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A oblong dish full of battered pork thats smothered in a homemade sweet and sour sauce. There are also green pepper and carrots in the sauce.
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Homemade Sweet and Sour Pork with Vegetables

Restaurant Style Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe This sweet and sour pork recipe is devoured every time I make it.  It’s based on a restaurant recipe and tastes even better than take out Chinese food.  It takes some time to make, but if your wanting to treat your family I promise they will prefer this…

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homemade advocaat, advocaat liquer recipe dutch liquer, snowball recipe, snowball drink.
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How to Make Homemade Advocaat – A Delicious Dutch Liqueur

Advocaat Recipe Advocaat, advocaat snowballs, and adovocaat eggnog are traditional Dutch treats I grew up with. My adoptive Dad is Dutch and he would buy Advocaat and allow me one snowball cocktail every Christmas. I remember this advocaat recipe from the 80s and its a much loved treat in my home. Whether you want to…

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Two tia maria cocktails in different images. One is a tia maria martini, the second is tia maria and milk. Everything on the image is cream and soft brown in colour.
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Fantastic Homemade Tia Maria Recipe

Homemade Tia Maria Recipe Homemade liquers like this Tia Maria Recipe became very popular in the late 1970s, at least in northern Canada where I grew up. Homemade versions were created and often gifted between friends and neighbours.   This Tia Maria recipe is one of those tried and true recipes everyone loved.  Give it…

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Homemade Baileys Irish Cream Recipe

Irish Cream Recipe Bailey’s for Less This Irish Cream recipe is a Christmas favorite at our home.  We make this irish cream throughout December and enjoy baileys coffee drinks as a special treat in December. As we use quite a bit of it, we make a double batch and put it in a large bottle. Its…

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Five small fresh pie pumpkins with long stems. They are all washed and shiny ready to be made into pumpkin puree and pumpkin stems for crafts.
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How to Cook Fresh Pumpkin

Making Homemade Pumpkin Puree and Preserving the Stems Every Fall pumpkin everything explodes onto the scene. Whether it’s pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin decor, or pumpkin desserts made with pumpkin puree. Real canned pumpkin can be very expensive, especially when compared to the cost of homemade pumpkin puree. Have you ever thought about how to cook…

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Oktoberfest ideas, Oktoberfest printable, oktoberfest party food, oktoberfest diy decorations
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Oktoberfest Table Decor with Simple Appetizers

Oktoberfest Table Decorations Oktoberfest happens every September in Munich Germany and is famous for its beer gardens and various German foods.     When Milena from Craft Beering approached me to create some Oktoberfest printables, I was only too happy to collaborate. Plan an Oktoberfest Party It’s pretty easy to put together a simple Oktoberfest…

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Donut recipe, sour cream donut recipe, home made donuts
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Baked Sour Cream Donuts with Apple

Baked Sour Cream Donut Recipe This baked sour cream donut recipe is really exciting for me to share today. When I was in my 20’s (last week I swear) I use to make all kinds of donuts. Inexpensive and everyone raved about them, unfortunately frying the donuts started to make me feel sick so I…

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Maple walnut ice cream cake
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Maple Walnut Ice Cream Cake

Maple Walnut Ice Cream Cake Recipe Maple walnut ice cream is a much loved classic ice cream flavour. So why not ditch the chocolate and try this yummy Maple Walnut Ice Cream Cake. Its almost no bake, whips up in 20 minutes, and everyone will love how many walnuts their ice cream has. A great…

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