It is fall and time for all things roasted and baked. This recipe uses both techniques if you like but you can also take the easy way out as well. For this Pumpkin Loaf I used a pie pumpkin that I had roasted and mashed. It probably doesn’t add that much flavour but it does give you that feeling of accomplishment especially when you grew the pumpkin yourself!
This recipe for Lemon Strawberry Tea Biscuits is one of those standard recipes everyone needs to have in their kitchen. You can enjoy the biscuits warm out of the oven just as they are, or slathered with more butter and strawberry jam, or cooled then split and topped with whipped cream and more fresh strawberries. Any way you choose to enjoy them you will love this recipe.
Have you ever wondered if you could make really good flaky cheese crackers at home instead of having to purchase a box from the grocery store? Then when you look at that box it has a list of ingredients you can’t pronounce. Well wonder no more! You can make really good flaky cheese crackers at home! The best part is that you may have all of the ingredients in your kitchen right now.
If you are a chocolate lover then this recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Loaf is just for you. It is a double chocolate recipe as there is both cocoa and chocolate chips in the loaf. And of course there is zucchini so as that is a vegetable this loaf is technically healthy, but you would never guess that there was zucchini in it. Dessert is a great way to sneak some veggies into those anti-veggie in your house as they would never be suspecting it.
After a huge dump of snow this week we needed a good home-made soup and there was a Butternut squash sitting on the kitchen counter calling my name. This Butternut Squash soup is thick, creamy and so easy to make. I had both the soup and the Cheese Biscuits made in the time it took my husband to shovel his way out the back door and snow blow the driveway! Now depending on the size of your driveway and how deep the snow is will determine who wins this race. I had it all done in an hour and 20 minutes.
This Date Orange Loaf is another great recipe to make during the cold winter months when fresh local fruit is all but a distant hazy memory. Dried dates are a great pantry staple and once they are rehydrated in fruit juice they become just delicious. When that fruit juice is freshly squeezed orange juice and the zest is added in the combination is a match made in heaven! This is a combination I have used in quite a few recipes and I am always trying to find new recipes to pop it into.
Now that the holiday season is behind us, it is time to get back to simple, healthy food. This Oatmeal Bran quick bread is just the satisfying guilt free food you need on a cold damp winter’s day. After all of the stress of the holiday season this recipe will simplify your lunch or breakfast menu for a few days. A few slices of Oatmeal Bran Bread with a slice of old cheddar cheese and an apple and you have a lunch ready for that dreaded Monday morning.
Strawberries just picked, still warm from the summer sun, that is natural sweetness at it’s finest. Over the past few weeks I have picked about 6 baskets of strawberries from 2 farms in my area, Emiry’s Berry Patch and Strawberry Fields. Considering the cool weather we have had the berries were ripe and sweet even if they were a little late in the season. Thanks to the bounty from these farms we now have all of our winter stash of strawberry jam stored away in the freezer, but there was still lots left for eating and baking.
Warm, fluffy, cheese biscuits with a bowl of homemade soup – just what a damp,rainy spring day calls for. These biscuits are simple to whip together and make any bowl of soup a whole lot more satisfying. Using old cheddar cheese elevates the biscuits from simple to spectacular.
