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#RECIPE – Barbecue Turkey Meatloaf

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“As we move into fall, I start thinking about and preparing my favorite comfort foods. Meatloaf lives at the top of that list. Several variations of meatloaf make it to our table, and for this post, I’ve created a version with turkey and my zesty barbecue sauce.” http://bit.ly/1aA0nFC

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I am one of those people who use ground turkey like other people use ground beef so this recipe for barbecue turkey meatloaf is not a stranger to me! I use it in chili, spaghetti/pasta sauce, burgers – everything! If you haven’t tried ground turkey, check out this recipe and discover not only how versatile it is but also how delicious it is!

Hot Pepper Sauce Recipe from CĂ´te d’Ivoire | Global Grazers

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I don’t like this recipe too much because I’m not crazy about hot peppers; but, the rest of my family loves it, especially with klaklo (plantain fritters). Editor’s Note: This recipe […]

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I love African hot pepper sauce and the one I’ve had on many occasions is Liberian fried pepper sauce. It’s everything! Because Cote d’Ivoire is also in West Africa and only a couple of countries away from Liberia, this pepper sauce is probably very similar. I can’t wait to give it a try! FIRE!!!

50 Mac & Cheese Recipes : Recipes and Cooking : Food Network

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Find dozens of new ways to make weeknight macaroni and cheese from Food Network Magazine.

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I love macaroni & cheese and grew up eating the best ever (my moms) for every holiday and special occasion and sometimes in between! 50 Mac & Cheese recipes from the foodnetwork.com! Drop the mic!!! 🙂

Top Secret Recipes – Wings and Ice Cream and Glaze – OH MY!

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Todd Wilbur’s Top Secret Recipes for Margaritaville Jamaica Mistaica Wings, Chi Chi’s Mexican Fried Ice Cream and Subway Bourbon Street Glaze

Margaritaville Jamaica Mistaica Wings:

Margaritaville Jamaica Mistaica Wings copycat recipe by Todd Wilbur

Menu Description: “Come back to Jamaica! Our wings tossed in habanero-honey wing sauce with cucumber sticks and house-made mango ranch dipping sauce.”

One of my favorite wing shack mottos is “Chicken is chicken, but the wing is the thing!” As we all know chicken wings, when done right are the things that fond food memories are made of! This top secret recipe clones Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Jamaica Mistaica Wings, reported to be some of the island-themed restaurants best! The wings are prepared the traditional way but what makes them special is the habanero honey sauce! Just saying that makes my mouth water!!! Check out Todd Wilbur’s Top Secret Recipe and see for yourself! Of course I can’t put the recipe on my blog but I put the link to the recipe here for your convenience! Click the link below and you’ll be on your way to eating “chicken wings in paradise” in no time at all! Sorry – I couldn’t resist that one!

Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.

Chi Chi’s Mexican Fried Ice Cream:

Chi-Chi's Mexican "Fried" Ice Cream copycat recipe by Todd Wilbur

Menu Description: “Our specialty! French Vanilla ice cream with a crunchy, crispy cinnamon coating. Served with your choice of honey, chocolate or strawberry topping.”

Ok, I have to admit that ice cream is one of my favorite things to eat EVER! I love the stuff! When I heard about this dessert I decided it was something to put on my “must try” list for sure! The cool thing about this dessert is, it’s really not fried at all! I mean I have to admit that ice cream is a guilty pleasure all on it’s own so frying it would only add to the need for me to eat it in a trench coat with a hat and dark glasses. You know, to hide my identity while indulging my ice cream eating addiction! Well, that’s not necessary my friends! This ice cream dessert is actually rolled in corn-flake crumbs that have been flavored with sugar and cinnamon. So it only looks like it’s been fried! Chi-Chi’s says this is their most requested dessert menu item. I say “SCORE” cause since it’s rolled in cereal, it qualifies as a breakfast item! Wow, ice cream for breakfast!Now where did I put that trench coat?!

Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.

Subway Bourbon Street Glaze:

Subway Bourbon Street Glaze copycat recipe by Todd Wilbur

I’m not a fast foodie and I rarely eat the stuff, but the Bourbon Street Glaze from Subway’s new Bourbon Street Chicken Sandwich sounds right up my alley! I actually fall in love with sauces if they’re really good! I use to go to Friday’s just to order the Jack Daniel’s glazed shrimp & ribs! I love that stuff! This glaze like that one sounds like a real winner! Maybe the secret really is in the “sauce”!

Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes  by Todd Wilbur.

Sweet Potato EVERYTHING!!!

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Join Sweet Mother’s Kitchen email list for our Sweet Potato recipes that will be sure to impress! The holiday are coming and for me, nothing says holidays like a sweet potato pie! I’ve always loved sweet potatoes so this year, I’m going to celebrate sweet potatoes in a big way! We’re talking all things sweet potato! Just to give you a little sample – sweet potato pound cake, sweet potato gobs, sweet potato roll (like pumpkin roll but with sweet potato, sweet potato butter – oh yea, we’re talking all things with my favorite spud, and I’m not talking about Spuds MacKenzie! Click here now and you’ll go to my email sign up page! Give me your name and email and I’ll make sure you never miss a recipe! Here’s to Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the recipes that we’ll fall in love with and use to make memories with our loved ones! Let’s get cookin baby! Go to my email sign-up page and fill out your name, your email address and click submit!  Click here now 

 

All You Need Is Love… And A Little Chocolate!

