My grandma had a daycare when I and my children were growing up. I remember as a teen, helping grandma in the daycare and smelling the sweet smell of her banana oat cookies. Oh my word, those banana cookies were delicious! The daycare could be bustling with craziness, but the second that first batch ofContinue reading “Banana Cookies with a Healthy Twist”
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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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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!”
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!”
Cooking is an Art!
If you would have told me this about five years ago, I would have said something like “maybe for some people, but it definitely isn’t for me!” Perhaps cooking has always been part of who I am. Afterall, my mom is an amazing cook, incredibly resourceful and creates meals that are nothing less than mouthContinue reading “Cooking is an Art!”
Food Crush Cooking Connection 