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Recipes

Burrito Sauce

Equal parts: beef gravy chicken gravy enchilada sauce

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Camping

Traverse City

On October 9-11 we camped in Traverse City State Park and visited the town and did several day hikes around the area. It was excellent weather and there were some beautiful color changes on the trees in the area. It was quite busy though as many other people seemed to have the same idea! On […]

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Desserts Recipes

Vanilla Cheesecake

Crust Filling Topping Note: The first time I made this I did not bake the crust first and it was slightly soggy. Next time try baking the crust first for 6-10 minutes as in Pumpkin Cheesecake.

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Entrees Recipes

Pickle Pizza

1/2 batch of Stromboli Bread Dough 1 batch of Garlic Pizza Sauce Dill pickles, thinly sliced mozarella cheese parmesan cheese (thin slices) Make bread dough and spread into pizza stone/pan. Bake 3 minutes at 350F. Flip over and add garlic pizza sauce, mozarella cheese, dill pickles, and parmesan cheese. Bake 10 minutes at 350F.

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Recipes

Garlic Pizza Sauce

1 T olive oil 2 t (4 cloves) minced garlic 2 T flour 1/4 t italian seasoning 1/4 t salt 1/4 t pepper 1 1/2 c half and half 1 T grated parmesan cheese In small saucepan over medium-low heat, add olive oil and minced garlic. Cook 1-2 minutes, whisking constantly. Add italian seasoning, salt, […]

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Camping

Big Bend

On August 20-23 we camped at Big Bend near Newaygo area. It was a fairly nice trip. We did a small hike in the park and drove and checked out the Hardy Dam nearby. There was a day use beach area near the dam that we used as well. The beach at the campground was […]

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Brews Diplodocus

Brew 61 – Diplodocus (Double IPA)

Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Crystal 20L 0.5 lb Cara-Pils Sugars 9.0 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 […]

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Desserts Recipes

Blueberry Pie

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Recipes Sides

Squash Salad

Spinach 1 butternut squash Container of crumbled feta cheese Raspberry/garlic vinaigrette dressing (or other) Dice and cook squash (toss in oil and bake at 450F for 30 min) Cut/tear up spinach Spread squash, feta on spinach So, the first time I made this I cut up the squash into about 1″ cubes and fried it […]

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20 Gauge Brews

Brew 60 – 20 Gauge (Pumpkin Spice Ale)

Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Munich 0.5 lb Crystal 80L 0.5 lb Carapils Additions 90 min: 75 oz Libby’s 100% Pure Canned Pumpkin 60 min: 7.75 lb Golden Light LME 10 min: 2.5 tsp Cinnamon 10 min: 1.5 tsp Nutmeg 10 min: 1.25 tsp Allspice Hops 60 min: 1 oz Northern Brewer 30 min: […]