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Patriotic White Trash

Patriotic White Trash , a snack mix with Crispix cereal, pretzels, red, white, and blue peanut M&Ms, and generously coated with almond bark.  Keeping it simple and looking rich! If you are looking for the p-e-r-f-e-c-t addicting snack mix, you have come to the right place.  Ha! Ha!  My family can not, and I mean can not, stop eating this stuff.  It is sweet, salty, and crunchy at the same time.  Did I say perfectly addicting? All the elements you want in a yummy snack.   Let's talk a little bit about how easy and quick it is to make.  It takes only 4 ingredients and only takes 15 minutes to make.   I always make my trash mix with Crispix cereal.  Many people use Rice Chex cereal or Corn Chex cereal, but if you don't know, Crispix cereal has rice on one side and corn on the other.  The combination of rice and corn gives a terrific flavor combo in the trash mix. To make it go faster, I have the Crispix cereal, p...

Roasted Ratatouille Vegetables Recipe

Roasted Ratatouille Vegetables,  roasted summer vegetables, eggplant, bell pepper, zucchini, and onion with a whole garlic into a delightful side dish. The recipe is healthy and comforting at the same time--pure deliciousness! I grew up with traditional cooking methods, and they are hard to change, but the older I get, the more I make changes to easier methods. As is with this Ratatouille recipe.   While traditional Ratatouille is made by sauteeing vegetables separately before combining them, I decided to roast the vegetables.

The Best Old Fashioned Meatloaf

The Best Old Fashioned is just like the classic meatloaf that Grandma used to make—tender and juicy, topped with the perfect tomato glaze.  Meatloaf Recipe Cooked In An Iron Skillet My Mother-in-law's old fashioned meatloaf recipe is moist and tender but not too loose for slicing leftover meatloaf sandwiches. She taught me early on to cook my meatloaf in a cast-iron skillet, which has never changed. She also taught me not to forget to save the tripping for delicious tomato gravy. She would form her meatloaf in a bun and cook it with enough water about a third way up in the skillet. All those delicious juices make a wonderful gravy.   She believed that a good meatloaf recipe has a good fat ratio in the hamburger.