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Alfredo, and Who on Earth Was He?
If you ask for pasta with Alfredo sauce at a restaurant in Italy all you get from your waiter is a stare. Why is one of the most famous “Italian sauces” for pasta unknown in its country of origin? The answer is simple: because in Italy an...
Choosing the healthiest frozen meals
When it comes to eating healthy, fresher is almost always better. In some cases, however, it is impossible to cook fresh foods every night. For people on the go, frozen foods can be healthy alternatives to fresh products. While there is no...
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Whole Wheat Bread V. White Bread - Which One Is Better?
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Best Cookies: Sweet Potato Spice BarsIf you ask for pasta with Alfredo sauce at a restaurant in Italy all you get from your waiter is a stare. Why is one of the most famous “Italian sauces” for pasta unknown in its country of origin? The answer is simple: because in Italy an...
Choosing the healthiest frozen meals
When it comes to eating healthy, fresher is almost always better. In some cases, however, it is impossible to cook fresh foods every night. For people on the go, frozen foods can be healthy alternatives to fresh products. While there is no...
School Lunches the Frugal Way!
It seems that school starts earlier every year. So it's time to start thinking about what to put in those school lunches every morning. My children always wanted to bring their own lunches because they didn't really like what was offered in...
Sneaking More Fruit into Your Day
We all know that we should eat more fruit and vegetables, and generally we manage pretty well with the veggies. It's not that hard to have several different vegetables with a meal, or a Grilled Chicken Salad as a meal. But it can be a little...
Whole Wheat Bread V. White Bread - Which One Is Better?
Junk food addicts argue with health food nuts, asserting white bread to be the best. The health food nuts retaliate exclaiming about how much better store bought whole wheat bread is than white bread. The battle rages on... On which...
If you love sweet potato pie and candied yams, you’ll rave over these sweet potato cookie bars.
Each bite contains golden raisins, spices, and sweet potatoes, topped off with rich cream cheese. Comfort food never tasted so good.
Sweet Potato Spice Bars
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 16-oz. Can sweet potatoes or yams, drained
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ cup golden raisins
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
Cream Cheese Frosting
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1-inch. Beat
eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla and sweet potatoes. Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and allspice.
Mix in raisins and orange rind. Pour batter into pan. Bake until brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting Sprinkle with nuts.
Cut into bars about 2x1 ½ inches. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Mix a 3-oz. Package cream cheese (softened); ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine (softened) and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Gradually beat in 2 cups powdered sugar until smooth and of spreading consistency.
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Donna Monday
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