Category Archives: Recipes

Various recipes that I’ve found and liked, or made up myself

Orange Honey Glaze

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This was delicious on a ham that I cooked for our Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Prepared the ham with cloves, placed into a 9×13 casserole dish then slathered the glaze all over it.  Put the whole thing onto the BBQ, on low, and heated it for about 2 1/2 hours – basting the ham 3 or 4 times.

Orange Honey Glaze
Recipe Type: condiment
Author: Ray
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Serves: 1/2 cup
Ingredients
  • 4 tbsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. orange marmalade
  • 2 tsp. orange zest
Instructions
  1. Mix it all together.
  2. Apply liberally with a basting brush.

 

Cranberry Apple Sauce

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Cranberry Apple Sauce
Recipe Type: Condiment
Author: Ray
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Serves: 4 cups
Quick, easy, AND tasty – and something a little different from regular cranberry sauce.
Ingredients
  • 2 bags fresh cranberries (277g ea.)
  • 1/4 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 MacIntosh apples (peeled, cored & diced)
  • 1/4 tsp. Vietnamese Cinnamon
  • 1 cup water
Instructions
  1. Add all ingredients into large sauce pan, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
  2. Boil until cranberries almost finish popping, the reduce heat to low, and simmer until apples are nice and soft.

 

Crockpot Maple Roasted Vegetables

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Crockpot Maple Roasted Vegetables
Recipe Type: Side dish
Author: Ray
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Serves: 14
A great make in advance vegetable dish
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds carrots
  • 2 pounds rutabagas/turnips
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2-3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Use large crockpot. Spray with cooking spray.
  2. Peel all of your vegetables, and cut into 2-inch chunks.
  3. Put all the vegetables into crockpot, add the olive oil, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and maple syrup. Toss to fully coat the vegetables.
  4. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4-5. The vegetables are done when they have reached desired tenderness. 
Cook on low for 6 -8 hours.
  5. Add parsley and an extra tablespoon or two of maple syrup just before serving.

 

Bulldogs

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Bulldogs
Recipe Type: Drinks
Author: Ray
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Serves: 6 servings
Tasty, and potent!
Ingredients
  • 1 can frozen limeade concentrate
  • 2 cans water
  • 1 can tequila
  • 1/2 can Cointreau
  • 6 bottles of Corona
Instructions
  1. Put Coronas in fridge
  2. Add frozen limeade concentrate to large zip-lock bag
  3. Using can as measure, add water, tequila and Cointreau
  4. Mix well, seal bag, and lay flat into freezer
  5. Next day, pour frozen slush mixture into large margarita glass – about 3/4 full
  6. Open a Corona, and tip bottle into margarita glass and serve

 

Pizza sauce

Recipes

Got a new pizza oven – and made up a simple sauce that was amazingly tasty!

Pizza sauce
Recipe Type: dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Ray
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp lemngrass mint white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp ground pepper
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients, blending thoroughly using a whisk.
  2. Add sparingly, to taste, to pizza, then add whatever you like for toppings