Yes, you read that right! Healthy caramel dipping sauce really does exist – at least it does in my world! For my entire life, I’ve battled with a sweet tooth that sometimes feels like it’s jacked up on steroids. It’s relentless sometimes, quite annoying most times and incredibly difficult when I’m trying to eat healthier!Continue reading “My Favorite “Healthy” Caramel Dipping Sauce”
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Sourdough Q and A
I’ve received a few questions about starting and maintaining a sourdough started, so I thought I’d do a blog to help answer a few questions! If you’re interested in starting to cook with sourdough but don’t have any sourdough to cook with, see my blog post to learn how to start your own sourdough starter!Continue reading “Sourdough Q and A”
Dutch Dutch Baby!
If you’ve read my story, you know that my mom is an amazing cook! She always has been and when I was young, she would create recipes and name them especially for my sister and I. Eating her cooking was always something I looked forward to, but when it was named specially for me, itContinue reading “Dutch Dutch Baby!”
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New Growth and Inspiration
My husband and I took a walk through the woods last weekend. We’re trying to get into shape again, after the winter months and a year long battle with COVID limitations. It was an incredible walk, a leg burner for sure. Along the walk, we discovered new shoots of stinging nettles popping out of theContinue reading “New Growth and Inspiration”
Homemade Chicken Broth
If you’ve been cooking for any length of time, you probably know that many recipes call for chicken broth as a base. I try my hardest to stay away from packaged foods, especially those that yield a whopping 700mg of sodium per teaspoon, which makes 1 cup of broth. That’s a whopping 30% of theContinue reading “Homemade Chicken Broth”
Let’s Talk Spice!
I wonder sometimes who first thought to pick the herbs we use most frequently today and decide to eat it. I’m certainly not complaining. I love my food with lots of flavor. How bland eating might be if all we had was salt and pepper or nothing but the meat, veggies and grains we cook.Continue reading “Let’s Talk Spice!”
Mushrooms in a Soup
I love mushroom soup. I love it by itself, with fresh salted crackers, with a good grilled cheese sandwich and as an accompaniment to a good steak. Mushroom soup is also great added into an array of scrumptious recipes. One of my favorite dishes to make is a chicken and rice casserole that uses creamContinue reading “Mushrooms in a Soup”
Hush Puppy Madness
There’s this amazing southern down home cooking barbeque restaurant in the town where I grew up. The couple who owns it, one from Louisiana and the other from North Carolina, make some of the most delicious foods I’ve ever tasted. I honestly never knew how good okra and black eyed peas could be until IContinue reading “Hush Puppy Madness”
Sourdough Magic!
I grew up with sourdough being a staple part of our diet. I have been so familiar with it throughout my life that it’s almost foreign to think that others aren’t privy to the magical properties of sourdough. Sourdough is loaded with super healthy probiotics due to the ferment process. Sourdough produces a natural yeastContinue reading “Sourdough Magic!”
Salad Creations
Like many people this time of year, I’m trying to focus more on eating healthier and getting in better shape. It seems odd to me that the most joyous time of year is also the producer of turmoil due to over indulgence that feeds those little fat cells and initiates a syndrome the entire worldContinue reading “Salad Creations”
Food Crush Cooking Connection 