English Toffee Creamer Sugar Free

I just made this Sugar Free English Toffee Creamer and it came out delicious.  I was so excited I couldn't wait to share the recipe with all of you.  I love sweet, flavored creamers in my coffee, and I have been on a mission the last few weeks to make my own creamers. My first experiment was a peppermint mocha and it bombed.  I drank it, because I wouldn't waste it, but the recipe was a fail, not something I would share with all of you.  I ordered some good extracts last week and a different sweetener.  The english toffee extract came first, so I decided to give a new recipe a try this afternoon and it was a winner!  Yeah!

I have been using cream and either liquid flavored stevia or a powdered caramel stevia FOREVER!!! At least that is what it feels like, and even though stevia is OK, I have been looking for a different sweetener that just tastes better.  I have tried erythritol,(Swerve), which is OK also, but it is still not as good as real sugar in certain recipes.  I just tried this new sweetener from Trim Healthy Mama called Gentle Sweet and it is delicious in this creamer recipe.  I added the Gentle Sweet to cream first and it tasted delicious all on its own.  It didn't need the extract to taste like a great creamer, so you could just use it in your coffee all on its own, kind of like a Sweet Italian Cream Creamer.

I love coffee, I mean I really love my morning coffee.  I love the whole morning ritual of making my coffee, putting my sweetener and flavoring in my coffee, getting it just right.  I even have specific mugs that hold the right amount of coffee, they have the right handle size, they fit in my hands perfectly, and they even have scripture on them.  One says "Trust in The Lord" Proverbs 3:5, and the other says "This Girl runs on Jesus and Coffee".  I even have one in the trailer that says "This is the day the Lord Made".  

Can you relate?  We all have our little morning rituals that help us start our day out right.  This is how I start mine.  Next up, is my prayer time and Bible Reading along with my coffee.  I have been using BibleGateway for their study guides, and I really enjoy the app.  Anyhoo, that is how I start my day.  How do you start yours?  I would love to hear from you.  

So, onto the recipe.  I hope you enjoy it.  I'll be sharing more in the next few weeks.

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Sugar Free English Toffee Creamer

Ingredients:

16 oz heavy whipping cream

5 TB Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet

1 1/2 Tsp English Toffee Extract

Directions:

Pour the heavy whipping cream into a bowl and add the 5 TB of Gentle Sweet.  Whisk until will blended.  Just a few minutes.  Not too long, you don't want to make whipped cream.

Next, whisk in the 1 1/2 teaspoons of English Toffee extract.

Pour into a jar.

It is ready to use.

Makes 16 oz creamer.

Enjoy.

Debi

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Top 10 Recipes for 2013

Today I am sharing the Top 10 Recipes for 2013.  I am so grateful to all of you for coming by, visiting, and making Adorned From Above such a success.  I looked back over the year and was surprised at which recipes are popular.  It seems that low carb/gluten free recipes are very popular this year.  Also, simple recipes such as my fruit skewers for a baby shower were popular.

so here are the Top 10 Recipes for 2013.

1. Fruit Skewers for a Baby Shower

2. Cheesecake Cupcakes Gluten Free / Sugar Free

3. Oopsies Gluten Free Bread

4. Peanut Butter Cookies Gluten Free / Sugar Free

5. Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes

6. Homemade Easter Candy and a Spring Blog Walk

7. Chocolate Bailey's Cupcake Pushups

8. Baked Italian Meatballs Gluten Free

9. Low Carb Barbecue Sauce

10. Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Strudels




This is an interesting mix of recipes.  I hope that you check them out if you haven't already.

Have a great week.
Debi
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Italian Sausage Soup

Today we are serving up Italian Sausage Soup for dinner and it is so delicious.  I love this recipe and have made it twice in the last month.  The original recipe is from a cookbook called Season's Greeting by Marlene Sorosky.  My mom gave me this cookbook in my 20's and I have been using it ever since.  It is one of my favorite cookbooks, I gave you a recipe for Frozen Oreo Fudge Squares from the cookbook a few weeks ago, and this is another favorite.

Here is the recipe, and down below, I will explain about the changes that I made to the recipe.  This is the recipe that I made below, not the original from the cookbook.

Italian Sausage Soup

Ingredients:

2 lbs Mild Italian Sausage sliced 1/4 inch thick
2 Tb vegetable oil
2 onions chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can diced tomatoes with juice
3 TB tomato paste
7 cups beef broth
1 cup dry red wine
2 TB basil
1 tsp ground oregano
2 medium yellow squash sliced
1/2 cup chopped parsley
5 oz Shar gluten free penne (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
grated parmesan for serving

Directions:

Brown italian sausage in a skillet and then transfer to a soup pan using a slotted spoon.

Next saute the onions and garlic until tender and add to soup pot.

