Cooking from scratch: healthier, cheaper, and a great creative outlet
I love making bread - it's an iconic kitchen smell of rising dough and freshly baked loaves coming out of the oven. I also try to eat healthy, so I found a basic cracked wheat bread recipe and have modified to our tastes. I start with some hard winter wheat berries. I bought a Kitchen … Continue reading Making a Simple Cracked Wheat Bread, Plus some Bread Baking Tips
I do love my cast iron. It works for dessert as well as frying up main dishes. But if you don't have a 8-9 inch cast iron skillet, use a round cake tin. The cast iron just makes the cake a bit more rustic for serving. This is a quick to throw together, and takes … Continue reading Cast Iron Apple Spice Cake
True comfort food - fluffy dumplings smothered with chicken and gravy
A quick copycat recipe of expensive pre-made boxed baking mix. Make your own healthier and fresh version!
This sausage tortellini soup is great tasting and hearty enough for a meal.
Here's another 5 ways to use what you have and save money in the kitchen. Make your own dried grated lemon and orange peel. I always have lemons and oranges around for eating and cooking. The last time I bought a small bottle of grated lemon peel to keep on hand it was so expensive! … Continue reading 5 More Money Saving Kitchen Hacks, Part 2
AS I get older, I realize just how important good health is. I want to be able to stay in my house forever. I don't want my arthritis to get to me so that I can't go up and down stairs. I don't want to spend a fortune on health care. I don't like pain, … Continue reading Let’s eat a little healthier!
Winter weather means comfort food, and meatloaf is a good standby recipe to keep. For Christmas I was gift a copy of the new version of The Joy of Cooking. My old one is well worn, and has pages full of smears and drips. My new one already has my favorite recipes marked with sticky … Continue reading How to make a Hearty Meatloaf
Thanksgiving was a month ago, Christmas is past as well, and the New Year is almost here. And today I'm making a traditional Turkey Dinner. Yes, a turkey. Complete with stuffing based on my mother's original way of making it. Real stuffing And this is true stuffing, not dressing. In the bird, not baked separately … Continue reading Making Traditional Turkey Stuffing
I'm always on the lookout for a new bread recipe to try. Especially yeast breads. Yeast breads are not as hard to bake as most people think. The most basic bread is flour, salt, yeast and water. This Honey Bread has a few more ingredients, but is just as basic as bread gets. Mix the … Continue reading Making Honey Bread