal.
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Finally, a yummy, flaky gluten free pie crust. Ingredients: 3/4 C Brown Rice Flour 1 1/2 C Sweet Rice Flour 1/4 C Potato Starch (not flour) 1 tsp. salt 3/4 C + 2 Tbsp Butter (allow to sit on counter for a few minutes to soften) 2 eggs 1/4 C cold water Directions: 1. Combine all dry ingredients in mixing bowl. 2. Add butter and mix (I use my Kitchenaid stand mixer) until you have a crumbly mixture. 3. Add in the eggs and mix until combined with the dry ingredients. 4. Slowly add in the water until the dough…
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As we were preparing our Thanksgiving menu, I thought I would try out a new sauce for the turkey rather than just having the traditional gravy. Yes, I still made regular gravy because the crew would have had a fit if there was no gravy for the mashed potatoes. Since we had some mini turkey sausages, I thought it would be fun to use the cranberry sauce as a dip. The spicy cranberry cider dipping sauce is simple, but delicious. Ingredients: 1 C whole cranberry sauce (homemade or can) 1/2 C apple cider (divided into 1/4 C portions) 1 -2…
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Mmmm… The yummy holiday scents are filling the air due to making some vanilla sugar and vanilla-cinnamon spice for holiday baking (as well as for the rest of the year). Little flecks of vanilla bean pepper my white kitchen counter and the room smells delightful. Yesterday, when I wrote about the homemade vanilla extract, I said to make sure you didn’t toss those used vanilla beans. Well, I thought I’d go ahead and show you why it’s a great idea to re-purpose those beans that still have plenty of vanilla flavor in them. It seems a little funny calling it a recipe…
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Mmmm… Homemade vanilla extract Back in January, I decided to make some of my own homemade vanilla extract. Part of the whole process is allowing it to sit – for a long time – in a dark place. It’s when of those fix it and forget about it type of things. Well, finally, the time came when we could start using it. It’s so much better than store bought vanilla extract. I am so glad that I decided to go ahead and make it. My problem was that I wanted some cute storage containers for the extract, and I…
