Recipes

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

October 2, 2018 by Haley 1 Comment

You probably all know by now that I don’t really like sugar. I mean I like the taste of it but I don’t like what it does for my health. I am always trying to figure out ways to replace refined sugars in our house. One item that I have kept buying in this journey is chocolate syrup. I don’t use it much but my husband often wants a glass of chocolate milk after work and Scarlett likes to join in. So I went looking through some of my old pins on Pinterest and found a recipe for a homemade chocolate syrup and it got me thinking of ways to make it without regular white sugar. …

One Pot Chicken Tomato Pasta

September 27, 2018 by Haley 3 Comments

Some nights are just crazy. You ever have one of those days where you have a million and one things on your to do list and you only managed to get one of them done and yet you feel totally zapped by the end of the day? I had one of those the other day and by about 4:30 I realized I should probably figure out something for dinner and I decided on this chicken tomato pasta. This is one of the dinners I make when I want something quick to make and quick to clean up. I actually don’t mind spending a ton of time on dinner, even when I am tired, but I absolutely hate to have a huge mess to clean up when I’m tired. So this recipe is just perfect for nights when I want something that tastes great but I can clean it up in about 10 minutes! …

Quiche with Hash Brown Crust

September 25, 2018 by Haley 3 Comments

I recently was going through some of my old recipes and I came across one that I had totally forgotten about. Quiche! I do like traditional quiche with a pie crust but I feel like it’s pretty rich and I’m never able to eat very much of it. Maybe that’s a good thing BUT one day I got to thinking of other options and I thought of doing a crust made with potatoes…

I really thought I was the first to think of such a thing but a quick search on Pinterest and I realized a lot of people had thought of it. 😀 I got some ideas on a method and I came up with this quiche recipe. …

Homemade Applesauce and Apple Butter

September 19, 2018 by Haley 3 Comments

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With summer ending and the cooler months starting it could only mean one thing… Apple season! Okay, I guess it can mean a lot of things but apples are the first sign of Fall to me. Last week we cleaned up all the windfalls from under our big apple tree and we ended up with six 5 gallon buckets worth. We turned all of it into applesauce and apple butter and now we have a TON to enjoy throughout the next year. …

Canned Tomato Sauce

September 11, 2018 by Haley 1 Comment

Tomatoes, tomatoes, and more TOMATOES! Our plants are going crazy. Just when I think the weather is too cool to ripen any more of them… …

Fried Pork Chops + Gravy Recipe

September 6, 2018 by Haley Leave a Comment

Yesterday was me and my husband’s wedding anniversary. We celebrated 9 years! Neither of us are super romantic but we both love food so I wanted to make something special. I had pork chops in the freezer and I knew exactly what to make with them. Fried pork chops! …

Cold Brew Coffee

September 4, 2018 by Haley 1 Comment

I never have been much of a coffee drinker. Honestly, it never set well with me and I never really felt the need to have a caffeinated beverage. That was until our youngest was born. Oh boy! Having to run after our busy older daughter and then being sleep deprived from a newborn I felt the need. The need for caffeine! …

Honey Vanilla Pudding

August 30, 2018 by Haley 3 Comments

In my quest to remove refined sugar from our diet I came up with this pudding sweetened only with honey. Part of the reason I don’t want to eat so much sugar is that it is so addictive. It takes so much effort to stop having it and if I slip up and have a dessert or something it’s like I crave it even more than I did before. I don’t like feeling dependent on it. Especially since it has no health benefits. …

Pumpkin Streussel Muffins

August 28, 2018 by Haley 4 Comments

So in my last post I talked about the weather cooling down and today is the same story except it totally rained! It just makes me want to curl up in a blanket by the fire. But it’s not actually THAT cold. So my compromise? These pumpkin streussel muffins! …

Buttermilk Biscuits

August 23, 2018 by Haley 3 Comments

Summer has gone away it seems. Yesterday was 95 and today I don’t think it has even hit 70 degrees and it’s almost 3:00 pm. I’ve felt freezing all day! Which I am fine with because I’m not much of a summer cook. Does anyone else have a hard time cooking in different seasons? In the summer I feel like it’s all about cold refreshing dinners and grilling. I’m learning to grill better than I used to but I just get kind of tired of hamburgers, hot dogs, and pasta salad. I totally prefer cold weather for cooking. I like comfort foods and baking desserts! …