Happy New Year! I am so happy to begin another blogging year with all of you! I recently shared my mom’s Easy Chocolate Sauce recipe, which we have been making for years. Lately, my mom has been wondering if she has a dairy allergy, so I wanted to create a sauce that was just as easy to […]
Category Archives: Marinades and Sauces
Making jam was my first attempt at canning without my mom’s help. It was my first step towards becoming more self-reliant. I’ve been doing it for years, and I really enjoy it! Over the years, I have had a lot of success with my jams, but I’ve also experienced a lot of fails. I have had pots boil […]
Veggies and dip seem like they are on every kid-friendly menu around. And then somewhere along the line, dip gets itself a bad rap, and it is left off the table. But I still like eating veggies with dip. Frankly, I can’t imagine crunching into a crisp broccoli floret, or stringy celery stick without it. For a […]
If the thought of crisp, warm toast with melting butter and gooey, sweet jam makes your knees weak, (like it does mine!), this recipe is for you! Pure maple syrup and tangy, ruby-red cranberries whipped together with creamy, organic butter creates a decadent topping for scones, biscuits, or even your morning toast. Maple Cranberry Butter (A Grow. Cook. Eat. […]
My childhood memories of cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving are of the canned variety… you know, the ruby red, gelatinous cylinder that made gloopy, gurgling sounds as it slipped out of the tin into a dish, where it was then sliced and served. Fresh cranberries at that time, were simply used to create a festive Thanksgiving centerpiece. The first […]
One of our family’s weeknight staples is chicken. I like to prepare a large batch at once so that we have a substantial protein on hand throughout the week for quick lunches and suppers. Trimming and cutting the chicken breasts into smaller pieces (approx. 4 or 5 pieces per chicken breast) means that the meat does not […]
Zucchini is something I have in abundance right now in the garden. Almost daily, we are picking slender green zucchini from the three plants we have. At least once a week, especially when we haven’t been poking around for a couple of days, we find a giant, hidden under the foliage, awaiting to be uncovered […]
Grow. Cook. Eat. Share. 