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Brenda Maxwell Watts

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by @brendawatts18

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*My Entry for #PrairieFreshAndPickleContest
Bbq Butternut Pork Pickle Onion Shepherd's Pie
INGREDIENTS:
(Base Filling)-
1-pound *Prairie Fresh Ground Pork Original Sausage,
1-pound *Prairie Fresh Ground Pork Maple Sausage,
*season to taste salt & ground black pepper,
1/2 cup kosher dill pickles, drained & diced,
1/2 cup sweet onion, drained & diced,
1/2 cup sweet red peppers, drained & diced,
2/3 cup plain breadcrumbs,
2/3 cup prepared honey barbecue sauce,
2tablespoons tomato paste,
1-1/2 teaspoons Italian spice seasonings,
1 large egg, beaten,
(Butternut Squash Topping)-
3-1/2-pounds fully baked/roasted butternut squash, seeded,skinned & mashed,
2 large fully cooked/roasted sweet potato, skinned & mashed,
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar,
2 tablespoons butter, softened,
1 large egg yolk,
1 teaspoon cinnamon/sugar,
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg,
(Garnishes )-
1 cup prepared barbeque sauce,
1 cup pecan halves,
DIRECTIONS:
1.) Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2.) Prepare base filling. Heat olive oil into a 12-inch skillet, over medium-high heat. Add ground pork sausages to heated olive oil in skillet, sprinkle to season lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper, about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon each. Stirring frequently, cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink in color, drain any excess grease. In a large bowl. place cooked sausage, dill pickles, onions, red peppers & breadcrumbs toss until combined. Add barbecue sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning & beaten egg, mix to blend until combined. Spoon completed base filling mixture into 2-1/2-quart round baking dish that is well greased, spread evenly; set aside.
3.) Meanwhile, prepare butternut potato topping. In a large bowl add, mashed butternut squash & sweet potatoes, softened butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, cinnamon sugar and nutmeg; stir to combine; set aside. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
4.) Prepare to assemble pie to bake. Cover over top of sausage base filling by spooning or pipping butternut potato topping mixture evenly top edges. Garnish top edges with pecan halves. Bake 30 min., serve 6.. with bbq sauce.
#PrairieFresh #PrairieFreshPork #CulinaryContest #RecipeContest by @brendawatts18

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by @brendawatts18

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To Libby's Vegetables so sorry for the lateness of this sincere Thank You ❤
for picking my entry for the August Potato Entry in you #LibbysVegetableChallenge #easyrecipes #deliciousrecipes #veggies #recipes #libbysvegetables I am so Thankful and Honored and Appreciate your Awesome Amazing Prizes
I was late thanking you due to we live in the upper west/north area of South Carolina near North Carolina border and Tennessee we plus all this area was hit hard with damage to the Helene Hurricane
we finally got internet back on this weekend and cleaned us a lot of the damage ...Your Prize to me was such an Amazing Blessing during this difficult time ... I am So Grateful and Hope Libby's Vegetables has a Very Blessed Sunday and Month Thank You 🥰 by @brendawatts18

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Hope you can help "Just One Vote then Scroll down confirm" thats all THANK YOU ❤️ Please vote for my recipe at this website just click website and click my tomato picture and scroll down and hit confirm Appreciate Help Very Much 🥰
Link Website :
https://mnwildrice.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFIIUtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHY4yyDzKK-TXjlt6p1LcM52kiwa1TP3TPYOV3sVnSS7YBjup
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mnwildrice.org by @brendawatts18

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My Entry: Cook with Libby's Cooking Challenge
#CookWithLibbys and #LibbysContest
@LibbysVegetables
Cheesy Potato Sausage Gnocchi
Ingredients:
(cheesy gnocchi)
2 cans (15-oz.) Libby's Whole Potatoes, drained & mashed,
1/3 cup ricotta cheese, drained,
1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese, plus extra for garnish,
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra dusting,
olive oil or peanut oil, for cooking,
(addition)
1 pound ground Italian sausage,
1 medium sweet onion, sliced or chopped,
2 cloves garlic, minced,
1/2 teaspoon each Italian seasoning, salt & pepper,
2 (15-oz.each) canned diced tomatoes, drained,
fresh basil, garnish,
DIRECTIONS:
1) Process gnocchi ingredients till blended well. Separate dough to form into 4 long dough 1-inch size long rope sections, Use dusting flour when needed,(but try to dust lightly). Cut each section into 1-inch bite size segments.
2.) Add enough oil to fry, into a large skillet, over medium-high to medium heat. Fry dough gnocchi segments in batches, being careful not to over-crowd segments, tossing and turning, till browned and cooked trough. Place cooked gnocchi onto a large shallow plate; keep warm.
3.) Wipe skillet clean, add additional oil, set at same heat, cook sausage, onions, garlic, seasonings (keep sausage crumbed and stirring as needed) add tomatoes till heated through. Serve together onto six plates. Garnish with extra parmesan & basil leaves. Serve & enjoy. by @brendawatts18

