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Gravy

Heat: 1 cup meat stock, broth, or boullion

Bring to boil

Add about 2 Tablespoons flour to boiling broth. Stir constantly till thickens. Season to taste.

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Spaghetti Sauce

Brown:

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced (optional)

Add:

  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon sweet basil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt (if no garlic)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 Tablespoons parsley
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar

Add:

  • 4 16 oz cans tomato sauce

Simmer 30 minutes

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Medium White Sauce

  • 2 Tablespoons margarine
  • 2 Tablespoons flour (maybe a little more)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • dash pepper
  • 1 cup milk

Melt margarine over low heat. Blend in flour to a paste like consistency. The thicker the consistence the thicker the sauce.

Add milk and cook quickly over medium to medium high heat, stirring constantly, till mixture thickens and bubbles. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Add cheese or other ingredients, stirring until smooth.

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Vanilla Sauce – for Peach Cobbler(Great Grandma Morgenegg)

Mix 1 cup sugar with 2 Tablespoons cornstarch in a saucepan.

Mix well and add 2 cups boiling water. Boil 5 minutes. Add 1 Tablespoon butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add a pinch of salt.

(Lemon flavoring may be used instead of vanilla)

Serve warm over warm peach cobbler

This is a lot so I usually only make 1/2 a recipe.

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Olive Garden Alfredo

1/4 pound butter (This is what the recipe calls for we use 4 Tablespoons)

Flour

1 teaspoon garlic puree

2 cups heavy cream (if you don’t want it as bad for you you can use milk.  We usually do that, but the cream is much better)

1/4 whole milk (you can use 1% or 2% to save on calories too)

1/2 parmesan cheese (much better with fresh, but we usually just use the dried stuff)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Melt butter with garlic puree.  Don’t burn the garlic.   Add flour to make a roux.  Add heavy cream and milk (Or just 2  1/4 cups milk) and cheese.  Stir with a whisk till thickens.  Add salt and pepper to taste

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Spaghetti Sauce

Brown 1/2  lb ground beef (for Spaghetti sauce only)

 

2 – 8 oz cans tomato sauce

1/2  tsp. each   Oregano

Basil

Garlic Salt or 1 clove garlic

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 TBS parsley

1 TBS brown sugar

 

Add everything together and simmer for at least a few minutes.