As the next step on my health campaign, I decided to start making sourdough bread. Sourdough is an alternative to the standard baker’s yeast that most bread is made from now. It is made from a wild yeast, rather than a cultured yeast and was traditionally used to make bread. This wild yeast contains lactobacillus, [...]
It’s still winter here but it’s sunny somewhere, in the last few weeks summer fruits have been appearing in my local supermarket. Seeing mangos in Minnesota always makes me smile!
Mangos taste great, and are full of vitamins and anti-oxidants. They are a particularly good source of vitamin C, which is often hard to get into [...]
When both my kids had colds recently, their symptoms seemed to linger- to start to get better after a few days, then worsen again. We ended up seeing our pediatrician, who recommended giving them honey to treat their sore throats and coughs.
I later found out that honey has been rated the best cough remedy by [...]
My computer sits by my window and I have a great view of the snow blowing down my neighbor’s driveway. Times like this take me back to when I was a child. It seems like it would snow more often in the winter back then. At least, to my blurry memory it did. Memories are [...]
Oatmeal has been in the news a lot recently. You probably know all about it’s cholesterol reducing properties, it’s high-fiber and low fat, it’s digested slowly and makes you feel full for longer so it’s a great food for dieters. And it’s cheap - a big tub of instant oatmeal is under $2 in my [...]
My mother had the most creative names for my childhood meals … macaroni & cheese and tuna, malted milkshakes with raw egg, and my all-time favorite, eggs in a bowl with toast.
A breakfast comfort food I had long forgotten, I stumbled across this recipe about a year ago and have been making it semi-regularly ever [...]
Do you want to feel like you are in a coffee shop? Do you have some little kids at home that make it impossible? Here are 2 easy recipes for coffee house-style milk and fantastic Chocolate Chip Cookies.
COFFEE HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 sticks (1/2 [...]
Tea can be incorporated into many different recipes. I love to cook, but baking is my first passion in the kitchen. Right now, I am taste testing and reviewing teas for a gourmet company, this is one of the recipes I made for them. I hope you enjoy, please, let me know how your batch [...]
Fun kids’ breakfast
So if you’re like us and you watch the PBS Sprout channel with any regularity, you may have seen the commercial for the “Pancake Puff” pan, which has six small wells into which you pour batter to make puffs of all styles: pancake, brownie, and even pizza. I’ll pass on the last [...]
My husband and I came up with this recipe during our first year of marriage. It’s super easy and our 2 year old loves it. It’s much better than ordering take-out when it comes to cost, taste, and health. Try it out on your family instead of ordering out next time!
Sweet and Sour [...]
