Homemade

One of my all-time favorite snacks is dark chocolate chips poked into almond (or peanut or cashew) butter. It’s salty, rich, and just a bit sweet. A cold glass of …

So, why would you want to make your own yogurt when you can just pull a tub off the store shelf and place it in your cart? For one thing, …

I love homemade mayonnaise. You can so easily customize it to your preferences. It’s kind of like magic watching it thicken as you pour liquid fat into an egg. And …

When I was a teen, my sisters and friends and I were OBSESSED with tea parties. Now, if you read up about English teas, you come to realize that Devonshire …

One of the things that really launched me into cooking was my desire to make store-bought items from scratch. I was realizing that certain processed foods were not nourishing, but …

I remember the first time my mom made a pumpkin pie with freshly-made puree. The flavor was so much better than canned pumpkin. I was hooked. Now I have to …

I’m really not a big pop fan. Most are loaded with sugar and chemicals and don’t even taste that good. I do enjoy an occasional root beer float, and sometimes …

One thing that Helen seems to have inherited from her parents is her insatiable hunger. At least, it seems insatiable to me. Almost as soon as she wakes up in …

As I’ve mentioned before, I first started getting interested in health when I was a teen. I was passionate about recreating “junk food” with healthy ingredients. My sister and I would …

Homemade chicken broth can be so easy when you use a crockpot/slow cooker! One of my scariest kitchen mishaps actually involved homemade bone broth. I had a pot bubbling away …