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2 years ago

MyEntry; FrancisFordCoppolaPrefectPizza
Contest
Palarmo Pizza & Merlot Marinara by @brendawatts18

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Here is my recipe for @minutericeus #MinuteRiceRecipe #Contest
" Rice Rum Raisin Cheesecake Bites "
I made it with Minute Cup Butter & Sea Salt Jasmine Rice ( one cup
cooked on 2 to 3 minutes slightly over in microwave), 3 pkg.'s cream cheese-
2-(8-oz. size) & 1-(4-oz.size),softened, 2 eggs, 1 egg yolk, 1/2 cup gran.
sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 cup raisins, 1/3 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup caramel sauce.
REMAINING DIRECTIONS: Cool the cooked rice, set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese until blended, then add egg, egg yolk,
gran. sugar and vanilla a stir to blend. Stir in 1/2 cup cook cooled rice & 1/2 cup raisins & 1 tbsp. rum until combine with batter. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Line muffin cup liners in a 12-cup regular muffin pan. Evenly spoon in batter into each muffin cup.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool and chill in fridge for 1 to 2 hours. Prepare topping mix, in small bowl, mix remaining 1/2 cup rice & raisins, and pecans toss to blend. Spoon in 1/4 cup caramel sauce to combine topping. Remove liners from cheese cake bites. Spoon a rounded spoonful of topping over top of each & drizzle remaining 1/4 cup caramel sauce evenly over each & serve. Keep any leftovers over in air-tight container store in fridge. by @brendawatts18

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Here is my recipe for: @successrice #SuccessRiceRecipe #Contest
Creamy Congee Bbq Pork, Pepper, Onion & Egg Serves 4 Savory Congee
porridge taste much like a creamy bbq pork & risotto or grits only the creamy Success Jasmine Rice brings the flavors off the amazing chart. INGREDIENTS: 5-1/2 cups chicken broth, 2 pouches Success Jasmine Rice, 2 tsp. grated ginger,4 tbsp. butter(divided), 2 tbsp. peanut oil(divided), 1/3 cup heavy cream,3 each large orange & red sweet peppers-thin julienne, 1 bunch green
onion-cut green part-angled chopped, 2 cups cooked shredded pork-loin-tossed in favorite bbq sauce-kept warm over low heat, salt & white pepper for seasoning, plus 4 or 2 soft boil eggs.
DIRECTIONS: Cook rice as directed on box, only replace the water with chicken broth cook 8 to 10 minutes. Separate rice pouches-empty in bowl & reserve chicken broth in additional bowl. Toss ginger into rice. In 3-qt. pot, over medium heat melt 3 tbsp. butter & 1 tbsp. peanut oil, add
in 2 cups chicken broth, also spoon in all of rice & stir in heavy cream. Stirring constantly, adding1 cup chicken broth, at-a-time, until all the broth is added & rice has formed creamy texture, turn heat to lowest setting; simmer, stirring as needed. In a small sauce pan over medium-high heat add remaining butter & peanut oil, as butter-oil heats, add sweet peppers, season lightly with salt &
white pepper till tender. Serve; ladle creamy congee rice evenly into 4 shallow serving bowls. Add in each bowl even amounts of sweet peppers, green onions, bbq pork & soft boiled eggs-sliced.
Serve & enjoy. 🥰 by @brendawatts18

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**During the holidays or everyday when I open a can of Campbells Cream of Chicken, Cream of Cheddar, Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Celery, Cream of Potato or Tomato, Chicken Noodle, Vegetable or the many favorite flavors of Campbells Soups will always be my families Tried n True Traditions and Kitchen Staples. Looking back over the many years Great Grandma, Grandma, Mom and myself plus my son's, daughter and grandchildren, it's always been Campbells especially during the special times and holidays. Here is one of our favorites,
Acorn Squash n Cornbread Stuffing Smothered in Cream of Chicken soup, your loved ones will think you worked all day preparing, but so easy to make. You can also add chicken or toasted pecans or just by itself, you will receive the smiles 😍 From my family to yours Happy Holidays Everyone ❤️
#contest #shareyoursides @campbells by @brendawatts18

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