Midwestern Dinner Party Recipes

"I always use this sauce when I make beef tenderloin but I have also used a variation of it on pasta. You could also use this for stroganoff instead of a canned cream of mushroom soup-based sauce."

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Ingredients: cracked black pepper, heavy cream...

"This was my Grandmother's recipe for old-fashioned pound cake. It is rich and delicious. Found the recipe again after searching her recipe cards (LOTS of them) and made it today. YUM. Excellent with fresh strawberries and whipped cream OR toasted and buttered for a morning delicacy. Prep time includes time to let butter and eggs come to room temperature...."

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, salt...

"This is a simple, but delicious recipe that I inherited through my wife. These are great for Christmas, Easter, or anytime you want a "fancy" mini-meatloaf. These warm up well so we usually make a double or trible recipe. This is also a great way to use over any leftover ham you have."

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Ingredients: dry mustard, eggs, ground ham...

"Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry: For years, my sister and I have been creating great tasting food that is fancy and fun. It has helped us turn fussy eaters into food connoisseurs. Making these potatoes was no exception. In order to get my son to try potato salad, I experimented with a few recipes, putting them in special containers to..."

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Ingredients: corn, goat cheese, dill...

"Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry: This from scratch sweet pie can be served as a side to dinner or stands by itself as a dessert. I wanted to create a crust from potatoes and fill it with something unique. This is where the idea began. I added some goat cheese to the crust in order to make it more rich and Zante currants to the carrot..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, goat cheese, cumin...

"Everyone seems to love this stuff. It's great for all party occasions from the Superbowl to Christmas Eve."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, old English cheese...

"This is one of the best homemade wing recipes I've ever made, they're a hit at every party I've brought them to. Sauce is more sweet, but you could add chili powder or paprika for an extra kick. Passed down from one of my mom's family reunion cookbooks ."

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Ingredients: dark brown sugar, garlic powder...

"Just messing around in the kitchen, purchased some thick cut pork chops then wondering in which way I would like to cook them! To cold to grill with the wind and snow coming down.So this is what I came up with!"

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Ingredients: Stove Top stuffing mix, fresh ground black pepper...

"Fire up the grill, it's grill time.Yes, anytime is grill time! I live 15 minutes from Lake Erie and yep it's cold here in the winter, but that doesn't stop me from knocking the snow off the and removing the cover on the grill."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, kosher salt...

"With a cornish hen there is no white meat verus dark meat debate."

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Ingredients: chipotle chiles in adobo, frozen orange juice concentrate...

"I adapted this from the deceptively delicious book to be quicker, and with a more potato-skin taste than twice-baked potato."

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Ingredients: yukon gold potatoes, garlic...