This is a slight variation on the wonderful, show-stopping recipe included on the Stokely can. It turns out it’s even more delicious in a graham cracker crust…

pumpkin pie

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This pasta salad is simple and a real knock out to look at. All credit goes to the wonderful bow-tie pasta, which looks so beautiful.

Pasta Salad with Bow Tie Pasta

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Pao de Queijo (simply put – a cheese puff) is a delicious Brazilian treat – a tiny cheese puff or cheese bun, light as air.  The best. party. food. ever. Brazilians buy them from special shops where they are often made with many different types of cheese. This recipe uses Parmesan.

pao de queijo

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This easy French onion soup recipe is a breeze to make – and the ingredients are a bit surprising. Using chicken stock instead of bouillon is a gives a rich tasting, soup with a lighter touch and a bit more zing than those made with beef bouillon. This recipe serves four.

Easy French Onion Soup

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This sweet potato and carrot casserole is almost better than Christmas presents.  Heck, maybe it is better! My sister-in-laws bakes it for every holiday gathering and trust me when I say there is never any left-over. The addition of the carrots make it a nice change of pace from typical sweet potato recipes – it’s slightly less dense with a somewhat lighter texture. Just delicious.

Sweet Potato and Carrot Casserole

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This homemade chicken liver pate recipe is very, very, very rich and makes 2 good cups of pate.

Chicken Liver Pate

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A simple cake recipe made from scratch with healthy, wholesome ingredients. Be sure to use fresh lemons and real butter to make this simple loaf cake with a sweet lemon glaze.

Cake Recipes From Scratch - Homemade Lemon Cake

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Brazilian Food - Brigadeiro Recipe

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This sauce is really a “reduction” — made by cooking much of the water out of your tomatoes and resulting in a thick, sticky sauce. It is great on any type of pasta, is a nice topping on freshly grilled fish and is also good with rice. The more garlic the better.

This recipe was taught to me by an Italian girlfriend in university and I have been making it for 25 years!

Fresh Tomato Reduction with Broccoli

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Pumpkin Risotto is Made with Arborio Rice

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