All-natural recipes and baking tips for home bakers
Ready in an hour, this simple Smothered Baked Pork Chops recipe can turn an inexpensive package of chops into a satisfying meal. Use bone-in or boneless – they’ll be tender and flavorful every time. And with a cast-iron skillet, this is a one-pan meal!
These are the Best Pan-Seared Pork Chops, and – even better – they are easy and quick. I’ve had a lot of dry, tough pork chops over the years, and sadly, I’ve made many of them. In fairness to myself, sometimes it’s the cut of the meat that is to blame. If your chop is really thin, it’s best to bake them in a sauce …
An easy London Broil recipe for your oven. Get spectacular results from an inexpensive cut of meat. All you need is time to marinate. And this recipe. I hate waste. To me, waste represents the absolute worst thing we can do to the environment. After all the work of production, all the energy that’s been used in creating something to eat or wear or use …
Instant Pot Chuck Roast from Baking Naturally! This pot roast recipe will become your go-to recipe for pot roast, especially when coupled with the ease and convenience of an Instant Pot. Tender, flavorful and best of all easy.
Cube Steak with Red Gravy is a family favorite you can make from an inexpensive cut of meat in about an hour. Satisfies the whole family with minimal effort.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy meatloaf you can throw together in an hour with very few ingredients, here you go! And some Sambal Chili Paste gives it a real kick! Sometimes you need something fast that will satisfy the crew, and this quick and easy meatloaf does the trick. It’s ready in about an hour, doesn’t create a huge mess in the …
This St. Patrick’s Day staple has suffered greatly at the hands of the crock pot. Boiling the meat for hours may make it tender, but crock pot corned beef can also turn to mush. This recipe uses the oven for a gentler braise, retaining the basic texture of the meat, while tenderizing it, too.
Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts like these can be moist and flavorful, not dry and tasteless. Follow this recipe and tips to create a memorable meal! I recently had a post-COVID dinner party and I wanted to treat my guests to a great meal they would talk about for months. What made things a little more difficult is that some guests don’t eat red meat, leaving …
Ah – comfort food. Hot, filling, and made up of flavors you remember from childhood. That’s the secret behind this Oven Baked Macaroni and Cheese. And it’s even better when it’s homemade and free of all the preservatives and artificial colors that are routinely added to our usual comfort foods. Take the Kraft version of “Easy Mac and Cheese”: Whey, Maltodextrin, Corn Syrup Solids, Palm …
If you’ve never had a bierock (we pronounce it BEER-OCK in Kansas where I grew up), you are really missing a treat. This authentic Kansas Bierocks Recipe using ground beef comes from Ellis, Kansas, center of the Germans-from-Russia (Volga-Deutsch) settlements that sprung up all over Kansas and Nebraska in the 1870s. The Volga-Deutsch Heritage I am very proud of my Volga-Deutsch heritage. Frankly, it distresses …