When you think of good friends and good times, you think of sharing good food.
Our northern comfort Food recipes are simple but time-tested. We hope you will enjoy them as much as we do.
Snacks and Appetizers
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Main Courses
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Pretzel Turtle Treats |
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Snacks & Appetizers
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Here is an easy recipe that tastes great and can be a fun project to do
with a young grand child. Big “kids” will love them too. It only has
three ingredients:
1 bag of Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Snaps
1 box of Rolo candies
1 bag of pecan halves
Cover a cookie sheet with baking parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
Place as many pretzels as you can in rows on the cookie sheet leaving a
½” between each pretzel. Top each pretzel with one Rolo candy.
Put cookie sheet in 250-degree oven for five minutes. Remove the
pan from the oven and allow treats to set for a few minutes to cool,
but still soft. Carefully press one pecan half on each melted Rolo.
Remove from cookie sheet and transfer to a plate. Put the plate in the
refrigerator long enough for them to set completely. Remove from the
refrigerator and store in a covered container.
As a tip, Sam’s Club sells Rolo Candy in a multi-pack box, which is
cheaper than buying individual rolls. A great gift or party item.
Sooooo easy.
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Good & Easy Clam Chowder |
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Soups & Stews
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This clam chowder is so good you will think you are sitting at a dockside diner in Maine. Don’t tell anyone how you made it and stand back and wait for the complements.
Ingredients
2 or 3 cans of minced clams (your choice)
3 cans Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Potato Soup
2 cans Campbell’s Condensed New England Clam Chowder
1 quart of half & half
1 stick of butter (NOT margarine)
1 medium or large onion
¼ t ground pepper
1 t dry parsley flakes
1/4 t paprika
Melt butter in large soup pot or Dutch oven on low heat. Finely chop onion and add to butter. Drain canned clams, reserving liquid for later, and add to onions and butter. Cook over low heat until the onion is clear. Add all five cans of soup and gradually stir in the full quart of half- &-half. Add all of the seasonings and mix well. If soup gets too thick, add some of the reserved clam juice as desired. After everything is well blended and heated, you can pour into a slow cooker (Crock-Pot) and cook for 2 hours on low. I have also cooked it in a 175-degree oven in the oven proof Dutch oven for 2 ½ hours. The trick is not to scorch the soup - low & slow. Enjoy with oyster crackers and hot sauce on the side.
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Layered Sweet & Sour Delight Party Appetizer |
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Snacks & Appetizers
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TOPPING
3/4 C. Cooked Chicken, chopped or shredded
½ C. Carrots, shredded
1/4 C. Unsalted peanuts, chopped
3 T. Green onions, sliced
1 T. Fresh cilantro, chopped (I used dried cilantro... 1 teaspoon)
2 T. Soy sauce
1 tsp. Fresh ginger, minced (I used powdered ginger, just a pinch I think)
1 tsp. Sesame oil
SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
1/4 C. Brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tsp. Cornstarch
3/4 C. Water
1/4 C. Catsup
2 T. Rice vinegar
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
3 drops Tabasco
BASE
8 oz. Cream cheese, softened
1 T. Milk
Combine topping ingredients and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for
several hours. Make Sweet and Sour sauce as follows: combine brown
sugar and cornstarch, mix well. Gradually stir in water and remaining
ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture
thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Cool, cover and refrigerate.
When ready to serve, make base by combining cream cheese and milk...
beat until smooth and fluffy. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on
bottom of 10 inch serving dish or pie plate. Drizzle with about half of
Sweet and Sour sauce. Spoon chicken topping mix evenly over cream
cheese. Drizzle with rest of Sweet & Sour sauce. Garnish with more
chopped peanuts and cilantro (I just used more peanuts and skipped the
cilantro here). Serve with assorted crackers.
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