The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist by Gloria Hander Lyons

This unique cookbook includes recipes for using common ingredients in unexpected combinations, like Tomato Soup Crock Pot Cake, 7-Up Cherry Cobbler, Chicken Wings with Beer and Peanut Butter, Pork n’ Bean Bread, Cheesy Chocolate Fudge, Kool-Aid Barbecue Pork Ribs and Popcorn Salad. 

Inside, you'll find more than 90 tasty recipes for beverages, soups, salads, breads, sauces, main dishes, side dishes, sandwiches and desserts. You'll want to try them all! Book Size: 5.5” X 8.5”, paperback, 76 pages. ISBN 978-0-9802244-1-2  Price: $7.95

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Introduction to The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist

For years, proud cooks have boasted that their own special version of a popular recipe included a “secret ingredient” that made their dish exceptional. They carefully guarded this “top secret” information to maintain a culinary edge over their competition.

Out of sheer boredom, many cooks began combining common ingredients in dishes where you’d least expect to find them, in an attempt to spark their own creativity and surprise and delight the taste buds of their families and dinner guests.

Many other unusual ingredient combinations came about because of cooking contests sponsored by large food and beverage corporations in their quest to generate more sales for their products. Cooks everywhere challenged their culinary expertise to concoct thousands of tasty recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation. And the search for these unique flavor combinations continues to this day.

The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist is a collection of just a small sampling of these recipes for using familiar ingredients in an unexpected combination.

Some are tried and true favorites, developed many years ago, like Apple Pie with Ketchup, 7-Up Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake, Cola Sloppy Joe’s and Popcorn Salad. Others are delectable new concoctions like Pork n’ Bean Bread, Chicken with Maple Syrup, Kool-Aid Barbecue Pork Ribs, Tomato Soup Crock Pot Cake and Twinkie Ice Cream Shake.

This cookbook includes more than 90 uncommonly delicious recipes for beverages, appetizers, soups, salads, breads, sauces, main dishes, side dishes, sandwiches and desserts that use common ingredients with an unusual twist. You’ll want to try them all!
 
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Cheesy Pita Pockets From: The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist

Secret Ingredient: Grapes
2-1/2 cups green or red seedless grapes
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest (optional)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 small pitas, halved
Lettuce (optional)

Blend together first seven ingredients; mix well. Spread mixture inside pita pockets. Add lettuce if desired. Serves 4.

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Mediterranean Cornbread From: The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist


Secret Ingredient: Olives
1 (6 oz.) pkg. cornbread mix
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (optional)
2/3 cup milk
1 large egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives

Preheat oven to 375°. In a medium bowl, combine cornbread mix, garlic powder and pepper. In a small bowl, combine milk and egg. Stir egg mixture into cornbread mix just until moistened. Add cheese and olives; stirring until blended. Pour batter into a greased 8 x 4” loaf pan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until done. Cool in pan 5 before removing. Serve warm.
 

Southern Belle Blush Soup From: The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist

Secret Ingredient: Peaches
2 (16 oz.) cans sliced peaches, drained
1 (8-oz.) container sour cream
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons sugar

Process peaches in blender until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and process until well blended. Pour into bowl, cover and chill until ready to serve. Makes about 5-1/2 cups.

Garden Tuna Salad From: The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist

Secret Ingredient: Shoestring Potatoes
1 (6 oz.) can solid white albacore tuna, drained
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup celery, finely chopped
1 tablespoon grated onion
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 cup canned shoestring potatoes

In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except potatoes. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Just before serving stir in potatoes.

Which Came First Deviled Eggs From: The Secret Ingredient: Tasty Recipes with an Unusual Twist

Secret Ingredient: Chicken
6 hard-boiled eggs
1/2 cup finely chopped cooked chicken
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
2 teaspoons grated onion
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
Salt & ground black pepper to taste
Paprika, for garnish (Optional)

Cut eggs lengthwise in half. Place yolks in a bowl and mash with a fork. Add chicken, mayonnaise, relish, onion, mustard, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix until well blended. Fill egg whites with egg yolk mixture. Sprinkle lightly with paprika. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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