Delicious step by step recipes you can make with produce from your garden. step by step instructions and photos included. Yumm!
Arguably one of the best things to come from the South is good old, traditional cornbread. This classic Southern Cornbread recipe has been a favorite export for locals, tourists, and travelers for years. Once you’ve tasted some authentic Southern cornbread, you will never look back. My hubby was born and raised in the South, and […]
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I love sourdough. Pure and simple. It helps break down the gluten in grain to make it easier to digest, and it has a wonderful flavor that can’t be beat. Did you think that sourdough was only for English muffins or bread? Well, we love to make it into sourdough pizza crust and it’s super-duper
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Ketchup is almost a food group in our home. My kids and husband could practically drink it and they put it on everything. There are weeks when we can go through 2-3 pints of homemade ketchup. Seriously. We can’t stop drinking it. Why lacto fermented ketchup? The benefits of fermented foods are amazing. They include:
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I love eating salads. I could eat taco salad for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The problem a lot of people have with salads is that we toss some limp greens on a plate, smother it with a creamy, tasteless dressing and call it “salad”. We need to add variety to that! This taco salad is
With Thanksgiving coming up, we all know that sugar is everywhere. Pumpkin pies, jellies, sauces, etc. I want to cut some of the sugar this year, so I decided to do a Zevia swap out. I think that homemade jelly is just this side of perfection, but the sugar in there is to much! So,
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I love ranch dressing…as a kid, I practically drank the stuff. It’s perfect on salads, over veggies, on chicken, in hamburgers, as a dip, with chips or crackers, on mashed or baked potatoes…there’s not much that it’s NOT good on. Commercial ingredients in ranch dressing are not good for you. The *nameless company* mix is
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Homemade sausage seasoning can turn virtually any meat into a sausage-like flavorful meal! Biscuits and gravy. Pizza. Tossed in with spaghetti. Is there a better way to enjoy sausage? The problem for us is that most sausage is pork based. We don’t eat the regular sausage from pork for a lot of reasons. I am not a
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Taco night. It happens in our family at least once a week, and more often in the summer. We love to make our own tacos! Each person gets to pile the ingredients they want on their plate while being unique. My only issue with taco night is the taco seasoning you buy in the store
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What is tallow? Well, it is the product of what happens when you render beef fat. To render tallow means that you have melted it down, and “extracted” the fat.  It removes any leftover stuff in the fat, and makes it smooth, creamy, and easy to use. You’re basically changing the composition. Rendering it is easy
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Y’all, my hubby is a Northern Transplant from the south. Born and raised in South Carolina, his Southern roots show in nearly everything we do. From gardening (“No, honey, okra isn’t necessary in so many beds..”) to the food we make. And that includes things like cornbread and biscuits. For those reading this who are
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