All-natural recipes and baking tips for home bakers
Here in Colorado, fall arrives early every year. By Halloween, we’re looking for the first snowflakes! It’s also the time to collect those berries off the vines in the yard. Dwaine has transplanted some black raspberry vines from house to house and this year we finally got a decent crop. With the new crop, I’ve been searching for some new black raspberry recipes, and here’s the …
Looking for a way to use up some leftover berries? Or perhaps you have some frozen berries and you need a good recipe for them. Try this Easy Raspberry Crumble. Ready in an hour, and made with ingredients you probably have on hand right now. We grow our own berries and I usually have a whole shelf full of frozen berries to use at any …
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.
Wacky Cake has been around forever. It’s a cake with no eggs, so it’s perfect for the occasion. But the reason it’s survived so long is that it tastes fantastic!
On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, I was lucky enough to dine out at a number of great restaurants. I picked up this recipe for Charleston Red Rice, as well as a few other recipes that I will share over time (like this one for Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy). This recipe is very simple, but it turns a simple side of rice …
How to Cook Beans: Navy Bean Soup, Easy Baked Beans and Black Bean Casserole, with clear instructions on how to prepare from dried beans. You and many others have decided to stock up on beans. I know this, because my store is completely bone-dry of any variety of bean! Understandable, and thankfully, I already had several bags on hand. They last for a long time …
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.
Best White Cake from Scratch: Now in 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 …
Fresh bread is a supremely satisfying food. The following is a list of the basic ingredients that interplay to build a wholesome loaf.