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….
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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…
How to Make Chicken Bone Broth (And Where to Buy It)
Learn how to get chicken broth 3 ways: Slow, Fast, or Instant! Kettle & Fire sent me their chicken broth to try out for you guys. All opinions are my own, of course! If you click on an affiliate link, I will earn a small commission. Thank you for supporting Buttered Side Up! One of…
How to Make Butter + It’s My Birthday!
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY! And I thought, what better post to share on my birthday than one about butter? Because: it’s no surprise that I LOVE butter. I mean, I even named my blog after it. 😀 Sometimes, I find myself with extra cream hanging around in my fridge. Rather than let it go bad,…
Pumpkin Spice Latte
I remember the first time I ever had a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Starbucks had fiiiiiinally come to our small town. It was a chilly fall day, and I felt like having a treat. I ordered my PSL and walked back to my car, warming my hands on the to-go cup. Sadly, it was disappointing. The…
Organic Pumpkin Spice Coffee Syrup
Fall is absolutely my favorite of all the seasons. If Christmas were a season, I guess I’d choose that. But winter is far too long here in northern Minnesota for me. 3 months of beautiful snowy landscapes would be lovely. 5 is a bit ridiculous. So autumn it is. To describe the feeling that fall…