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Traditional Irish Soda Bread: “Flour, salt, baking soda, buttermilk – anything else is tea cake.” I visited Ireland a few years ago and I remember a bread baker telling me this as we toured his shop. And while you can find a thousand recipes for Traditional Irish Soda Bread – the American ones really like to add raisins – if it varies from these 4 …
Ham and Cheese Strata is a great leftover ham recipe – perfect for using up that leftover ham on Easter Sunday. Tasty and filling, it can feed the entire family. It’s a simple cheese strata, a layered dish of bread and cheese, with an egg mixture to bind it together. The addition of leftover ham adds protein and more texture to the eggs and cheese. …
Substitute for Baking Powder – What Works? To make a substitute for baking powder, just mix 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch. The long and short of it is this: Yes, you can substitute baking soda for baking powder in most recipes. No, you cannot substitute baking powder for baking soda in …
Potato and Leek Soup with Sausage. Growing up in Kansas, we were poor. But Mom would figure out ways to stretch her dollar to feed a family of five, and one way was with soup. Chicken soup, dumplings, galushkies, vegetable beef . . . and good old potato! Potato soup has a million variations, of course, simply because it’s so versatile that you can add …
Looking for a really easy, healthy dessert recipe that you can whip up with the kids? Try these Whole Wheat Raspberry Bars. Dwaine and I make our own raspberry jam from raspberry bushes we have planted in our yard here in Denver. Black raspberries are our favorite, but we also have red. We take an afternoon every so often and make a batch of jam, following …
A quick and easy recipe for moist, fresh muffins, ready in 30 minutes.
Instant Pot Pro 10-in-1 Pressure Cooker The number one rated, Best Buy Instant Pot on Amazon is the Instant Pot Pro 10-in-1 Pressure Cooker, a 6-quart unit, though it also comes in an 8-quart size. This programmable pressure cooker/slow cooker also serves as a steamer, sauté, . . . heck, it even makes yogurt. That’s because, unlike a typical crock pot or other slow cooker, …
Beautiful cakes don’t just happen. It takes the right recipe, the right technique, and the Best Baking Pans. And this ain’t it. Most likely, you either inherited a mismatched collection of baking pans from Mom, or you picked up some basics along the way – pans you’ve used since leaving the dorm room. I know I did, anyway. And over time I realized if I …
A while ago, I needed a dish to take to a gathering. Potatoes seemed to fit with the overall plan, so I started researching and came across Hasselback Potatoes. But I wanted the Best Hasselback Potatoes. So I started to improvise. What Are Hasselback Potatoes, Anyway? Traditional Hasselback potatoes call for the whole potato to be sliced almost all the way through, leaving a sort-of …
Just tried a baked cauliflower recipe this morning. I came across this Roasted Cauliflower Bites from one of my Facebook friends who is forever sharing yummy-looking desserts. Thanks Glenn! Very low in calories and salt, no carbs, but high in fiber and nutrients from the cauliflower – these Roasted Cauliflower Bites are easy and quick to make. Fresh from the oven, coated in a tangy …