If Betty Crocker had a Misfit
Daughter
Allowing yourself to become absorbed into an artistic lotus land is not only fullfilling but nuturing to the spirit
An Early About Me Welcome
Hey ya'll! Welcome! Aloha! I am Beth, and boy am I glad you found me. I'm still looking for me some days. I'm a little bit normal if that is the word folks use, but mostly, I am all kinds of variety. I feel like Im an olde time 5 and 10 store ya know. Remember those days of penny candy. I hope you stay around awhile and come back to visit me real soon. I plan on sharing some amazing recipes, craft ideas, organizing hacks, health and wellness information, and well all things life. From Aloha to the deep south and I can't forget my raising in the yankee state of Pennsylvania surrounded by the amish and Pennsylvania dutch. As for Betty Crocker and the misfit daughter.. You will get to know me as I further get to know myself. I am very old fashion and have a moral code of honor. Very domestic with that wild child side that makes people say, she did what? she is wearing what? and whats with the voodoo dolls. I have you know it is all with in the realm of cleanliness, and christianity. Well I strive to keep it in there. Toodles for now my friends. Let our adventure begin.
My kind of Betty Crocker Attire. Barefoot of course. No heels for me : )
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every moment
Love
Beyond words
Relax
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For some pink flare in the kitchen with my mixing bowl and wooden spoon.
Sweet onions, Butter, eggs milk, etc. This pie is delightful, easy, and unbelievably Great. A wonderful side dish but I will also give you ideas to make it a main meal for the must have meat eaters like my fiance`
Holiday Ham or Just Ham Dinner
Moist, juicy, flavorful ham can be enjoyed without a whole lot of work. I know all the side dishes are time consuming. I will help you out with the bonus
London Broil a.k.a. Flank Steak
Medium, medium rare, rare, how every you like it I will share good tips to a lovely tender meat. Please no well done lovers. I get it I do but your missing out on so much flavor.
I realize my photos are not styled and photoshopped to make them look catalog or magazine worthy. Nor do I want them to be. This is my webpage and my home. I promise to always keep it real and honest this way. My cell phone camera flash is cracked even so photo quality suffers. You would think I would be using my expensive cameras by now. Soon. But it will remain just average kitchen pics.
Ketchup~1
Ingredients
12 oz Tomato Paste
3/4 cup to 1 cup water
4 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 tbsp honey
*Optional
3-4 dashes worcestershire sauce
Directions
Whisk your tomato paste, water, vinegar and worcestershire, and honey together in a small saucepan until blended together and smooth. Add your dry ingredients, again blending again until smooth. Turn your heat to medium low and heat for 5 minutes just to help speed up the marinating of flavors.
Bottle or jar up and place in fridge or use right away. It is better after being allowed to rest and let the ingredients get all cozy but that isn't an option all the time!! Now that you made your own ketchup, play it up and make bbq sauce! Cocktail sauce, sweet and sour sauce.. I hope you enjoy homemade as much as I do.
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Ingredients
1 6-ounce can or jar tomato paste
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (can use white)
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp yellow mustard
2 tbsp Honey or Agave or Brown Sugar
Sea salt to taste
Directions
In a small sauce pan combine tomato paste, vinegar, mustard, honey, and water. Whisk until blended and smooth. Add your dry ingredients and whish again until smooth. Heat over medium low heat til warm about 5 minutes. Bottle up and store in fridge for maturing or use right away.
Ketchup~2
Balsamic Ketchup
Ingredients
12 oz tomato paste
1/4 cup honey or agave or brown sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp allspice
*optional
1/8 tsp sea salt
*If you do not have allspice use a little cinnamon and ground clove. About 1/8 of each
Directions
Combine tomato paste, honey, water, vinegar in a sauce pan and whisk until smooth and well combined. Add your dry ingredients, onion, garlic, allspice, salt...Whisk until combined . Heat over medium low heat 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Don't boil just simmer. Bottle up and store in fridge or use right away. I love balsamic vinegar~do you?
