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Delicious Pumpkin Bread–Bring Back the Holidays!

Autumn and winter scents fill kitchens and homes with smells of the holiday season. Wonderful autumn foods are prepared and enjoyed, and there seems to be an endless flow of baked breads and desserts. After the holidays are over, the baking seems to stop and we all go back to store-bought goodies. Baking homemade bread, especially dessert style bread, is much easier than you may think. I am thrilled to share this recipe for Pumpkin Bread with you. Biting into this bread brings you back into the holiday season. Pumpkin bread can be made all year round thanks to canned … Continue reading →

Flour is Flour—Right? WRONG. What You Need To Know Before You Bake Your Next Cake

Have you ever wandered into the baking aisle at the grocery store and stared at the flour, not knowing what to get? I used to, before I learned that there is a difference between flours. When it comes to flour, it’s all about the grain and the processing method. Rather than bore you with all the scientific details, I thought I’d give you a general breakdown of the types of flour available on the market today. By the time you’re finished with this article, you will be able to walk down the baking aisle with confidence, knowing you are now … Continue reading →

Make your own Sourdough Bread

I like to make my own Sourdough Bread. I have made it for several years now. I think it’s easy to keep up and it allows me to have sourdough bread all year around. To make Sourdough Bread, you need to first make your starter. The starter contains three ingredients. You simply use from your starter to make your dough. Sourdough Bread Starter What you need: 3 Tablespoons of instant potato flakes 3 Tablespoons of sugar 1 cup of warm water How to make it: Mix all ingredients together in a glass jar. Cover and let it set at room … Continue reading →

Win Free Pizza for a Year From Rustic Crust!

Does your family love pizza? Do you have a tradition where a certain night of the week is “pizza night”? If so, then you will want to visit the Rustic Crust Facebook page. You could win free pizza for a year! What’s for dinner? This is a question that must be answered by all families, each and every night. It’s nice when everybody’s schedule fits together so that your entire family can sit down at the table and have a nice dinner. There is something special about having that type of opportunity to talk about how everyone’s day went. It … Continue reading →

Budget Recipes – Tasty Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Budget Recipes are designed to make meal planning fit into your budget. If you pay attention to what is on sale at the grocery store, you can create an inexpensive, (and delicious), meal for your family to enjoy. Tasty Grilled Cheese sandwiches, with a few additional ingredients, are something that everyone can enjoy. If you have a large family, then you have to plan out meals that will include enough food to feed everyone. Sometimes, though, when schedules get hectic, it isn’t easy to know for sure exactly how many people will be available to eat lunch or dinner together. … Continue reading →

Tips for Hosting a Winter Soup Party

With Old Man Winter working overtime, this is the ideal time to host a winter soup party. This week I will be sharing a variety of recipes for those of you looking to share a hearty helping of delicious homemade soup with extended family and friends or those who simply want an easy and affordable way to warm up on a cold winter’s day. If you choose the former, then consider the following tips to ensure your winter soup party goes off without a hitch: POTLUCK. Just because you are hosting the soup party doesn’t necessarily mean you need to … Continue reading →

Incorporating Asparagus into Everyday Dishes

In a previous guest blog I excitedly told you about the notice I received from our local farm announcing that the asparagus season had begun and that my share of the crop was ready to be picked up. Well, I just got back from the farm and I am now the proud owner of six pounds of fresh asparagus. (At $2 a pound how can you go wrong?) My mom was flabbergasted that I bought six pounds given that I am the only one in my family who really enjoys eating asparagus. “You’ll have to eat asparagus morning, noon and … Continue reading →

Tiny Biscuits

Breaking away from commercial biscuit mixes is not that difficult to do. Yummy biscuits made from scratch require only an extra ingredient or two. The taste (and the cost) are well worth it! I finally found a great scratch biscuit recipe. I think you will really like it. These biscuits are light and tasty. Best of all? You can make them as a drop biscuit, eliminating the rolling and cutting steps. Drop biscuits are formed by “dropping” spoonfuls of dough onto your cookie sheet and then baking. For this recipe, I like to form tiny little biscuits, using a scant … Continue reading →