Category: Cooking with AlyCat
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Sweet Chili Sauce
This is a great sauce to use for marinade, stir fry, or dipping. The family loves when I make this sauce because of the great flavor and versatility. Ingredients Directions Add water, vinegar, and sugar in a small sauce pot over medium heat and stir. Let mixture come to a rolling boil and then remove…
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Sweet n Spicy Sloppy Joe Mix
My 4th daughter wanted sloppy joe’s for her 17th birthday so I whipped up a sweet and spicy mix just for her. The recipe below is only for the mixture that gives sloppy joe that tangy goodness we all know and love. This definitely can be added to ground meats in addition to beef. Ingredients…
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Rose Petal Infused Cocoa
Here’s a fun and versatile recipe that’s great served as a rich and delicious hot drink, a cold smoothie or even added to baking. Ingredients 2 cups culinary rose petals, finely ground 1/4 cup rouge cocoa powder 1/4 cup jet black cocoa powder 3/4 cup monk fruit sugar 1/4 cup maple sugar 1/8 cup Vanilla…
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Aaliyah’s 9th Birthday Party Food
Our second born had a birthday party a few weeks ago. Her theme was Ballerina in Paris. My daughter loves all things ballerina so i thought this would be a good theme for her. I tried to keep the menu simple and still include “Paris like” food with the elegance of a ballerina in mind.…
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Milk Alternatives
I go back and forth with making my own nut and seed milks to buying those off the shelf cartons in the store. Well since i’ve recently learned that some of our favorite brand of hemp milk contains harmful ingredients i’ve decided to start making my own again. It’s actually REALLY easy to do, especially…
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Crock Pot Chicken Kale Stew
The cold and rain has me wanting to make hearty and body warming food for my family. I love my crock pot because it enables me to make delicious and nutritious meals all in one pot so that means less time in the kitchen and more time to spend with the ones i love.
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Homemade Granola
I make homemade granola all the time. It’s so easy and simple to make i wonder why i’ve bought store bought granola for so long. Here’s a quick video on how you can make yummy, fresh granola in your kitchen. Enjoy 🙂 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ms6n1FjUWw&w=960&h=720]
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T-Monnie’s Kale Mushroom Soup (with noodles)
I was hanging out at my friend-girls blog and she shared a really easy recipe for a delicious soup. The fact that her soup used some fall/winter seasonal produce and it looked super easy to prepare, made me want to make it even more. Of course i added a few additional things and cooked it…
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Max and Ruby Cakes
One of my daughter’s birthdays was this past week. In honor of her very favorite book and cartoon characters i made her a few cakes. The cakes were from Max and Ruby. I made a pretty “rose” cake that belonged to Ruby and an ugly “mud” cake that belonged to Max. I must say that…
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Beet Root Pasta – Recipe Review
So while i was chilling on Pinterest the other day, i came across a really great recipe pin. The pin was for Beet Dumplings and when i saw those burgundy dumpling i knew i just HAD to try to make them myself. Since i’ve been making my own pasta for a few months now i…