Sweet & Sour Sauce
Ingredients
3/4 + 1/4 cup water
6 tbsp rice vinegar or cider vinegar or white
4 tbsp ketchup (homemade is best)
3/4 cup honey or brown sugar
4 tsp braggs aminos or 3 tsp soy sauce
3-4 tbsp apricot or peach preserves (desired sweetness)
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
Directions
In a small or medium saucepan combine 3/4 cup water and vinegar, ketchup, honey, braggs, and preserves. Whisk over medium heat until combined and smooth. Add your cornstarch to remaining 1/4 cup water to make a slurry and pour into saucepan bringing heat up to medium high and whisk until thickened. Turn off heat, allow to cool and store in fridge or use right away.
Gingerly Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
1/2 cup rice vinegar or white
1/4 cup braggs liquid aminos or soy sauce
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tsp siracha
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp corn starch
a pinch of red pepper flakes
Directions
In a small saucepan combine all ingredients except water and cornstarch and heat at a medium temperature. Simmer for 15 minutes if you need to turn heat down to keep from boiling do so. Now add 1 tsp cornstarch to a 1/2 cup cold water to make a slurry and add into heated sauce. Stirring or whisking until thickened. Super yummy with shrimp to egg rolls.
Asian fusion grill sauce
Ingredients
1 cup ketchup (homemade)
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp braggs aminos or soy sauce
2-3 tsp sriracha sauce
1 lrg clove garlic~minced
1 tsp chinese mustard
2 tbsp brown sugar
A few red pepper flakes~optional
Directions
Bring all ingredients except sriracha to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sriracha. Store in fridge or use immediately. Great on chicken, pork, beef , or a dip for egg rolls!
Onion Sauce~like Subways
Ingredients
3 cups chopped onions
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp braggs liquid aminos or soy sauce
Directions
Puree chopped onions, vinegar, and pepper in a food processor, blender, ninja, or bullet... Until smooth . Pour into a saucepan and add sugar and aminos or soy sauce. Bring up to a simmer over medium heat. Place cornstarch in small bowl with 1/2 cup cold water, stir until smooth . Once that is blended, white and seeming more thick than plain water, pour into sauce and bring up to a boil 1-2 minutes until thickened. Now turn off heat, allow to cool and enjoy a close comparison to subways sweet onion sauce!
BBQ Sauce ~ Basic
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups Ketchup or (homemade)
1 tbsp Mustard
1/2 cup Apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 onion minced
In a sauce pan combine all wet ingredients. Mince your onion using a food processor, mini chopper, coffee grinder, box grater, or even knife. The reason I am saying minced onion is not only does it increase the flavor of the onion by allowing juices out as well.. If you have little folk or finicky friends or family they won't realize the onion is there. When I was young I hadn't developed a love for onions yet. Caught mom one day using a box grater and mincing them in homemade baked beans... Oh the horror. But in reality us kids never realized she'd been doing it all along. Learn to do this with spaghetti sauce too and other vegetables. Just a tip. Anyhoots.. Add your minced onion to your wet ingredients and bring to a simmer stirring occasionally and not bringing to a boil that will be a splattery blow out of bbq sauce everywhere! I simmer my sauce a few hours to let it get naturally thick. If you don't have the time to wait make the cornstarch slurry I always speak of. Lower calories than flour.. This is a very basic sweet, sour, light smokey sauce that will appeal to many pallets.
Liquid smoke isn't pictured I know. But was used! I was multi tasking and forgot to squeeze it in.
Ketchup~My favorite
Ingredients
15 oz can no salt tomato sauce
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup honey
1 heaping tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp liquid smoke
1/4 tsp instant coffee
1/4 tsp himalayan pink seasalt
a good dash or two of cinnamon
Directions
Combine all ingredients into a medium sauce pan and heat over medium low heat for 30 minutes. Make sure you don't boil or you will have an explosive mess. Just keep it at a simmer and stir frequently. Once cool, pour into a container to refrigerate overnight and allow full flavor developement. Will keep 6 weeks or longer depending on how its contained and how much oxygen you allow to get to it. You can also ferment it to make it extra nutritious and last longer. We will discuss that soon.
