A dear friend and I have been talking about Starbucks, and generally how we can’t afford it. It is really true. Even if you can afford $4.00 for a cup of bean water and foamy milk, going too often is a rotten waste of money! This is of course coming from a Starbucks guru (we […]
Granola is one of those recipes that’s been practically beaten to death, but it’s also one of the staples our family makes the most of. It kills me when I walk through the store looking at the assembly of prices of pre-made, frozen and boxed foods; most of them things that could be easily made
This morning my head wasn’t at all in the baking realm so I accidentally forgot very two important ingredients to our weekly bread. The oil and honey! My delicious whole wheat french bread happened by mistake! I added tofu powder which is sweet so that may have helped. The mistake made a bread that had
This is a yummy whole wheat shortbread. We use soft white wheat, not hard. Enjoy! Makes a 9″x13″ pan Chop 11 Tbsp. butter into a mixer. Add: 2 Tbsp. of baking powder 1 tsp. sea salt 3/4 c. sugar 1 cup of half-n-half beaten with 2 eggs Jog just to mix up and add: 5
This is just about the best thing you can do with bread, stuff it! This recipe makes 3-4 large loaves. Cut the recipe in half for a smaller quantity. In the Bosch mixer with the dough hook combine: 5 1/2 cups warm water 4 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. sea salt 3 1/2 cups freshly ground
For many years, Friday night has been the night we make pizza. We have hardly tarried from this tradition for as long as I can remember. However, sometimes we just feel like having pizza twice for the week. I made these last week for lunch. Yummy! Very easy.. you shouldn’t need directions once you get
Good morning to all! I thought I would post a recipe this morning. Our family loves nuts, especially pecans. Last week, a friend of mine sent me a whole box of pecans! The children began dutifully snacking and I made some cookies. Oatmeal Cookies In the Bosch mixer with the cookie paddles, place: 3 sticks softened
Here’s a smocking preview of a project for Seasons at Home Magazine, and our favorite Spelt bread recipe. Isn’t smocking pretty? I love hand sewing. It only took me a couple days to do the smocking, and that’s with a lot of children! This project will be in the spring issue of Seasons at Home
A friend of mine just mentioned to me the other day that her family was getting lots of pecans. My absolute favorite nut! Besides baking with them, we like to mix raw pecans with egg whites, spices and sugar before roasting them for an extra yummy snack. We published one of our recipes for them
A very belated and Merry Christmas to all of our readers! Due to some sickness that made it’s way around our whole family (and that’s a lot of sick people), we disappeared for a while to get some rest and get well. We did get well and had a lovely Christmas, and we hope you
