Quick breads may be a rather old fashioned treat, but it’s a treat I still very much enjoy and make all the time. One of my favorite recipes was my grandmother’s – the classic raisin brown bread that every good homemaker made back in the day. Once before I’ve writtenRead More
My Favorite Morning Oatmeal Recipe
I’ll begin by saying I never thought I would use the words “favorite” and “oatmeal” together in a sentence. For years I couldn’t stand the stuff. To me oatmeal was a bland, mooshy, gooshy mess that I could barely get down and so I avoided oatmeal for a long, long,Read More
Dark Chocolate Bark Recipe
Some of the recipes that I enjoy most are those that are more of a “method” or a “formula” than a recipe. Rather than having to very closely follow instructions and a list of ingredients, they are more of a process that can be easily used to create new versionsRead More
Homemade Chocolates {No Sugar}
One of my little indulgences in life is chocolate. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth and can bypass lots of desserts without too much effort but when it comes to chocolate? Well, chocolate will almost always get a yes from me! And so it was that I foundRead More
How to Make A Crumb Coating for Fish
For many years I was intimidated by cooking fish. My idea of having fish for dinner was to pick up a package of frozen fish sticks. Thankfully I progressed a little bit beyond that option and we now have several homemade recipes for baked fish at our house that weRead More
Summer Corn Chowder {Copycat Panera}
Once in a while when I’m out and about I treat myself to lunch at Panera Bread, and one of my favorite things to order is their Summer Corn Chowder. But as the name implies, it’s an item they have on their summer menu and you can’t always get itRead More
One Skillet Mexican Quinoa Dinner
One thing I quickly realized when trying to add more vegetables and plants to our daily meals, was that this also meant more chopping, and slicing, and dicing when it was time to make dinner. And at the risk of sounding like a whiner, sometimes it just feels like tooRead More
How To Make Your Own Tea Bags
Every once in a while when I’m in the midst of trying to figure something out, I end up making some other fun discovery at the same time. And that’s exactly what happened a few years ago when I was trying to make homemade flavored tea with loose tea andRead More
Pick-Your-Flavor Freezer Pie
A quick and refreshing freezer pie recipe that can be made in many different flavors using the simple ingredients of jello, yogurt, and cool whip. Sometimes I like my homemade recipes to be quick and easy. Sometimes, especially during the lazy hazy days of summer, it’s nice to have aRead More
Quick Homemade BBQ Sauce for Meatballs
Today’s recipe is a quick little sauce mixture that I’ve relied on so many, many times over the years. I clipped this recipe out of a newspaper a long time ago, and it was actually two recipes: one for meatballs and another for homemade BBQ sauce to go with it. Read More
Healthier Homemade Molasses Cookies
The inspiration for today’s recipe came after I watched a video on the NutritionFacts.org website titled “The Healthiest Sweetener“. The video uses a bar graph to compare 12 different sweeteners including things like white sugar, honey, turbinado sugar, agave nectar, etc. I found it very interesting! It was no surpriseRead More
Make Your Own Baking Powder
Several years ago I noticed the label on my little jar of cream of tartar had some helpful tips on it. There were a couple tips about making angel food cake and making meringue, but it was the final tip that was more interesting to me. It was a simpleRead More
Quick Cherry Salsa Recipe
One of the fun facts about my home state of Michigan is that it produces 75% of the tart cherry crop in the United States. In fact the lovely town of Traverse City in northern Michigan is known as the Cherry Capital of the World and is host to theRead More
Homemade Whole Grain Pancake Mix
Homemade pancakes are always a handy option when you need a simple, quick, and frugal meal. All you need are a few humble ingredients from the pantry and a bit of stirring and mixing. And although pancakes are traditionally a morning menu item, I think they can also be anRead More
Make Your Own Oat Flour
In my quest to eat more plant-based meals, I’ve also been trying to add more whole grains to our diet. This has meant making some switches like trying to use more brown rice instead of white rice, eating oatmeal in the mornings, and replacing regular white flour with white wholeRead More
Homemade Elderberry Syrup To Fight Off Colds and Flu
This year I’m trying something new (well, new to me anyway). I’m taking a daily dose of elderberry syrup during the winter months of the year to help fight off colds and the flu. Elderberry syrup has long been touted as a natural way to boost your body’s immunity systemRead More
Jar Mix: Potato Soup {The Update}
Back in the early days of this blog I wrote about a homemade potato soup mix that I was finding quite a handy convenience at the time. It was nice to have in the pantry for a quick lunch and only required boiling some water and adding some of theRead More
Layered Jar Mix: Curried Rice
The holidays are certainly a time of the year filled with sweets and treats. But there are times when you need just a little break from all the sugar and goodies. That’s why I like to have a few recipes for jar mixes that can be used as quick giftsRead More
Layered Jar Mix: Healthy Snack Bites
One of the simplest homemade gifts, and often times one of the most economical too, is a layered jar mix. As a bonus they don’t take long to make either and can usually be put together with familiar pantry ingredients. I guess that’s why I so often get the urgeRead More
Old School Cranberry Jello Salad
Today I’m sharing a recipe that I’ve been eating at Thanksgiving dinners for so, so, many years. My grandma made this, my mom made this, and now I often make it too. I guess that’s why I’m calling this an “old school” recipe because it’s been in my family forRead More
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