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Hearty Turkey Soup with Parsley Dumplings
🍴 Ingredients
- picked over turkey carcass water chopped celery carrots onion salt dried thyme chicken bouillon bay leaf all-purpose flour milk small rutabaga cubed ground black pepper cooked turkey chopped parsley white bread quartered all-purpose flour baking powder salt milk butter
👩🍳 Directions
Combine turkey carcass, water, 1 cup celery, 2 carrots, onion, 2 teaspoons salt, thyme, bouillon, and bay leaf in large 4 quart stockpot. Bring to boiling. Lower heat, and cover. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Strain stock, and discard solids. Skim off fat using ladle or fat separator. Pick meat off bones when cooled. Reserve meat. Combine 6 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup milk in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake to combine. Pour stock into pot. Bring to simmering. Strain flour mixture through sieve into stock, stirring. Slice remaining 3 carrots. Add rutabaga, ground pepper, remaining 1/2 cup celery, and sliced carrots. Simmer 20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. While the soup is simmering, prepare the dumplings. Combine parsley and bread in processor; whirl until medium size crumbs. Add 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; process just until combined. Add 1/2 cup milk and butter; process using on-off pulses just until blended. Drop mounded tablespoons of dumpling mixture into simmering soup. Place cover on pot. Cook for 12 minutes, or until dumplings are dry in center. Add turkey meat; cook 3 minutes, or until heated through
💬 Reviews (I have made this recipe for several years on the day after Thanksgiving. The only variation I have made is by substituting the rutabagas with potatoes. My family always looks forward to this soup and I highly recommend it.')

Melissa's Chicken Cacciatore
🍴 Ingredients
- marinated artichoke hearts drained and chopped (reserve marinade) large skinless boneless chicken breast halves large onion garlic sliced fresh mushrooms dried oregano dried basil salt dried rosemary ground black pepper diced tomatoes in juice tomato sauce sliced black olives drained Madeira wine shredded mozzarella cheese
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 20 m Cook 1 h 10 m Ready In 1 h 30 m Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place half the artichoke marinade into a large skillet over medium-high heat, and brown the chicken pieces until the liquid has almost evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon, and place into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour the remaining marinade into the same skillet, and cook and stir the onions, garlic, mushrooms, oregano, basil, salt, rosemary, and black pepper until the onions are translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Mix in diced tomatoes with their juice, tomato sauce, black olives, and chopped artichoke hearts. Stir the sauce well, and pour over the chicken in the baking dish. Cover the dish with foil. Bake the chicken until the sauce is bubbling, about 45 minutes. Uncover, and drizzle the Madeira wine over the dish; top with mozzarella cheese. Return to oven, uncovered, and bake until the cheese is melted, about 10 more minutes
💬 Reviews (This recipe was so delicious. I have to make it again.')

Awesome Pulled Pork BBQ
🍴 Ingredients
- boneless pork loin roast garlic powder poultry seasoning salt to taste ground black pepper to taste large onion apple cored and quartered celery chicken broth Barbecue Sauce: butter chopped celery chopped onion ketchup water cider vinegar brown sugar Worcestershire sauce prepared mustard liquid smoke flavoring garlic powder
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 15 m Cook 10 h 15 m Ready In 10 h 30 m Place pork in a slow cooker and season to taste with garlic powder, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add quartered onion, apple, and 3 celery stalks. Pour chicken broth into slow cooker. Cook on Low until very tender, about 8 hours. Transfer pork to a large platter and discard juice and vegetables. Shred pork with a fork and return to the slow cooker. Prepare barbecue sauce while pork is cooking. Melt butter in a large saucepan or small Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir 2 cups celery and 1 1/2 cups onion until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, liquid smoke, and 1 tablespoon garlic powder; mix. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Pour barbecue sauce over shredded pork. Continue cooking pork on Low heat until flavors combine, about 2 hours
💬 Reviews (Love the robust flavor. Pretty hard to find liquid smoke in my area so i made it without it. I can imagine how it tastes w it. Need to find some')

Make-Ahead Slow Cooker Beef Stew
🍴 Ingredients
- all-purpose flour Spanish smoked paprika seasoned salt ground black pepper beef chuck olive oil onion mushrooms chopped potatoes carrots celery garlic Marsala wine Worcestershire sauce organic beef broth crushed tomatoes dry onion soup mix Spanish smoked paprika salt and ground black pepper to taste cornstarch (optional) water (optional)
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 30 m Cook 4 h Ready In 4 h 30 m Combine the flour, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, seasoned salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper in a large, resealable plastic bag. Add the beef, and seal the bag. Shake the bag thoroughly to coat the beef with seasoned flour. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Shake the excess seasoning off the beef, then stir the beef into the hot skillet with the onion and mushrooms. Cook and stir until the beef is evenly browned and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease. Place the beef mixture into a slow cooker. Place the potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, Marsala wine, and Worcestershire sauce into the cooker with the beef mixture. Pour the beef broth and tomatoes into the cooker, and stir in the onion soup mix and 1 more teaspoon of smoked paprika. Cook on High for 4 to 6 hours, or on Low for 10 to 12 hours. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. For a thicker stew, combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl. Gradually stir the mixture into the stew until thickened
💬 Reviews (Delicious! I made as written with a few enhancements. I added some spices from another recipe - one heaping teaspoon rosemary, one teaspoon parsley and two bay leaves. What flavor! Because several people commented that there was too much juice, I only used 1 can of beef broth instead of three. As it cooked it became plenty juicy. Then after 11 hours in the crock pot I removed about a cup of juice, boiled it and added the cornstarch to thicken. Then I added it back to the crock pot and stirred. Perfect! This is going to be a staple at my house.')

Slow Cooker Barbequed Pork for Sandwiches
🍴 Ingredients
- boneless pork roast salt and ground black pepper to taste strong brewed coffee Worcestershire sauce bourbon whiskey garlic beef broth water small onion crushed red pepper flakes bottles barbeque sauce
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 10 m Cook 7 h Ready In 7 h 10 m Season the roast with salt and pepper. Place the seasoned roast, coffee, Worcestershire sauce, bourbon whiskey, garlic, beef broth, water, onion, and red pepper flakes in a slow cooker set to LOW. Cook 3 to 4 hours. Scoop garlic cloves out of the cooker and mash with a fork; return the mashed garlic to the slow cooker. Cook another 3 to 4 hours. Transfer roast to a large cutting board, and discard liquid. Shred the roast into strands using two forks, and return meat to the slow cooker. Stir in the barbeque sauce, and continue cooking on LOW for 1 to 3 hours
💬 Reviews (very time consuming, too many steps.')

Chinese Barbequed Spareribs
🍴 Ingredients
- hoisin sauce jellied cranberry sauce reduced sodium soy sauce white wine honey red food coloring garlic salt Chinese five-spice powder pork spareribs water
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 1 h 20 m Cook 1 h Ready In 3 h 20 m In a large bowl, blend hoisin sauce, cranberry sauce, soy sauce, white wine, honey, and red food coloring. Mix in garlic salt and Chinese five-spice powder. Place ribs in the mixture. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place water in the bottom of a large roasting pan. Arrange ribs on pan rack, and cook 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Cover with remaining sauce mixture, and continue cooking 30 minutes, to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F (70 degrees C)