Sweet Spicy Siracha Sauce
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a medium sauce pan and heat over medium low heat just to bring to a simmer, not a boil. Boil=Bad Mess, it's not pasta! lol. Heat 15 minutes or so and stir frequently. I love the balance of spice, sweetness, a little sour. It balances very well and perfect for those that can't do the heat of siracha.
Honey Mustard
Ingredients
1 cup Mayonnaise
3 tbsp Honey
2 tbsp Mustard (yellow, dijon, brown, horseradish)
Directions
Combine all ingredients and whisk or stir until very well united and blended together. Use immediately or better yet, refrigerate until tomorrow. Delicious on salads, chicken fingers, a smear for a sandwich or burger.
Cabin Dressing~A taste of my summers in Glen Mawr, Pa
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Herb bbq sauce~another mom recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1 cup ketchup
1/4 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp thyme
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 lemon juiced
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 beef bouillon cube
In a medium sauce pan brown onion in oil over medium heat until carmalized and soft and tender. Add in the rest of the ingredients listed and simmer for 20 minutes at least to give the flavors a chance to develop. The longer you simmer the thicker the sauce and more intense flavor. So pick your pleasure. Always enjoy the process.
Barbecue Sauce
1 14oz bottle of ketchup
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup apple cider or white vinegar
1/3 cup oil
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp dried onion flakes
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Cook until mixture has simmered for about 20 minutes and make sure to stir now and then so not ot burn on the surface or sides of sauce pan. Afterwards just enjoy a lovely homemade bbq sauce with you and your family
Ginger Soy Sauce
Ingredients
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp chicken bouillon
1 cup waer
1 tbsp dry sherry
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp ginger
1 tbsp soy sauce or braggs liquid aminos or coconut aminos
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a heavy medium size saucepan. Turn heat to medium high and bring to a boil; boil 3-5 minutes stirring constantly. This sauce is excellent for chicken and vegetables or por. Even sliced steak it would stand up and stand out to .
Mango Siracha Sauce
Ingredients
1 cup Sweet Spicy Siracha Sauce
1 ripe Mango
2 tbsp Rice vinegar
3 tbsp Ketchup
3 tbsp Honey
Directions
Peel mango and cut fruit off of the big ole' nut/seed. Place fruit in food processor, blender, ninja, etc. Puree until smooth. Add siracha sauce, ketchup, honey, and vinegar. Puree again until smooth. Now you are ready for a warm and spicy healthy sauce for poultry to vegetables. Fruit kabobs to a dip for tempura. Very versatile. Very delicious.
Italian Dressing
Ingredients
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup wine vinegar
1/2 cup coconut oil
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup minced onion
Directons
Combine dry ingredients in a mason jar or similiar jar you saved from spaghetti sauce or such. Add wet ingredients. And shake shake shake shake. Shake shake shake. Best to leave in refrigerator overnight but yes, can be used immediately.
Catalina Dressing
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup white or rice vinegar
2 tsp seasoned salt~such as lawrys
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp worcestershire
Directions. Super easy.. Super cheat. Combine everything in your blender and pulse about 6 or 7 times then blend on lowest speed a minute or two. Heaven... Store in jar or plastic container in refrigerator 4-6 weeks. Enjoy your dressing without all the added preservatives, food colors, and chemicals big name companies put in there dressing. Raw and real...
Pulled Pork Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup A1 steak sauce
1/2 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 cups ketchup~I have plenty homemade ones listed
1 teaspon hot sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons tamarind paste~optional or
1/2 cup tamarind juice
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoons chipotle chili powder
1 medium onion~minced
5 cloves garlic~minced
2 teaspoons liquid smoke
Directions
Peel onion and garlic, then using a box grater pictured above in a bbq sauce recipe mince. Or using a food processor, ninja, mini chopper, mince onion and garlic at same time. Add your dry spices into the onion and garlic and stir to combine. In a medium saucepan combine all wet ingredients and whisk or stir to unite together. Turn stove temperature to medium high and add your onion and garlic mix. Stirring to combine. Once sauce comes to a low boil, just a bit more than a simmer, stir constantly for 5 or so minutes then reduce heat and simmer at the very lowest stage for half and hour/30 minutes. On my cook top its number 2-3 but because all ovens vary and the age of the oven will further make a difference just watch and keep mental note . Store in jar or tupperware in fridge preferably overnight . Will keep in fridge up to a month or more.