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt! Thank you Mr. Schultz! Oh, and by the way, I like “Peanuts” with my chocolate too! 🙂

I decided that since I love motivational quotes and since I was going to put my time and effort into developing my recipe blog, why not try to find some really appropriate food quotes! I wasn’t even sure that I would find anything when I did a search but I’m happy to say, I found plenty! This one is my first one! This quote expresses my sentiments extremely well! Or for a more colorful way to put it, this quote has me written all over it!!! Love my chocolate!

Sweet Mother’s Kitchen Advertising And Affiliate Disclosure

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Sweet Mother’s Kitchen is a recipe sharing blog written and edited by Charlotte Mwagbe. For questions about this affiliate disclosure or my blog, please click here to contact me.

The purpose of Sweet Mother’s Kitchen is to help people find and share recipes that have been handed down in families from one generation to the next. Many of these types of recipes (soul food/comfort food/southern food/country food) have not been formally documented by written recipe. Here at Sweet Mother’s Kitchen, we are attempting to share in that process by encouraging the sharing of recipes, an act which requires documentation to achieve. It does take time to create all this content, so I do accept paid advertising, sponsorships, affiliate programs and other forms of compensation.

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Google Home – A Cook’s Best Friend

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The link below for the Google Home is an affiliate link. That means if you click and buy I will make a small commission for referring you but it won’t cost you a penny more! I only refer you to products I love and I think you know how I feel about the Google Home – LOVE!!!

When you’re in the kitchen cooking do you like to have some great music playing?  What I like to call, “music to jam or make jam by”?  🙂 For me cooking and cleaning while listening to music go hand in hand! I love to put on my favorite Gospel and old school R & B music while I’m working and if you do too I’ve got some great news for you!

One of the biggest problems with kitchen work and music is having to use your hands to change the song, advance the playlist, change artists, turn it down when the phone rings and back up when you’re finished with the call! It always seems you need to touch your music source when you have something all over your hands – never when they’re clean and dry! Well, Google Home solves those problems and so many more!

Google Home is a voice activated speaker for your home that operates on “smart” technology! No hands required to play a song, change a song or skip a song!

All you have to do is say, “Hey Google” and then tell it what you want to hear! Like “Hey Google play I Want You Back by The Jackson Five” or “Hey Google, play Distant Lovers by Marvin Gaye”. Hey Google, play “I’II Call Your Name by Switch”! You’ll hear “Ok, playing I’ll Call Your Name by Switch on YouTube- etc. Hands free music selection! YES!!!

Check out Google Home: Google Home – My #1 Kitchen Tool (affiliate link*)

Google Home is especially when you’re cooking, baking and doing your thing in the kitchen because you’ve always got something in or on your hands! What a pleasure to be able to play my music with a shout out and without having to touch anything!

I can even tell Google Home to turn the volume up or down, turn the music off, pause or resume!!! As a cook I think Google Home is the best thing since sliced bread!

This little dynamo is a game changer! I’m a big fan of old school R & B and I got to listen to whatever song came to my mind! It was as simple as saying, “Hey Google, play…” And remember, this works with any type of music that you want to hear, any song, any genre, any artist!

If it’s on the internet, Google Home finds it immediately and plays it for you! It plays music from various sources like Spotify, Google Play Music, Pandora, YouTube, iHeart Radio and more!

Google Home even corrected my request a couple of times and played the right song even though I requested it wrong!  Once or twice I said the wrong name of the song or paired the song with the wrong artist. Google Home corrected my request and played the song I wanted to hear! So Cool!

Check out Google Home: Google Home – My #1 Kitchen Tool (Affiliate link*)

Google Home comes in a variety of one of 3 base colors, with an option to buy one of 6 additional colors in two finishes – fabric or metal, which you choose to match or coordinate with your home or room interior design.

With Google Home you can ask it questions about the weather, traffic, sports scores, have it interact with your home system and turn on and off your TV and other appliances and lighting. It can play your exercise video or turn down the thermostat. Also, coming soon – hands free calling! Can’t wait!

Before I forget, I got a chance to share time with family visiting from out of town this past weekend. My first cousin Dee and her husband Melvin and my cousins Ronni and Darlene came for a four day weekend and it was so much fun! I cooked up a ton of food and we ate, sang, talked and had a great time together! I took Google Home with me to the hotel and set it up in Dee’s & Melvin’s room. Google Home was right in the middle of it all, actually helping to make the magic happen!

After the weekend was over, I took GH back home on the last night. I plugged it in and as a test to see if it would turn itself off, I said “Hey Google, Goodnight”! Well – it didn’t turn itself off, but it did say, “Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite, but if they do, I’ll help you find an exterminator”!

What!!!??? Now that’s what I call smart technology! Priceless!

Google Home – My #1 Kitchen Tool