Home-made Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

Makes about 16 ounces (2 cups)

Like Hersheys chocolate syrup but without the chemicals and high fructose corn syrup.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Dash salt

Directions:

1. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the cocoa powder, water, sugar and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix with a whisk until smooth.
2. Stir constantly with a whisk or a wooden spoon until it boils.
3. Allow it to boil for 1-2 minutes.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Syrup will be very thin. Allow to cool completely and it will thicken to about the same consistency as Hershey’s syrup.

Store the syrup in a mason jar or any other container. It will keep for several weeks in the fridge.

Original Recipe at Babysavers.com

Crockpot Pasta Fagioli (like Olive Garden)

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• Serves 10

Ingredients

• ·         1 lb extra lean ground turkey breast
  ·         1 onion, chopped
  ·         3 carrots, chopped
  ·         4 stalks celery, chopped
  ·         2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
  ·         1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  ·         1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  ·         3 (10 ounce) cans no fat chicken stock
  ·         2 tablespoons dried oregano
  ·         2 teaspoons pepper
  ·         5 teaspoons parsley
  ·         1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
  ·         1 (20 ounce) jar marinara sauce
  ·         8 ounces whole wheat pasta (macaroni, tubetti, rigatoni or penne)

·Directions:

• Brown turkey in a skillet, drain and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
  Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.
  During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.
  
  

• Nutrition Facts
  Servings 10.0
  Amount Per Serving
  calories 433
  % Daily Value *
  Total Fat 7 g	11 %
  Saturated Fat 2 g	9 %
  Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
  Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
  Trans Fat 0 g
  Cholesterol 60 mg	20 %

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