Wasabi Honey Sauce
1 cup honey
8 tbsp Braggs liquid aminos or lite soy sauce
4 tablespoons lime juice
8 tsp wasabi powder
Directions
In a medium glass or plastic bowl combine all ingredients and whisk until well incorporated and smooth. My preference with most condiments and sauces is to do this in a saucepan and simmer a bit to get a more intense flavor more rapidly. Not always boiling at all. I want to keep the nutrients. So just heating enough to give it a little incentive. This is good for steak, chicken, pork, tempura, even fish. Very versatile and learned it in Hawaii
Wasabi is similiar to horseradish.
Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients
1 cup ketchup
1/3 cup vinegar white or apple cider
/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp chipotle pepper
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions~ Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan and simmer 1 hour. Store in refrigerator. May use immediately or keeps for a month or so.
Copycat Arbys Sauce
3/4 cup Ketchup
1 tsp tabasco hot sauce
2-3 tsp water
3 tbsp sugar~white or brown or honey or agave
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
Directions
In a snall saucepan combine all ingredients and simmer 15 minutes to half an hour. Let cool and pour into jar or tupperware dish . Store in refrigerator overnight to allow flavors to marry together. Will keep in fridge 1-3 months depending on fridge temp, location kept at inside fridge, and how much oxygen reaches it. Like how many times the container has been opened and closed and the size of the opening. Like a re-used ketchup bottle or mustard as compared to a bowl with a much wider surface exposure. Anyway. Its pretty darn good and close. I love arbys sauce just don't eat there anymore. I use the sauce on burgers to ham sandwiches.. Yum.
Pho Horsey Sauce~Arby's
Ingredients
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 1/2 tbsp Sugar
2 1/2 tbsp horseradish
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp sour cream or greek yogurt
1 tbsp white or rice wine vinegar
Directions
In a food processor, ninja, or blender combine all ingredients and pulse , pulse, pulse, then blend a few minutes until smooth and creamy. Store in refrigerator overnight. Will keep a good month or so. MMM mmm mmm...
Spicy Mango Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
1 tbsp red onion
2 tsp garlic
2 tbsp soy sauce or braggs liquid aminos or coconut aminos
2 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce or homemade
1 cup Mango
Directions
Combine all in a blender, food processor, ninja, etc and blend until smooth. Store in refrigerator. Enjoy on chicken, pork, tempura, beef, vegetables, etc. Sweet and spice is so nice..
Watermelon Grill Sauce~BBQ
Ingredients
4 cups Watermelon Puree
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp braggs aminos or lite soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup demerara sugar, honey, or agave or brown sugar
1 tsp mustard
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp key lime juice or lime if it's all you have
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp chipotle chilli powder or your favorite
1 - 2 tbsp cornstarch~1/4 cup water
Pinch of red pepper flakes
1 tsp liquid smoke
Directions
Cut watermelon into chunks and puree until smooth. Pour into medium size saucepan. Add in the remaining ingredients, whisking together. Turn burner to medium high, keep watch, you don't want a splat out! When the sauce begins to boil, turn down heat to a simmer and simmer 3 hours. If time does't allow for 3 hours try for an hour. At this time make a slurry with 1 - 2 tbsp cornstarch and just enough water to make it pourable. 1/4 cup is plenty. Pour into sauce and raise heat to a boil, boil one minute and turn off heat. Use immediately or allow to cool and store in fridge 2-3 weeks. It is surprisingly delicious. Sweet, tangy, bbq-y, original and I strived to maintain a watermelon flavor. It is summer! Feel free to spice up or down or sweeten more or less how you like. No room for negativity. We all have unique taste buds.