All-natural recipes and baking tips for home bakers
Zucchini and Summer Squash Saute – With summer vegetables being in season, I thought it would be a good idea to share some Vegetable Side Dish Recipes with you. These are some simple squash dishes that take a little prep work in the morning, but after that you can toss them in the oven and call it good. This is a quick and easy vegetable …
Try this oven baked beef stew. It cooks in just two hours (as opposed to EIGHT in the crock pot.) There’s no messy browning of the meat. And it makes it’s own gravy without mixes or salty bouillon cubes.
Regular and High-Altitude Recipes At this moment, I’m staying indoors and away from any nasty viruses out there, and with that spare time, I’m putting together several recipes I’ve had in my queue to investigate. The first is this Best White Cake from Scratch. White cake from scratch can be a challenge. Manufacturers add all kinds of additives to make box mixes “moist”, but at …
Bailey’s Irish Coffee Cake – Everyone is familiar with Coffee Cake, right? It’s that yellow cake with brown sugar and you eat it with coffee. Well, that’s not what this is. This is cake . . . with coffee. Coffee in the cake. And throw in a little Bailey’s while you’re at it. Irish Coffee Cake. Yeah. There you go. I took a tour of …
My partner, Dwaine, has a green thumb. Sadly, it has not rubbed off on me. I may be able to keep my cooking herbs alive (with help), but he’s the one who makes the garden bloom in spring. He’s always fussing over the black raspberry bushes planted on the side of the house. We’ve harvested tons of fine black raspberries that we then freeze to …
All of my best Irish recipes together in one convenient post for you to try out and share with your friends. Soda Bread, Stew, Brisket and Cake!
Though I’m staring out my window at a cold winter landscape here in Denver, Colorado, my thoughts are moving toward spring. Just before this lastest winter blast, I was walking past my garden and noticed my hyacinths are already beginning to poke their green tips out of the ground. And when you see that, you know spring is just around the corner. And spring means …
The biggest reason for failing at an oven roast beef is being impatient. We tend to equate “It takes so much work!” with “It takes so much time!” And the fact is, the two are not the same at all. Yes, a tender, juicy roast beef takes a lot of time, but it does not take a lot of work. Plan ahead one day for …
Kansas Bierocks with Three Variations: If you’ve ever bought the commercial-grade Hot Pockets brand snacks, you’ve had to wonder what was in them, right? I mean – how can you put something in the microwave and never, ever know if it’s going to be a pizza-cicle on the inside or molten cheese-lava? It’s positively diabolical! And the ingredients? I’ve seen fewer chemicals in my students’ …
And here it is: The best Old Fashioned Coconut Cake recipe. It doesn’t use white cake mix (with it’s sickly-sweet taste and gummy texture). All-natural ingredients – no artificial flavors or colors. Includes both regular and high-altitude versions. If you’re a regular visitor, you know I live in Colorado – at around 5,300 feet. Because of this, lots of cake recipes have to be adjusted …