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Entrees Recipes

Quesadilla – Cowboy

Servings: 4-6 quesadillas 1 lb cooked chicken breast or rotisserie chicken, shredded 1/4-1/2 c BBQ sauce, enough to coat chicken 15 oz black beans, drained and rinsed 12-15 oz whole kernel corn, drained 1 jalepeno, deseeded and diced, or 2 T diced jalepeno 1/2 c red onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 c cilantro, […]

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Cocktails Recipes

Fuzzy Screwdriver

6 parts orange juice 2 parts vodka or peach vodka 1 part peach schnapps Yum.

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Cocktails Recipes

Purple Rain

1.5 parts vodka 1 part blue curacao 1 part cranberry juice 1 part pineapple juice 1 part grenadine Serve over ice and squeeze in fresh lime juice.

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Recipes Sides

Garlic Parmesan Bread

1 c water 2.5 T melted butter 1 T honey 2/3 c grated Parmesan cheese 1.5 t garlic powder 3/4 t salt 3 c flour 2.25 t active dry yeast Add ingredients to bread machine and run on soft cycle. Notes Based on https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/garlic-parmesan-bread/ Made 2021-01-10 and it turned out great. Fresh and warm with […]

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Entrees Recipes

Creamy Veggie Farfalle

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Brews

Brew 63 – Greydwarf (Bourbon Vanilla Hazelnut Stout)

Steeped (30 min) 1.25 lb Chocolate 1.0 lb Crystal 120L 0.5 lb Black Patent 0.5 lb Roasted Barley 1.0 lb Flaked Oats Fermentables 10.0 lb Golden Light LME (60 min) Hops 2.0 oz Summit (60 min) 1.0 oz Willamette (15 min) 1.0 oz East Kent Goldings (0 min) Yeast 2x Safale US-05 Additions (secondary) 1 […]

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Recipes Sides

Perfect Party Spinach Dip

1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets Vegetable Soup Mix 8 oz sour cream 1 c mayonnaise 10 oz chopped spinach, cooked, cooled, and squeezed dry 8 oz water chestnuts, drained and chopped (optional) Combine all ingredients in medium bowl. Chill 2 hours. Serve with favorite crackers.

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Recipes Sides

Great Lakes Cracker Dip

(2) 8 oz packages of cream cheese, softened 1 package of ranch dressing 8 oz can corn, drained small red pepper, chopped can of black olives, chopped Mix all ingredients together! I made this for Christmas 2020 and while it turned out good it was a little too much cream cheese without enough other flavor. […]

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Backpacking

Jordan Valley Pathway

I backpacked the Jordan Valley Pathway (or Jordan River Pathway) on November 7-8, 2020. AllTrails info: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/michigan/jordan-river-pathway My recording: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/afternoon-hike-ddbc86d–47 It was a surprisingly busy time of year to go. There were several other hikers on the shorter day hike section of the path but it was fairly empty after passing the shortcut connecting the […]

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Brews Diplodocus

Brew 62 – Diplodocus (Double IPA)

Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Crystal 20L 0.5 lb Cara-Pils Sugars 7.75 lb Extra Pale (Pilsen) Malt Extract 2.0 lb Table Sugar (Sucrose) Hops 75 min: 1.0 oz Summit 20 min: 1.0 oz Simcoe 10 min: 1.0 oz Summit 5 min: 1.0 oz Simcoe 5 min: 1.0 oz Amarillo Dry hopped in secondary: 2.0 […]