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Pumpkin spice versus eggnog
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tbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
Mac and Cheese
1. Fill a large saucepan halfway with water and bring
to a boil over high heat. Add sweet potato chunks
and boil for 20 minutes, or until a fork easily goes
through the centers of the potatoes. Drain and mash.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat a 9x13 pan with
cooking spray; set aside.
2. Add the eggs; 1/2 cup butter, milk, 1/2 cup brown
sugar and pumpkin pie spice to the mashed pota
toes. Mix well and pour into prepared baking dish,
spreading into an even layer.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the 1/2 cup brown
sugar, flour, pecans and 1/4 cup melted butter. Mix
and pour evenly over sweet potatoes (there will be
gaps). Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes,
adding the marshmallows for the last five minutes of
baking. Serve warm!
1. Par cook your noodles so they’re alm ost done
but still firm , while they’re cooking melt your b u t
ter over m edium heat and add your flour a little
bit at a tim e until you form a nice blonde colored
rue. * '
2. Using a whisk continue to stir the rue until its
completely hom ogenous and m ost of the raw flow
er smell is gone, then begin to slowly stream in
m ilk a little bit at a tim e until it’s all included and
form s a gravy-like consistency.
3. Start slowly adding in your cheese and whisking
over m edium high heat to make sure it melts in
properly (add m ore cheese or m ilk as you needed
to make it a sm ooth but not too thick consisten
cy)
4. Pour y our noodles into the sauce and turn
the heat to low as you stir to combine and finish
cooking the noodles
5. Finally cook and chop your bacon into small
pieces and m ix it into the m acaroni, then pour
into a casserole dish, top with bread crumbs and
parm esan, and put into an oven on broil to crisp
1. Use an oven bag for a faster cook time and
a more succulent roast. Add 2 tablespoons of
flour to the oven bag then place the roast in the
bag with the largest portion of fat facing up
wards.
2. Rub listed seasoning into the top of the roast
from one end to the other then seal the bag
with a zip tie. Poke six small holes into the top
o f the bag, then cook on 325 degrees for three
to four hours til tender.
3. Finally, open the bag and remove roast and
place into a casserole dish then shred with a
fork and knife. Serve with preferred BBQ sauce
and choice of buns. Lightly toast the buns if it’s
been an exciting day and you’re feeling danger
ous.
1. Chop and sauté the onion, garlic and butter. Be
careful not to burn the ingredients.
Mix the cottage cheese, eggs, onion soup mix and
sauteed ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add 8
cups of Special K, then add additional Special K
until the mixture is damp but not dry.
2. Transfer the mixture to a large, oven safe casserole
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Z2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
L/2 cup milk
L/2 cup brown sugar
teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
We held a taste testing lab in the Community Center where individu
als various from three coffee shops, Dutch Bros, Starbucks and Black
Rock. We asked for opinions on each of the drinks they tasted as
well as what their favorite out of the six options were.
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Dutch Bro’s Pumpkin Spice
Starbucks Eggnog
‘Never three again. That was bad.”
• ~ Colleen O ’Reilly
“That second sip was Just... no. The
first was fine, but that second was lil e..
POPPING
1/2 cup brown, sugar .
1/2 cup flour
cup chopped pecans
1M cup butter, melted
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tablespoons butter
tablespoons flour
cup milk •
2
ounces cheddar (not pre shredded)
ounces Colby jack (not pre shredded)
-6 ounces Parmesan (can be pre shredded)
-8 slices of bacon
cup bread crumbs package of elbow macaroni
1. Pork shoulder *
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon white pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
teaspoon liquid smoke
2 tablespoon flour
BBQ sauce
Hamburger buns
3 Large Cottage Cheese (24 oz)
dish. Cover with foil and bake at 350°
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For 156 to 2 hours, until the mixture is solid. If cen 2 Packages of Onion Soup Mix
ter remains uncooked after 2 hours, reduce heat to il Onion
300° and bake until cooked,
I 1 Tablespoon of Garlic
I I Cube of Butter
3. Serve with mashed potatoes and au jus gravy.
S-10 Cups of Special K
Green beans and croissants also pair well to com
plete the meal.
flack Rock’s Pumpkin Spice
Pumpkin
This is good. Not too sweet, and I like the
spices in it. The spices aren’t too strong,
More natural, 1 Ä abtifi
the sweetness is good.”
- Daniela Leao
Black Rock’s Pumpkin Spice
“This one tastes like it has sour milk in
it.”'
- Rodney Osterhoudt
“They were all really good. Do I want
something sweet, or actually want to be
awake? Both? I actually really liked two.
Yeah, number two.”
I Colleen O’Reilly
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