Recipes

To Swedish children, meatballs are what chicken nuggets are to American kids. They are served on celebratory occasions and as warming suppers. Ikea made them even more famous by serving them at their stores. This hearty dish provides plenty of nutrition especially in the colder months. The Swedes mix ground beef and pork in a

I have a particular interest in history, and when you add good food to the mix; it provides an insight of sorts into how things were done back in the day. Preparing and preserving food was very different in the 1800s. The food at the time had to be prepped with what you had or

It kind of hurts to sacrifice a beer to the making of bread when the amber liquid could slide down your throat on a hot day… but you need the beer with its yeast content to make this loaf of bread work. It takes just three ingredients – unless of course you want extra salt

Whether you have a Scottish heritage and want to bring back some favorite memories – or you’d just like to get more creative in your cooking – there are plenty of ways to keep Scotland close to your heart in the kitchen. Scottish cuisine tends to incorporate a variety of fruits, vegetables, fish, dairy products,

We all know the famous Beef Wellington recipe, but this one is great if you are on a budget as pork fillet, or tenderloin as it is also called, is quite affordable and makes for an impressive dish. Serve with roasted mixed vegetables and a creamy mash, or whichever vegetables take your fancy. The secret

Also known as Ochsenschwanzsuppe in Germany, this decadent soup features a variety of vegetables – as well as bacon! What’s not to love? Rebekah PierceRebekah is a full-time homesteader. On her 22 acres, she raises chickens, sheep, and bees, not to mention she grows a wide variety of veggies. She has a huge greenhouse and

This recipe is for a chewy granola bar that is versatile, made from common food storage ingredients, is delicious, and is something you’ll want to make often. It is hard to get much better than that. When it comes to survival recipes you want to find items you can make from your food stores. If

This is one of the many stew variations that cowboys used to eat back in the day. The stew is easy to make, and uses basic ingredients and spices from your pantry. Cowboys would have eaten their stew with sourdough bread or hard tack, but if you prefer serve yours with rice, couscous or quinoa.

When you fancy a chocolate pudding that does not require going out to buy chocolate slabs, nuts or cream, then this is the perfect pudding to make from store cupboard ingredients that you can whip up within an hour for unexpected guests, or as a family dinnertime treat. The great part is that the finished

British housewives have been making these delicious little cakes for centuries, but rock cakes did, at one point, fall out of favor. That is, of course, until they made an appearance in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. In the Harry Potter series, the cakes baked by Hagrid were definitely rocklike – genuine tooth breakers, and