Ok, this may be my FAVORITE video and lime pickles recipe to date! These crunchy Sweet Pickles take me back to my childhood. My dad always put up veggies and pickles in the summer and these were the best! I love just eating them out of the jar! If you haven’t eaten homemade CRUNCHY sweet…
Bacon-Balsamic BBQ Sauce
What can I say?? I am a BBQ kind of girl! I’m always on the lookout for a great bbq restaurant in my area and in places I travel to. I could eat grilled meat and bbq sauce everyday! I have even found ways to eat this bbq sauce with ground meat… that recipe coming…
Homemade Blackberry Syrup
One of my fondest childhood memories was picking wild blackberries on the old dirt roads behind our house. After a few hours of picking, and a few scratches and close calls with snakes and spiders, we would come home and my dad would help us make blackberry jelly. There is nothing that compares to homemade…
Extra Yummy Sauce
The name of this sauce pretty much sums it up… YUMMY! It’s my version of the white sauce they serve you at Japanese restaurants (which I would pour over my entire plate)! You can also buy it in the grocery store but it is full of yucky ingredients including soybean oil and corn syrup, just…
Know your SMOKE!
Don’t worry… this is not a post about legalizing marijuana but a look at one of my favorite flavor enhancers…Liquid Smoke! What makes jerky taste so good?? What makes BBQ sauce taste so irresistible you want to drink it out of the bottle? Why do I love anything cooked on the grill?? It’s all in…
Homemade Double-Strength Vanilla Extract
This recipe was taken from my new Cookbook, Comforting Eats, due out tomorrow, November 12th (eBook) and spiral version will be ready mid December! For more details and a chance to win 1 out of 5 eBooks, check out THIS blog post! The gift that keeps on giving, Homemade Vanilla Extract! A few months ago I FINALLY…
Tasty Taco Seasoning & Taco Salad
It’s Taco Tuesday! Sometimes Tuesday feels like Monday and I need something Quick for dinner! Tacos are the perfect solution! I will NEVER buy the packs of seasoning again when I can easily, cheaply, and healthfully (I know this may not be a word, ha!) make my own! Make a salad or use a romaine lettuce…
Cajun House Seasoning
Every house needs a great, all-purpose seasoning blend and this is mine! This is a modified version of the Melissa’s Cajun Seasoning from the Satisfying Eats Cookbook. The major difference is the addition of Smoked Paprika. I LOVE Smoked Paprika!! If you don’t have or don’t want to use smoked paprika, simply omit it! Or…
BEST Homemade Mayo (Updated: Magical 1-Minute Mason Jar Mayonnaise)
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New-tella Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
My first experience with Nutella happened about 5 years ago. The container below is the first and last jar I ever purchased. I had heard others talk about how good it was and I had seen the commercial stating it was made with “hazelnuts, skim milk and a touch of cocoa.” Sounds good, right??? Oh,…
Extra Zesty Ranch Dressing
I LOVE ranch dressing, but ONLY if it is homemade. Homemade ranch is so easy, and after I show you the ingredients in the store bought stuff, you will NEVER buy it again! They should call it “The Hidden Valley of Questionable Ingredients” after taking a look at the label. Hidden Valley Ranch Ingredients: Vegetable oil,…
Homemade Blueberry Syrup
Now that it is blueberry season, it’s time to make syrup! I know you would never buy the stuff from the store but if you did, did you know 1/4 cup pancake syrup has 55 grams of carbs! WOW! My Blueberry Syrup has only 6 grams of carbs per 1/4 cup…
Amazing Salsa and Chips
This salsa is amazing! The fresh tomatoes along with the other fresh veggies really give this salsa a POP! To remove the skin off of a fresh tomato, slit the bottom of the tomato 2 times, making an “X”. Drop in boiling hot water for about 30-60 seconds. Remove with slotted spoon and immediately “shock”…
Easy Breadless Bread Crumbs
Easy Breadless Bread Crumbs The many uses of breadcrumbs: Fried Eggplant Salmon Burger with Lemon Mayo Mac & Cheese Oven baked Chicken Tenders Oven baked Fish Fingers Now that my son is getting older and doing great with finger foods, I want to recreate some of the classic convenience foods and make them…
Sweet, Tangy & Spicy BBQ Sauce
I LOVE BBQ SAUCE!!! I love it on burger, chicken, pork, just about everything. I problem with the stuff you buy in the stores is all the sugar and preservatives in it. This recipe is a great backbone for the addition of other spices that you may like in your BBQ sauce. The key ingredient and the source…