Once fall and winter come along, the easiest homemade bread recipe sure comes in handy. I make this pretty much every week to go with soup, and the leftovers are perfect to make grilled cheese, French toast or grilled bread to go with other meals. I have baked a lot of different kinds of bread […]
How to Make Lemongrass Stock, aka What I Want to Drink All Winter
Lemongrass stock is easy to make and great for soups, but it’s also a lovely drink that might cure what ails you. I have declared this fall and winter to be the season of Soup Wednesday, meaning that once a week (usually on Wednesday) I make some kind of soup. It’s been going on for […]
How to Make Perfect Decorated Pretzels
For some reason this year I decided it would be a lot easier to make decorated pretzels and Rice Krispie treats instead of actually baking something for the bake sale at my daughter’s school. I love chocolate-dipped and decorated pretzels, and while they aren’t hard to make it is a bit of a process, and […]
Easy Farmers’ Market Pasta Sauce
I love going to our local farmers’ market, but I will admit I don’t always know what to buy or what to do with the things I buy when I get them. One of my favorite easy, quick, delicious, go-to meals from the market is farmers’ market pasta sauce, which you can really make with […]
Dark Chocolate Snack Mix with Ghirardelli Chocolate
This post has been compensated by the Women Bloggers LLC, in partnership with Ghirardelli and Josh Cellars. All opinions are my own. I guess it’s a sign of impending middle age that I have exactly no interest in going out or doing much of anything special for Valentine’s Day. It’s not just that I don’t […]
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Stir-Fried Noodles and Easy Add-ins
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FrozenFromScratch #CollectiveBias One of the fun things about celebrating holidays outside of your culture is getting to try different foods. But as most anyone with a child knows, it can be difficult to get them to try foods […]
Bake Something
I saved this one for a weekend even though I did it a while ago because it’s probably more realistic for someone who doesn’t work at home to bake on the weekends rather than some random Wednesday. Today’s craft challenge is to bake something. Bonus points if you do it with any kids who happen […]