Keyword: Homemade

Puff Pastry

Puff Pastry

From to pithiviers to palmiers, puff pastry is a miracle dough that houses our favourite treats both savoury and sweet. Made with nothing more than flour, water, salt and butter, the dough puffs into over 700 layers when baked! What Is Puff Pastry Used For? Read more…

Leftover Oatmeal Biscuits: A War Time Recipe

Leftover Oatmeal Biscuits: A War Time Recipe

Yum Maybe it happens at your house every Sunday morning. No one manages to finish off the pot of porridge you made for breakfast and now it’s a congealed hunk of glop ready for the trash. But once you try this recipe for leftover oatmeal Read more…

Tutti Frutti ~ Candied Green Papaya For Fruitcakes etc.

Tutti Frutti ~ Candied Green Papaya For Fruitcakes etc.

It’s amazing what you can do with some ingredients out there, and recently I learned that tutti frutti—that mixed candied fruit found in so many baked goods—is made of a fruit I thought was hopeless. What Is Tutti Frutti Made Of? Tutti frutti is made Read more…

Eight Reasons Your Fermented Pickles Aren’t Turning Out

Eight Reasons Your Fermented Pickles Aren’t Turning Out

Have you ever been there? You want to preserve your bumper crop of cucumbers by making pickles. You decide to try the fermented version and everything is going great. After a few days you see them bubbling–just what they should be doing. And when you Read more…

Peanut Butter~Make Your Own!

Peanut Butter~Make Your Own!

Do you love natural peanut butter? I do too. What I don’t love is how much more costly it is than the regular kind I used to buy. That is obviously because the natural variety is pretty much nothing but pure peanuts, so of course Read more…

Cowboy Cornbread

Cowboy Cornbread

Looking for a way to use ground beef? If you’re tired of burgers and spaghetti, check out this savory cornbread that’s elevated to a meal with the help of a spicy meat filling! Also known as Tex Mex cornbread, this quickie casserole can potentially cover Read more…