To the soup pan add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, beef broth, red wine, basil, and oregano and cook uncovered for 30 minutes.

Add the yellow squash, parsley, and penne and cook for an additional 20 to 30 minutes until the pasta is cooked.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve with Parmesan.

Makes 8 to 10 main dish servings

 So now more about my Italian Sausage Soup.  First it is amazing.  Second if you go to the recipe in the cookbook, I have changed it up a bit.  I like recipes that are heavy on the meat.  So I doubled the amount of Italian Sausage in the soup.  I also used gluten free noodles.  Now, I eat a low carb diet for health reasons, when I eat grains I swell up badly.  Grains cause some pretty severe inflammation in my body, and it's not just limited to grains, sugar does the same thing.  Unfortunately, I love breads, pastries, and sweets, so I am not always successful.  I, also, keep trying different gluten free products, but have found that I still have inflammation issues even with these products.  So I will leave the noodles out next time I make this, just so that I am not tempted, because I can't say no to the pasta.  I also make sure that my Italian Sausage is gluten free.  I seem to be okay with that.

This is a great hearty winter dinner, and I hope all of you enjoy it.

Wishing all of you a happy and healthy 2014.
Debi

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Frozen Oreo Fudge Squares

I made these Frozen Oreo Fudge Squares for dessert on Channukah and they were delicious.  I got the recipe from an old cookbook that I have, called Season's Greetings from Marlene Sorosky.  They were pretty simple to make, and they look and taste like you were cooking all day.  They have kind of a festive feel to them.

Frozen Oreo Fudge Squares

Ingredients:

30 Oreos
6 TB plus 1/4 lb (1 stick butter)
1/2 gallon chocolate ice cream or ice cream flavor of your choice (softened)
3 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 cups powdered sugar
4 eggs separated

Directions:

Place cookies in a food processor with a metal blade and process until the cookies are reduced to fine crumbs.

Add 6 TB melted butter and mix until combined.

Press the cookie crumbs in the bottom of a 9 X 13 inch pan or casserole dish.

Spread the softened ice cream over the cookie crumbs and put in freezer and freeze until firm.

Then, melt chocolate and 1/4 lb butter in a medium pan over low heat.

Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar.  The mixture will be very stiff and almost crumbly.

Whisk egg yolks in a medium bowl until well blended and then stir into the chocolate mixture.

In a mixing bowl beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks.

Fold a large spoonful into the chocolate to lighten the mixture.

Then fold the rest together until thoroughly combined.

Then spread over the ice cream, cover with foil and freeze until firm.

You can freeze this for several months.

Serves 20 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 inc squares

This looks like it is more difficult then it is to make.  It was a great dessert for company.

Merry Christmas!!!
Debi
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Spice Drop Christmas Tree

So this Spice Drop Christmas Tree is so cute and it tastes great also.  How fun to work on a craft/decoration that you can eat also.  It is really easy to make, a little time consuming, but very easy.

Spice Drop Christmas Tree

Supplies:

1 Styrofoam Cone (mine was 12 inches high)

3 2 lb containers of red and green spice drops

1 box of 750 toothpicks

Directions:

Put a spice drop on each toothpick, I did one container at a time.

Break off the end of the toothpick, so it's not so long.

Start at the top of the cone and just start putting the spice on the tree so that they are touching.  

Work down the whole cone this way, until you finish at the bottom.

Now wasn't that easy.  Have fun, and there should be a few extra to eat also.

Merry Christmas!

Debi
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Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This is a great recipe for Homemade Cranberry Sauce.  I use apples and spices in this recipe, which I love.  I love cranberry jelly, but this is good also, and is always a request from my kids.  I also love that it is so easy to make.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

1 bag fresh or frozen cranberries

2 granny smith applesl, peeled and chopped

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Directions:

Place all of the ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium high heat.

Reduce heat to medium and simmer stirring occasionally for another 20 minutes, or until the cranberries have popped and apples are soft.

Remove from stove and cool. 

It will thicken as it cools.

Makes 6 to 8 servings

I hope that you enjoy this Homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe.

Have a great holiday season.

Debi and Charly

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Hot Mulled Spiced Cider

Charly made this Hot Mulled Spiced Cider for Thanksgiving and is was so good!!!  It's a simple recipe to make for a group of people, which is always great during the holidays.  

Hot Mulled Spiced Cider

Ingredients:

12 cups fresh apple cider

2 cups pineapple juice

9 cloves

12 cinnamon sticks

Directions:

Put all of the ingredients into a crockpot and put on high for 6 hours.  It took about 3 hours to get hot enough, so plan on starting it about 3 hours before you will serve it.

I hope that you like this recipe.  It was so good.

Have a great week.

Debi
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