I’m excited to have a bounty of pickling cucumbers in my garden this season. I had such a huge batch the other day, that I decided to make homemade refrigerator pickles. After googling a few recipes, I found some basic instructions over at http://hipgirlshome.com/. Notes: Originally I used the quantities from the original recipe: 1 [...]
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Oatmeal/7 Grain Chia Raisin Walnut Muffins
Oh these muffins were fantastic! Surprisingly, rolled oats work well in place of flour in muffins. I also used Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain hot cereal, but plain oat bran would work fine. Hmm, I also might try 100% rolled oats next time! Muffins made from cereal are a quick & easy way to eat [...]
Bob’s Red Mill Cereal Muffins with Peaches, Strawberries, & Raisins
I love making muffins using Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain (or 10 grain) hot cereal. They’re similar to oat bran muffins, but so much better! My husband enjoys eating muffins for an easy breakfast-on-the-go, and I always keep a batch in zip bags in the freezer for him. These muffins are especially great for those [...]
Fresh Vegetable Stock – For Free!
Today I made another batch of “free” veggie stock! I love doing this. I save all my veggie scraps in a gallon zip-lock bag in the freezer: carrot peels/ends, onion ends, fennel fronds/stalks, celery ends/leaves, broccoli ends, parsley/herb stems, etc. I don’t save too many cruciferous veggies like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, as they can overpower [...]
Masa Harina Corn Jalepeno Muffins Recipe
This recipe is slightly inspired from the Cornbread Muffins recipe found on page 124 in the Power Food Cookbook by Rachael Anne Hill and Tamsin Burnett-Hall. I used their recipe as a base, but put my own spin on the ingredients according to what I had on hand. It’s all about adapting to your own [...]
Homemade Cheese! It’s Simple, Sort of, Once You Heat the Milk!
I saw a recipe a couple of weeks ago for simple homemade cheese using milk and vinegar. I purchased a 1/2 gallon of whole milk from Whole Foods and decided today was the day to try. I’m such a beginner. I don’t remember the last time that I heated milk so that was a bit [...]
Potato Eggplant Pancakes Recipe – Meatless Monday
Yesterday, I made some fantastic yummy potato eggplant pancakes for dinner. I don’t always go meatless on Meatless Monday, but we do try to eat meatless one or two dinners per week. The main flavor in these pancakes was obviously potato, I purposely used less eggplant because DH isn’t a fan. I wanted to ease [...]
Swiss Chard Ricotta Egg Pie (Frittata) Recipe
I found an inspiring recipe over on Kalyn’s Kitchen for ; I had some yummy swiss chard greens from this week’s CSA share, and I knew it would be a great substitution for the kale. Recipe Ingredients 1 large bunch of swiss chard or other hearty greens (kale, spinach, arugula, turnip/radish greens, etc) 8 oz [...]
Recipe: Homemade Low Sugar Granola with Oats, Pecans, & Coconut
I made a batch of homemade lower sugar granola for my dad for Father’s Day, based on a recipe I found for “Sugar Free Granola” on allRecipes.com – it’s not necessarily “sugar free” but her recipe contains no added refined sugars. The granola did get sweetness from dates and apple juice. I do not drink [...]
Spicy Fennel Tomato Soup Recipe
I’ve borrowed the new Gwyneth Paltrow cookbook from the library – “My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness“. I started reading and was immediately intrigued by the recipe on page 58 – “White Bean Soup: Two Ways” – I had a fennel bulb in my crisper drawer and was stumped on how [...]
