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Crab Legs with Garlic Butter Sauce

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This recipe graciously stolen from allrecipes.com.

The Goods
1 pound Snow Crab clusters or legs, thawed if necessary
1/4 cup butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. fresh parsley
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. fresh-ground black pepper

The Gettin’
1. Cut a slit, length-wise, into the shell of each piece of crab (some packages are pre-cut, for convenience).
2. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat and cook the garlic in the butter until translucent.
3. Stir in parsley, salt, and pepper.  Continue to heat mixture until bubbling.
4. Add the crab legs, toss to coat; allow to simmer in the butter mixture until completely heated, 5 to 6 minutes.
5. Sprinkle fresh parsley and serve steamy.

The Take
Tasty, but a little work getting the meat out of the shell!

Total Time: 20 minutes
Prep – 5 minutes
Cook– 15 minutes

Yield:  6 servings

Level: Easy (Though admittedly, I burned the sauce. – Lauren)

Precious Beautiful Creations: Painfully Begs Crying: Peanut Butter Cups

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This recipe stolen graciously, oh so graciously, so so0 graciously, from Carol Pomplio of  BTVC Yahoo.


The Goods
1 cup melted cocoa butter
3/4 cup honey
1 16 oz. jar peanut butter, smooth or chunky
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

The Gettin’
1. Melt cocoa butter (use a water bath or a double boiler).
2. Once cocoa butter is melted add the rest of the ingredients.
3. Warm all the ingredients and stir until smooth.
4. Remove bowl from hot water bath and let cool for a few minutes.
5. Line a muffin tin with baking papers. Ladle about 1 Tbsp. mixture into each.
6. Freeze or refrigerate until firm. Store in freezer.
7. If you are kind of attached to your mind, stand back with first bite, as it will be blown.

The Take
These. Are. Amazing.  You almost believe you’re eating a Reese’s peanut butter cup!  Unfortunately, peanut butter is advanced and they make my stomach hurt a bit…  but these are the treats you hide from the rest of the family, they’re that good!

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook–  10 minutes
Freeze– 1 hour

Yield:  48 cups

Level: Easy

Banana Pops

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This recipe stolen graciously from Fernpixel.


The Goods
2 ripe bananas (with black spots)
pure ground cinnamon to taste
pure ground nutmeg to taste
popsicle sticks (or chopsticks, plastic fork, etc.)

The Gettin’
1. Peel bananas.
2. Cut each banana in half (1 banana creates 2 Banana Pops).
3. Insert stick into each piece of banana.
4. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg on all sides, to taste.
5. Put the Banana Pops inside Tupperware or freezer Ziplock.
6. Place container with Banana Pops inside freezer and wait 2 hours or overnight.

The Take
We may not have a banana stand, but these frozen treats are pretty darn good!

Total Time: 2+ hours or overnight
Prep –  7 minutes
Freeze–  2+ hours

Yield:  4 pops

Level: Easy

Garlic and Citrus Chicken

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The following dish was inspired by both ComfyBelly.com and Giada De Laurentiis.

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The Goods
two reg. size packages of chicken, or one large: thighs and wingettes
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 orange, quartered
1 lemon, quartered
3 garlic cloves, chopped
extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh oregano leaves

The Gettin’
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Wash and dry chicken pieces.
3. Place chicken in a baking dish.
4. Brush extra virgin olive oil on each piece (both sides).
5. Liberally salt and pepper both sides of each chicken piece.
6. Squeeze the 1 quartered lemon and 1 quartered orange over the chicken pieces, toss in the lemon and orange pieces.
7. Sprinkle 3 chopped garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh oregano leaves.
8. Place in the oven for 55 minutes or until the skin is crispy and browned.

The Take:
Boy, was this good!  I was expecting a dry, overcooked chicken (we kept it in longer to brown the skin), but the chicken exploded with flavor!  It really soaked up that citrus.

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Prep – 30 minutes
Cook– 55 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy