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OOEY GOOEY PUMPKIN BUTTER BARSSave this one for your Thanksgiving dessert table! Rich, creamy,salty and sweet - all the textures and flavors with a pumpkinmiddle base. This sweet treat feeds a crowd and is perfect forholiday gatherings.INGREDIENTS• 1 18.25 oz yellow cake mix• 4 eggs• 1 cup pumpkin puree• 1 T vanilla extract• 1 t cinnamon• 1/2 cup butter, melted• 8 oz cream cheese, softened• 4 cups powdered sugar• 1 T pumpkin pie spiceINSTRUCTIONS1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking panwith cooking spray and set aside.2) Using a stand or electric mixer, combine the cake mix, 2 eggsand melted butter. Press this batter into the bottom of thegreased pan.3) Using the same bowl combine the softened cream cheese, 2 eggs, pumpkin, vanilla and spices. Oncesmooth gently sift in the powdered sugar until incorporated. Pour this batter over the cake batter.4) Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is crackled and set.5) Allow to cool completely before slicing into bars and serving. Keep covered.BBQ PULLED PORK CHILIA new take on traditional chili - just in time for football watching and cozy weekends at home! Sweet, slowroasted pork is mixed with standard chili fixings - beans, diced tomatoes, onions with the added twist ofbacon and barbecue sauce. It’s incredibly delicious and feeds a crowd.INGREDIENTS• 2 lb pork shoulder roast • 1/4 cup John Henry Pecan Rub seasoning (or any BBQ seasoning)• 32 oz tomato juice• 1 cup barbecue sauce• 15 oz can Original chili beans • 15 oz can petite diced tomatoes• 1 small onion, finely diced • 2 strips bacon, chopped• 1 T chili powder• 1 T cumin• 1/2 T garlic salt• pinch crushed red pepper flakesINSTRUCTIONSTo cook the pork roast1) Place the pork roast in a crockpot and sprinkle on the bbq seasoning and pour in one cup of water.2) Set to LOW and cook for 6-8 hours (or until the pork is falling apart and easy to shred apart).3) Once done, remove any fat from the pork and discard, thenshred with tongs until the pork is in small pieces.4) Drain off any extra juice from the roast and discard.To make the chili1) Keep the cooked pork in the crockpot and set it to WARM.2) In a skillet over medium heat cook the diced onions andbacon until tender and bacon is slightly crisp. This should takearound 5 minutes. Set aside.3) Add all ingredients into the crockpot with the warm shreddedpork - tomato juice, bbq sauce, cooked onions and bacon, chilibeans, diced tomatoes and seasonings.4) Mix all ingredients together and let the chili heat together foranother hour before serving.5) Serve with oyster crackers or any favorite chili toppings - sourcream, shredded cheese, green onions, etc.For more of Ally’s recipes check out the recipe sectionat qcfamilyfocus.com or sweetandsavoryfood.com8 October/November 2020 I QC Family Focus
Getting Your Lawn Ready for WinterFor many of us, fall is the besttime of year. During the day, the sunis still warm, the leaves on the treesare bright and beautiful, and thereare no bugs to spoil our outdoorwanderings.Coincidentally, fall is alsoyour lawn’s favorite time of year. Afterthe heat and dryness of the summer,your lawn uses the cool fall daysto regenerate itself and get readyfor winter. Here are some thoughtson how you can help your lawn behealthy and ready for winter, whilemaking sure it comes up strong andgreen next spring.1. Keep It Trimmed and CleanA healthy height for grassblades is about 2 1/2 inches. Keepcutting your lawn during the fallas long as it keeps growing. Somepeople think they should let theirlawns grow longer in anticipation ofwinter, but, in reality, mice and voleslove the long grass under the snow.Many experts suggest you actuallylower the blades on your mowerto about 2” to minimize potentialproblems.Don’t let leaves pile up onyour lawn, waiting until the trees arebare to rake them. A build up of leavesblocks out the sunlight grass bladesneed to stay healthy. A mower witha mulch setting or a bag attachmentmakes leaf clean up easier. If youprefer to use the old-fashioned rakemethod, remember that leaves makegreat mulches in gardens and alsoadd valuable nutrients to a compostpile, so don’t just burn them, or throwthem out.2. Aerate Your Lawnwarmer parts of the country) will giveAerating makes holes in your your lawn a real pre-winter boost andlawn that allow water and nutrients get it ready for the upcoming cold.to get right down to the grass roots. You could take a soil sample andYou can rent an aerator at most have it tested to determine the exacthome stores, and aerating your lawn nutrients your lawn needs, but mostwon’t take any longer than cutting commercially-available, baggedyour lawn—so you only need to fertilizers do a more than adequaterent it for half a day. You could even job.make lawn aerating a group activity Fertilizers contain threeand team up with a few neighbors to nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, andshare the cost of the rental. potassium) and they’re listed on the3. Seedbags in their relative proportions. ForFall is a good time to add example a 25-3-10 fertilizer containsseed to your lawn so it grows thick 25% nitrogen, 3% phosphorus,and resists weeds, but don’t just and 10% potassium. In a good fallgrab the first lawn seed you see on fertilizer, the first number (nitrogen)sale at the home center. Different is about twice the last numbergrass-seed mixtures are designed (potassium). The nitrogen helpsfor different conditions, such as build strong, healthy roots, while theshade or direct sun.potassium helps your lawn surviveRead the information on the the cold.bags or talk to a knowledgeable It should go without saying,person at a garden center to get but if you’ve just seeded your lawn,the right kind of grass seed for your don’t apply a fertilizer that contains alawn. (You may end up with a couple weed-killer ingredient.of different bags of seed but it’s a 5. Apply Your Fertilizersmall price to pay for a good-looking Use a rotary spreader andlawn.)apply fertilizer at the rate specifiedWhen you’re applying the on the bag—don’t over-fertilize.seed, use a rotary spreader, and Eliminate the chance of missing anyapply the seed at the recommended spots by applying the fertilizer in tworate. If your lawn is quite thin, you directions—go back and forth acrosscould even rent a ‘slicer seeder’ your lawn and then go up and down.that actually cuts small grooves in Read and follow the directions onthe soil, into which the seeds fall. the bag to determine whether yourAfter seeding, give your lawn a good fertilizer needs to be applied on a wetwatering so the seeds can get off to lawn or needs to be watered in aftera good start.application.4. FertilizeThat’s pretty much it! JustFall is the key time to fertilize spread out these small jobs duringyour lawn. Applying a good fertilizer in the fall and by next spring your lawnlate fall (around Halloween, or later in will be thick, healthy, and green.QC Family Focus I October/November 2020 9
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