Homemade Pasta is fairly easy to make. It’s amazing how much better fresh pasta tastes. You can cook it immediately or dry it to use later. This year rather than making the usual new year’s resolutions like losing weight, saving money, etc. I decided to make fun goals. I love to cook and bake, …
Popovers are light and airy with a great eggy flavor. Super easy to make and amazing to eat. Delicious with butter and jam. As you can see in my pictures, popovers don’t always pop. Sometimes it can be tough to do. The ingredients are simple but popping can be an issue. They taste the same …
Homemade Velveeta has all the wonderful meltiness and none of the nasty chemicals. It’s a great substitute for the store bought stuff. I have been eliminating chemicals from our house for quite a few years. Velveeta is one that is hard. You want the easy of it melting but it full of yucky chemicals. This …
Runzas are meat & cabbage stuffed yeast rolls. They are great for a delicious meal on the run or a handheld dinner. I know you are asking what are runzas. In doing some research, I found that they are mostly found in Nebraska, but they are a German food. From what I have found, many …
Pie Crust is one of those things that everyone has a recipe for. And we are always looking for that super flaky and delicious crust. This might just be your new favorite! I have seen pie crust recipes using shortening, eggs, butter, and powdered sugar. This recipe is very simple. I don’t like rolling …
Homemade Chocolate Syrup is rich, delicious, and chemical free. It’s one of those things we buy from the store that is actually really easy to make yourself. Did you you know you could make your own chocolate syrup and that it is easy? Like so many things, it tastes so much better than store bought. …
Do you know how to make Angel Food Cake? It’s much easier than you think and the flavor is so much better than from a mix or pre-made from the store. I have had angel food cake so many times. My mom would make them for my dad because they had less sugar than regular …
Creamy Poppyseed Dressing is a slightly sweet dressing that goes great with salad and fruit. Make your own and ditch the preservatives of store bought dressing. I am still on a mission to learn to make all my food myself. I don’t always do too well at this especially while moving. But we do try …
Homemade Breakfast Sausage is wonderful because you get to control what goes into it. No extra preservatives or chemicals with all the yumminess. This month I decided to make my own homemade breakfast sausage for my goal. The Hardworking Husband was very excited about this. At some point I will learn to make sausage links. …
The One Word Challenge is picking a word that you will focus on for a whole year. This one word shapes how you look at your year. I was recently introduced to the concept of One Word. After looking around a bit on the internet, I see that it has been around for a while. …
I am a month behind on goals. I should have done two last month. But I just can’t seem to get caught up on anything. So I am going to try again this month to do two goals. The first of my goals for the month is homemade tomato paste and ketchup. The second is …
August was a really busy month for me and I didn’t get my goal accomplished. So I am doing two goals this month. I wanted to learn to make hummus. I found a bunch of recipes and the pesto hummus looked the best to me. I have pesto in the freezer already and do this …