12-08-23 I started making this Family Recipe Book in October 2020. I wanted to have something to give to my children as they began their life of independence. I didn't know how much we would use it every day. As I started looking at options of how to format and print the book, [...]
How exactly do I define "blood sugar friendly" when it comes to snacks? I stick with whole foods but I pair carbs with protein, fat & fiber. In my series on Hormones & Nutrition I did an entire video on how blood sugar impacts "Insulin Resistance, PCOS & Hormone Imbalance." I follow some very [...]
Brisket isn't a typical Thanksgiving meat, but it the one I love the most. The rest of our Thanksgiving meal is pretty traditional. It's just that I really wanted the items to be made from scratch and some side dishes I wanted to make ahead, because Thanksgiving Day can be CRAZY! The only thing [...]
This is the final section of our Friday Fun Night Snacks and right now we are literally snacking on the Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars from Part One. These final dessert recipes are delicious, but are more often made when we crave something special. The Almond Biscotti is authentically Italian but adapted just a little [...]
Did you know that Challah is specifically a sweet bread and is amazing as French toast? Or that what makes dinner rolls so yummy is that they have 1/2 a cup of sugar in them? Also, a hotly debated topic between Silas and me was discovering whether or not Monkey bread is a bread [...]
Years ago when I was researching what people serve for lunches besides PBJ and peaches, I looked into Cafe Zupa's and all their salads and I thought, "I am going to have one day a week where we eat salads, but it will be a different one each week." Have you ever thought through [...]
Did you know there are still places that don't have sandwich bread? They don't have traditional American ovens and they still cook flatbreads over fire. Other places still have thick, crusty artisinal bread and have to use a panini press just to make the sandwich fit in your mouth. My favorite bread is a [...]
Lunches are yummy. It actually took me a long time to figure out how to feed my family something for lunch besides PB&J and canned peaches. I ended up kind of thinking of our lunch time like a Bistro and I studied what places like "Cafe Zupas" made. I read about Italy and their [...]
We have seven people in our family and we all have a favorite birthday cake recipe. My oldest is 17 and it truly has taken this long to find the recipes they each love. Here they are in birth order. Eli's Cheesecake and Cherry Compote - Rick (It's a toss up between this and [...]
While I truly believe that hospitality is more about how you serve and treat the person in front of you, it seems that one way or another food is involved. Some areas where hospitality recipe ideas come in handy are when you need to: bring over a side dish to a potluck, or make [...]