Category: Recipes

Make your own fresh yummy butter!

If you’ve ever wanted make your own butter, but haven’t been sure what you need or where to start, then you will love this week’s video. I share my easy method for making butter—even if you don’t have access to a milk cow. Hop on over to my YouTube channel to watch. https://youtu.be/-1en6tauSOA While you … Continue reading Make your own fresh yummy butter!

Mom’s Whole Wheat Bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSkJQRP6kRw What you will need:2 cups warm water (or milk) 2 T fast acting yeast1/4 sugar (or honey)1/4 oil (or melted butter) Let set and sponge until bubbly. Then add:5 cups whole wheat flour (I use hard white wheat flour)1 1/2 t salt Add the flour a cup at a time, up to four cups. … Continue reading Mom’s Whole Wheat Bread

My Favorite Green Beans

Green beans are a classic easy side dish. Far from being a boring, gross vegetable, they provide a beautiful base for all sorts of dishes. You can dress them up and wrap them in bacon and glaze them with balsamic vinegar, or you can put them in a casserole or soup. Today I'm sharing my … Continue reading My Favorite Green Beans

Shredded Salsa Chicken Two Ways

https://youtu.be/T7hjNbwAXWY These are the recipes featured in the the latest live session in the FB Group. I have also added it to my YouTube channel. I hope you enjoy! I love recipes that I can cook and use for two separate meals. Most of the time it means I can cook the meat for it … Continue reading Shredded Salsa Chicken Two Ways

Amazing Low Maintenance Sourdough

https://youtu.be/25nP-WMH4vM Bread is one of the great loves of my life, and sourdough is a slight obsession of mine. It has especially intensified over the last several months after I discovered this recipe and method for making sourdough bread. Since then, I've been using it for everything I could think of. Our favorites so far … Continue reading Amazing Low Maintenance Sourdough

Easy and Fast Marinara Sauce from Scratch

This is a standby, never fail recipe that I use all the time. It works great for many different meals. Anywhere that you need an Italian tomato based sauce, you can use this recipe. We use it for spaghetti sauce or in lasagna (I'll often season and brown a pound of ground meat to mix … Continue reading Easy and Fast Marinara Sauce from Scratch

Easy Crockpot Apple Butter

https://www.youtube.com/embed/P0Zp1YxiZqg Last summer we made apple butter in the crockpot over the course of several live, very chatty sessions in the Blessed & Highly Caffeinated FB group. The video above is a compilation of those videos. I don't have an exact recipe, but I will list approximate amounts. There is more detail in the video. … Continue reading Easy Crockpot Apple Butter

Mexican Cornbread Casserole

I am all about easy, one-dish suppers. This is great year round and can easily feed a crowd inexpensively. It is easy to change up the ingredients and make it your own and tweaked to your family's tastes. 1lb ground meat (I used venison, beef works great too) 1/3 of a sweet onion, chopped Minced … Continue reading Mexican Cornbread Casserole