Stir Fry Sauce

Good with rice or noddle stir fry. This recipe combines ingredients without cooking.  I have heated it and had it as a side option or put it right into the sauce.  Now I use it as a guide but throw whatever else I want into it too.

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Caramel Dip

So, caramel apples is a favorite October treat.  Well, where I live caramel is only sold in large expensive bags.

I thought of making my own but I did not have cream like many recipes call for.  I tried making some without it and butchered the recipe.

I know placing a can of sweeten condensed milk in a crock pot, covering it with water, and cooking it on low for 8 hours works. You can also boil it on the stove- always keeping it covered with water- for three to four hours.

Anyway, between failed recipes and limited time, no caramel apples in October.  We then received several apples for free and how to get dipping caramel crept into my mind again.  I did not want to wait 3-4 hours, constantly watching my stove.  I just wanted caramel and I did not want to run to the store, nor spend the money, for cream.

I then thought, "Wait a minute! I have half a dozen recipes for caramel popcorn. Surely one of those would work."

And it did!

Here is the recipe I based my caramel on:

Mixture1 1/4 cup brown sugar1/2 C corn syrup1/2 c Margarine1/2 can sweetened condensed milkDash of Salt

I halved the recipe (should have cut it in fourth) and did not cook it as long as I wanted caramel that was thinner for dipping.

Afterwards we had so much caramel left over, we made a small batch of sticky caramel popcorn.  Lots of treats. Just what everyone wants after Halloween, right?

Winger's Hot Sauce

1 cup brown sugar
4 Tbsp Water
6 Tbsp Frank's hot sauce.

Heat until sugar has dissolved.

We eat it with baked chicken.
To make Winger's Sticky Fingers, bake breaded chicken as directed on package. While still warm coat chicken in sauce. We use tongs and dunk it in to get a good thick coating. Place back on baking sheet and let it dry for a few minutes.  Eat up! Be sure to save some extra sauce for dipping.

Sweet Peach Salsa

I enjoy salsa.  When I was pregnant it seemed I could not get enough of it.  If only I would have known how easy it was to make mine own.

I must admit, I don't follow a recipe, I just throw things in until I like the taste of it.  If I did have a recipie it might look something like this.

Peach Salsa
(All of these only need to be coarsely chopped so they fit in your food processor)
3-5  Roma tomatoes chopped
1 small jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped
1/2 medium onion chopped
2 tsp lime juice
2 TBSP Cilantro or more
1/2 TBSP Sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
2-3 small peaches (pitted and chopped)

You can add green peppers if you want instead of peaches for a spicier salsa. I'd omit the sugar for that too.

Place ingredients in a food processor.  Pulse until desired consistency and enjoy.  Refrigerating brings out the flavors if you can wait to eat your salsa.

Fry Sauce

Where I come from, we eat fry sauce.  It's a sauce. You eat it with fries and anything else you want.

Fry Sauce
1/3 cup ketchup
2/3 cup mayo or miracle whip (based on preference)
1/2 tsp of season salt
Dash of chili powder or cayenne pepper (optional for spice)

Strawberry Dip

Delicious Strawberry Dip

Mix sour cream with brown sugar.  So good!  I like mine more sugary so I mix about 1 Tbsp of each (a little less on the sugar, sometimes half the amount.)
You can mix it completely or just sprinkle sugar over the cream.  Happy eating!

Mixed is more kid friendly while I think unmixed looks better.