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
Healthier Chocolate No Bake Cookie Recipe
A few years back I wrote about one of my favorite cookie recipes – the Chocolate No Bake Cookie – a tried and true favorite that lots of folks have in their recipe stash and have loved for a long time. It was one of those recipes where I almostRead More
How To Replace An Egg With Flax Seed
When I wrote about my Healthier Homemade Muffins a few weeks ago, I included in that recipe a strategy I’ve been using more and more to replace eggs in a recipe with flax seed. I’ve learned that it’s a very easy and healthy egg substitution in recipes that still turnsRead More
Healthier Homemade Muffins
Trying to eat more healthy in the new year is a common resolution. I’ve also added eating healthy as one of the things I’d like to keeping moving toward this year too. I’ve been on a slow journey for many months now, trying to incorporate more plant-based main dishes intoRead More
Limoncello Cookies
Sometimes it’s fun to just go with the flow when making our food. A little spontaneous dash of this and that in a recipe can keep things from getting boring. But I’ve found over the years that going with the flow when cooking (as in preparing meats and vegetables) usuallyRead More
Measuring Conversion Chart
The “Make Your Own” lifestyle is often about being resourceful. And as you learn to be more resourceful, you get more comfortable with improvising and adapting so you can use what you have. Of course not every improvised creation is a success (which is why I thought this poem wasRead More
Glazed Almond Bars
This recipe was not the recipe I had planned for this week. My original plan was to share a recipe for homemade eggnog made with EggBeaters (an egg substitute), one of the recipes I found while sorting through a box of old recipes my mom had cut out and savedRead More
How To Make Bread Flour from All Purpose Flour {and why I didn’t}
The last few weeks or so I’ve been thinking about dusting off my old bread making machine and putting it to use again. I tend to go in spurts when it comes to kitchen machinery. I’ll spend a few months using something all the time (whether it be my juicer,Read More
Homemade Baking Mixes {From Your Own Recipes}
If someone had come along while I was making today’s project and asked what I was making, I probably would have answered . . . “I’m making a mess!” But that’s OK because a little bit of mess and a small amount of effort will save me time and moneyRead More
Almond “Brownie” Bars
Are they brownies? or blondies? Or just bars? I’m never sure what to call these tasty little homemade treats, but I’ve kind of settled on calling them brownies even though they are not in any way brown. The final texture of these bars and the ingredients used most resemble aRead More
Homemade Cheez-It Crackers
Not every homemade recipe is something you’ll make all the time. I think every cook has a stash of recipes that include the day-to-day basics that get used all the time, but then also has a stash of recipes for special occasions, and those every-now-and-then times where something a littleRead More
Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
When it comes to homemade sweet treats, cookies are almost always my first choice. You don’t need utensils to eat a cookie, they’re easy to pack along if you’re on the move, and you can dunk ’em. Who doesn’t love dunking a cookie in a cold glass of milk orRead More
Layered Baking Mix In A Jar {Blondie Bars}
A recipe for a layered baking mix in a canning jar can come in really handy when you need a little extra something to give as a gift around the holidays. They go together fast and often use frugal ingredients too. When my husband taught Sunday school for several years,Read More
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
There are some recipes, that as much as I enjoy them, are just seasonal recipes for me. I make them once a year and that’s it. Like pumpkin pie. Pumpkin pie is yummy stuff but I only make one when Thanksgiving rolls around, which I suspect is pretty typical forRead More
Gift Size Pumpkin Nut Bread
This is the time of year that all things pumpkin sound just a little more delicious. I’ll admit to not being too adventurous with pumpkin flavors in my baking, but I do enjoy this pumpkin nut bread that I’ve been making for many years. I originally cut this recipe outRead More
Make Your Own Vanilla Wafers
I few weeks ago I decided I wanted to try to make my own vanilla wafers, those tasty little bite sized cookies that are often sold with the shortened name of “Nilla” wafers. Cookies are my sweet snack of choice and I’m always looking to add another good cookie recipeRead More
One Year Old Birthday Smash Cake
A few weeks ago I learned about a new tradition that wasn’t around when my children were small. The one year old birthday smash cake. Back in my day, we just put a slice of cake in front of the little tykes. The smash cake is really the same ideaRead More
Chocolate Cake From Scratch
Sometimes I think it’s a shame that cake mixes were ever invented. Cake mixes are seen as time savers, but often the only time they really save you is not measuring a few ingredients like flour, sugar, and baking soda. That’s a little task that only takes a brief minute orRead More
Homemade Butter
Homemade butter. It sounds like a delicious luxury, doesn’t it? Our great grandmothers who had no choice but to sit at the butter churn if they wanted butter would probably laugh at us. You have it so good now! The luxury is in being able to go to the storeRead More
Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries – Success!
It’s been a couple years since I first tried to make my own homemade chocolate covered cherries – and it was a big failure (you can read that original story here: Failed Chocolate Covered Cherries). They were a pretty sorry looking mess as you can see in the picture below.Read More
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »