This mayonnaise recipe is made with bacon grease for ultimate flavor! Have you ever heard of baconnaise before? Mayonnaise made with bacon grease = baconnaise. I’ll bet you’re going, “Why have I never thought of this before?!” It’s a little bit of brilliance. The smoky flavors from the bacon translate so well to a mayonnaise….
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How to Make Sauerkraut + Life Lately
Learning how to make sauerkraut at home is a very useful skill! Does the mere thought of trying to ferment something make you all sorts of scared and nervous? Well, I’ve got just the project for you: Homemade Sauerkraut! It’s pretty simple to make, and requires just a couple of ingredients and only a few…
Sourdough Pie Crust
This sourdough pie crust has a long fermented dough for health, and is super flaky and a tiny bit tangy. I am continually amazed by the vast array of things you can make with sourdough. And it’s not just a healthy substitute for your go-to recipes. Oh no. Every sourdough recipe I’ve tried is BETTER…
How to Make Frozen Hash Browns + Life Lately
Frozen Hash Browns are SO convenient to have on hand, and they’re just as good as (or better than) fresh hash browns! Oh hash browns…how I love thee. Hash browns are crispy and starchy and utterly scrumptious. We easily devour two cast iron skillets of them whenever I make them. The kids can’t get enough!…
Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
These homemade peanut butter cups are dark chocolate and much more healthy (and tasty!) than store-bought. If you know me well, you eventually learn that I despise most candy. A mouth full of sugar just isn’t appealing to me. BUT one of the few sugary confections that actually tempt me is a peanut butter cup….
6 Spreads That Will Elevate Your Sandwich Game!
Do you know what I consider to be a crime? Serving a sandwich without a good spread! There’s nothing worse than biting into a beautiful sandwich, only to realize that it’s as dry as the Gobi Desert because SOMEONE neglected to put a spread on it! I’ve had this happen far too often when dining…
How to Make Croutons Over the Stove
Let’s be honest: croutons really elevate a salad. Those crunchy little cubes of bread are just satisfying. But I have a conundrum surrounding croutons. First, most store-bought croutons are full of junk: icky oils and flavorings and chemicals. Second, I don’t want to heat up my oven in the summer to make my own croutons….
Easy Homemade Ranch Dressing
I used to believe that ranch dressing was one of those things that was too difficult to reproduce at home. I mean, if you take a look at a bottle of store-bought ranch dressing, the list of ingredients is long and complicated: MSG, artificial flavors, calcium disodium EDTA…what?! I threw up my hands at the…
Homemade Strawberry Syrup for Strawberry Milk
Last week was intense (as you know if you follow me on Instagram). On Sunday evening I started not feeling well. I was generally tired and had a sore throat. I told Reuben to promise that he would stay home the next day, though I was only kidding. Surely I would be better by morning….
Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce with Tomato Paste
This homemade pizza sauce is super easy and very tasty. It’s made with tomato paste to really cut back on the cooking time. Growing up, I actually didn’t really like homemade pizza. My mom would make it with green peppers, which I despised at the time. I remember stealthily slipping a slimy green pepper onto…