Category Archives: 5 Ingredient or Less

Copycat Chick-fil-a Sauce

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Copycat Chick-fil-a Sauce

If you like Chick-fil-a sauce like I do, you need to try this.  It is spot on and delicious!!

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon smoky BBQ sauce (I used Bull’s Eye Original)

Whisk all ingredients together.  Enjoy!

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Banana Toffee Cream

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Banana Toffee Cream

This is a very light dessert to make.  Quick and easy.  You can eat it right after you make it, but better after it sits in the frig for a while and gets colder.

  • 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped
  • 1/2 cup English toffee bits or almond brickle chips
  • 1 large ripe banana, sliced (but not too ripe)

Combine whipped cream, toffee chips and banana.  Spoon into parfait glasses or dishes. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Yield:  2 servings

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Hot Fudge Sauce

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Hot Fudge Sauce

This is so easy to make and so yummy!

  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 stick salted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla, opt.

In medium saucepan, gently whisk together the cocoa powder and sugar.  Whisk in the cream, then turn the heat to medium and whisk it as it warms up.  When the mixture starts to heat up, add the butter and stir it in to melt.  Then when the mixture is nice and hot, add the vanilla and stir it to combine.  Let the sauce cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer it to a mason jar.  Store it in the fridge (it will become solid as it cools).

To serve, scoop out the amount you need and place it in a microwave-safe bowl.  Heat it for 20 seconds, then stir and heat for another 10 seconds or until the sauce is warm.

Serves 8.

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Easiest-Ever Pulled Pork

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Easiest-Ever Pulled Pork

  • Boneless pork loin
  • 1 bottle barbecue sauce (We like Bull’s Eye Original.)

Put your boneless pork loin in the slow cooker.  Pour your sauce over it.  Cook on low for 8 hours.  Shred with two forks in the slow cooker and serve on buns.

Invite friends over and have a party.

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Dixie’s Boiled Dinner

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Dixie’s Boiled Dinner

This is my take on “New England Boiled Dinner”.  Three ingredients, put it all in a pot, cover with water and boil until done.  Serve with butter, salt and pepper to put on potatoes and cabbage.

  • Kielbasa, cut into large pieces
  • Cabbage, cut into large chunks
  • Red potatoes, peeled

Fix enough for however many you are serving.  Delicious for leftovers also.

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Creamsicle Fluff or Strawberry Fluff

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Creamsicle Fluff

This is so dreamy!  It will get devoured immediately.  So much so, I made strawberry fluff.  Yummy!!

  • 1 small box orange Jell-O
  • 1 small box instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 (8-oz.) tub Cool Whip
  • 1 (14-oz.) can mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 cup mini marshmallows

In a large bowl combine orange Jell-O and boiling water.  Mix well to dissolve and then add cold water and stir.  Chill for 15-20 minutes.  Whisk in vanilla pudding and mix until smooth and chill for another 10 minutes until it becomes thickened.  Fold in Cool Whip, oranges and marshmallow.  Chill until set, about an hour.

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Strawberry Fluff

  • 1 small box strawberry Jell-O
  • 1 small box instant cheesecake pudding
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 (8-oz.) tub Cool Whip
  • 1 can fruit cocktail, drained
  • 1 cup mini marshmallows

Same instructions as above.

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No Sugar Apple Pie

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No Sugar Apple Pie

This is a good pie for the diabetic or for someone watching their weight.  You wouldn’t know that there was no sugar or artificial sweetener in it.  It is really yummy!

  • 2 (9-inch) pie shells
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (12-oz.) can unsweetened apple juice concentrate, thawed
  • 6 cups peeled and sliced green apples

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch, cinnamon, and 1/3 cup of the apple juice concentrate.  Set aside.

In a large sauce pan, simmer apples with remaining apple juice concentrate until apples are tender, about 10 minutes.  Stir in cornstarch mixture and continue to simmer until thickened.  Remove from heat.

Spoon apple mixture into pastry-lined pie plate.  Cover with top crust.  Seal and flute edges.  Cut steam vents in top.

Bake for 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.

Serves 8.

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Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

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Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

This is a very simple and easy appetizer to make, or you can make it a meal, which is what I did.  Delicious!

  • 12 slices bacon, cut crosswise in half
  • 24 frozen tater tots, plain or seasoned

Comeback Sauce

  • 1/4 cup ketchup or chili sauce
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise

Heat oven to 450 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a broiler pan.

Wrap bacon tightly around tater tot and secure with a toothpick.  Bake 15 minutes, or until they are cooked through and bacon is crispy.

Meanwhile, mix ketchup and mayo.

Variation:  Carefully cut tater tot in half and add a 1/2″ chunk of cheese in middle and then roll up with bacon.  (If you do this, you should partially defrost tater tots for 15 minutes at room temperature.)

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Heavenly Coconut Cream Cake

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Heavenly Coconut Cream Cake

This is so easy to make and so delicious!

  • 1 white cake mix, baked as directed on box
  • 1 can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
  • 1 (15-oz.) can Cream of Coconut (Not coconut milk)
  • 1 (8-oz.) container Cool Whip
  • 7 oz. shredded coconut

Bake white cake in a 9-in. x 13-in. pan.  Mix 1 can condensed milk with cream of coconut.  Poke holes all over cake about an inch apart.  Pour mixture into holes and over warm cake.  Cool in refrigerator.  Frost with Cool Whip and coconut.  Keep refrigerated.

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Lime Poke Cake

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Here’s your St. Patrick’s Day dessert.  I served this for bridge with mint chocolate chip ice cream.  Delicious and very pretty!

  • 1 pkg. white cake mix
  • 2 (3-oz.) pkg. lime jello
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cold water

Topping

  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1 (3.4-0z.) instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 (8-oz.) carton whipped topping, thawed
  • Green sprinkles

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13-in x 9-in baking dish.  Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.  In a small bowl, dissolve jello in boiling water; stir in cold water and set aside.

With a wooden skewer, poke holes about 2 in. apart into cooled cake.  Slowly pour jello over cake.  Cover and refrigerate.

In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick).  Fold in whipped topping.  Spread over cooled cake.  Decorate with sprinkles.  Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Makes 12-15 servings.

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