The 1st time I purchased Self Rising Flour was to make Magnolia Bakery Cupcakes. Then I moved to The South. And tarted eating a lot of Buttermilk Biscuits! When making Biscuits, you should really be using White Lily Flour. Because that is just the way it is done. BUT when you don’t have Self Rising…
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Playing in the Kitchen: Cake for Breakfast! Blueberry Buckle [Coffee Cake]
Hooray! It’s that time of year when berries are in season! Right now, a pint of Blueberries is only $1 at Kroger (as opposed to $4-5 during the winter). Luckily, berries freeze well, so it’s a good time to stock up. By comparison, the same amount of “Kroger brand” blueberries bought in the freezer section…
Playing in the Kitchen: Chili Colorado #CincoDeMayo
When I saw an article on Bon Appetit called Chili Colorado is the Greatest Recipe Of All Time last month, I pinned it for later. Usually skeptical of anything touted “of all time,” I’ve had success with Bon Appetit recipes in the past. And this particular magazine seems to have the right balance of taking…
Playing in the Kitchen: THE Banana Bread
This is my family’s new go-to Banana bread recipe. Since I was a kid, we had always defaulted to The Fannie Farmer Cookbook version of Banana bread. It is quick, made from ingredients we had on hand, and didn’t require a stand mixer. But the bottom always over cooked by the time the center was done….
Save The Tomato Juice… Make Tomato Water?
I’m not crazy. I just can’t stand wasting things. This summer, I’ve been lucky enough to peel and chop up a lot of tomatoes from Dad’s garden. Most have been made into bruschetta, where I seed (remove seeds and goo) before I chop. The whole cutting process leaves a lot of juice on the board……
Summer Canning with Fruit, Berries, and Beer
So I picked up the canning hobby a little late in the season. A couple times this August I saw berries on a ridiculous good sale at the store, and it made me realize summer was coming to a close and berries were going with it! I bought lots to blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Some…
Playing in the Kitchen: My 1st Beer Jelly
So I’ve recently taken an interest in canning. And when you 1st start out, Jams and Jellies are the way to go. So far I’ve been able to can a Triple Berry Jam and a Peach Jam… so Beer Jelly is the next logical step. Well, at least for me it is! I decided to…
It’s National Can-It-Forward Day! (Schedule of LIVE webcast)
Happy National Can-It-Forward Day! When I made and canned some Jam this last week, I had no idea National Can-It-Forward Day was right around a corner… honestly I didn’t know there was such a day. But it is the perfect time of year to celebrate caning. Summer is coming to a close, and we want…
Playing in the Kitchen: Sage & Rosemary QUICK Pickles
It’s Left-Handers Day! Who knew? In honor of Left-Handers everywhere, I though it more than appropriate to share my Quick Pickle recipe. Namely because when I photographed them, I didn’t realize me recent left-handedness was glaringly obvious. Can’t you tell? Holding a Pyrex measuring cup with your left hand means reading the metric measurements. Such…
Playing in the Kitchen: My Favorite Bruschetta
If you’re lucky, summertime means fresh tomatoes from the garden! If you don’t have a garden/green thumb, maybe you have family or neighbors who do. Your local Farmers Market is probably bursting at the seams with tomatoes, too. I’m a little finicky and don’t really like biting into a tomato like and apple… I like…