Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods

from Carianna Larsen

50 Pretzel rods 

bulk milk chocolate

vanilla candy wafers

caramel 

Caramel:

1 c karo

1 cup brown sugar

1 c white sugar

1 cube butter

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Combine all caramel ingredients in a large sauce pan over med. heat and stir until melted and combined.  Bring to boil and stir 5 minutes.  Keep stirring so won't burn on bottom.  Remove from heat for 5 minutes. 

Put caramel in deep container (like pyrex 4 cup measure)

Pretzels:

Prepare a couple cookie sheets with wax or parch. paper and spray with pam.

Dip pretzel in caramel about 3/4 way and let excess drip off. Lay to cool on sheets

Refridgerate to set caramel.

Remold caramel around pretzel

New wax paper on sheets.

Melt chocolate in deep container an ddip caramel in.  Place on cookie sheets and then fridge.

In zip baggie melt vanilla melts in micro.  Snip hole in corner and drizzle on rods

Back in fridge.

Meat in Pressure Cooker

Beef - 3lb - low grade cut
brown in cooker and then turn on 90 min (or less) on high

Pork Shoulder Roast (or frozen chicken breasts)
brown
1 1/2 C homemade BBQ sauce
cook on high
Shred
Then steam 3-4 minutes to let extra h2o out
serve with rice, corn tortillas or buns.

Frozen chicken in Pressure Cooker

From frozen state - 20 min in pressure cooker (I don't think she used water...)

Favoriate Mashed Potatoes - in pressure cooker

from simply living smart

Favorite Mashed Potatoes
4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
1/4 c potato pearls
1 c? water
pepper to taste

Pressure cook 6 min, keep warm til ready to use