Conquering Your Kitchen, is finally here! You’re going to love this one – if you’ve ever walked into the kitchen an hour before dinner and thought, “What now?” this is the book for you.
Gluten-Free Homemade Cake Mix
My main issue with gluten-free products off the shelves is that many are riddled with extensive corn products and chemicals. Who needs maltodextrin and corn starch or even corn flower? Gluten-free should be simple and as easy as regular products. This recipe utilizes my nearly perfected gluten-free flour recipe and can easily be stored in […]
10 (+1) Delicious Probiotic Popsicles
Probiotics are often vilified by the medical industry as snake oil of our time. The truth is, before refrigeration, most of our food was preserved using bacteria. Our internal gut health is dependent on a healthy supply of beneficial bacteria. After all, as Hippocrates said, “all disease begins in the gut.” Without a proper a […]
Asparagus Salad Fresh Spring Meal Recipe
You will want to try this fresh spring asparagus salad recipe!
Grow Your Own Basil
I’m so excited to be sharing about growing basil. It’s one of the things that we’ve managed to not kill for years, and we use it constantly in our cooking! The basil you see in front of my daughter (and behind her, too) all started from a $3 plant from our HEB grocery store. Here’s […]
Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Dip
My husband originally introduced me to the recipe after he found it on the side of a can of chicken. Just typing “can of chicken” disturbs me, so I set out to make fresh and delicious meal. So forget those cans o’ chicken and head out to your local butcher! Okay, no, you don’t have […]
Cilantro: The Great Two-For-One Herb
Cilantro is like soccer: 30 years ago, it held almost no interest for Americans. However, as cuisines from Mexico and points south, as well as from Asia, became commonplace, cilantro found a place in American spice racks. Happily, it also found its place in our gardens, and it’s one of the easiest plants to grow! […]
Substitute with Avocado to Make Healthier Meals
Not only is February Avocado Month – but it’s also the month after we’ve all made our New Year’s resolutions to eat better, lose weight, and improve our health. If you are still looking for more ways to make healthier meals and get more nutrients into your foods, it’s time to give the avocado a […]
Knife Skills: How To Chiffonade Basil
The delicate leaves of the basil plant are easily bruised when chopped for your recipes. One of the popular techniques for cutting basil without imposing as much injury to the leaves is the knife skills technique of chiffonade. The word “chiffonade” is French and means “made of rags.” The leaves are left in very long […]
Mix It Up! DIY Cooking Mixes
If you want to save money and really know what is going into your body, then you need to make your own mixes. Many of the pre-packaged ones contain fillers or excess sodium. None of us need those! For years, I have used a few books with recipes to make my mixes. One of them is out […]
UntrainedHousewife’s Super Snacks
The Superbowl is upon us, and what better time to try out all of the yummy snacks you been eyeballing? It doesn’t have to be a guilt (or antacid) inducing affair, either. Check out these yummy and basically-good-for-you treats when you’re making your menu for the weekend. Dip it up! Nothing is more suited to […]
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Some days, you just want more than a chocolate chip cookie. You want something decadent and delicious. But if you are anything like me, you don’t always have time to make the gourmet goodies. Undeterred, I did an inventory check of my kitchen and decided I had what it would take to amp up my […]
