What Do You Want to Make Today?
This easy yeast roll recipe came about from messing with a recipe I found online, feared lost when the website it was on disappeared, then found in my recipe stash. Handwritten on a big notecard, it’s clearly had some water damage through the years. But now that I’ve figured out an even better version, I […]
Once fall and winter come along, the easiest homemade bread recipe sure comes in handy. I make this pretty much every week to go with soup, and the leftovers are perfect to make grilled cheese, French toast or grilled bread to go with other meals. I have baked a lot of different kinds of bread […]
Lemongrass stock is easy to make and great for soups, but it’s also a lovely drink that might cure what ails you. I have declared this fall and winter to be the season of Soup Wednesday, meaning that once a week (usually on Wednesday) I make some kind of soup. It’s been going on for […]
For some reason this year I decided it would be a lot easier to make decorated pretzels and Rice Krispie treats instead of actually baking something for the bake sale at my daughter’s school. I love chocolate-dipped and decorated pretzels, and while they aren’t hard to make it is a bit of a process, and […]
I love going to our local farmers’ market, but I will admit I don’t always know what to buy or what to do with the things I buy when I get them. One of my favorite easy, quick, delicious, go-to meals from the market is farmers’ market pasta sauce, which you can really make with […]
I saved this one for a weekend even though I did it a while ago because it’s probably more realistic for someone who doesn’t work at home to bake on the weekends rather than some random Wednesday. Today’s craft challenge is to bake something. Bonus points if you do it with any kids who happen […]
The best thing about Halloween is leftover candy, of course, but sometimes you want something a little more — or a little different — from just a candy bar stolen from your kid’s pumpkin bucket. Here’s a fun way to get the kids to hand over some of their loot and to get to eat […]