• A quick soup to make the next time the weather drops

    November 16, 2022

    When the weather drops and/or you’re craving soup, nothing satisfies quite like chicken and rice soup. Ready in 30 minutes (or less), you’ll definitely want to make this one again and again. With colder weather approaching, it is one thousand percent soup weather. Homemade chicken soup happens to be one of my all-time favorites. There is something so comforting to me about the process of making it; a large stock pot filled with water, a whole chicken, some celery, carrots, and onions or leeks, and a few cloves of garlic on the stove for a few hours. The smells that…

  • Set yourself up for deliciousness with this Easy Baked Oatmeal

    November 14, 2022

    Looking for a tasty treat for breakfast, brunch, or brinner? How about some easy baked oatmeal! Great for eating all day long, you’ll thank your past self for setting you up with such deliciousness. Oatmeal is a favorite in this house. Everyone enjoys it and it’s easy to make a big batch of. We like it pretty plain, cooking it with water and adding in maple syrup to sweeten it up. The only problem with stove top oatmeal is that it takes forever to make, so it’s not always a great weekday option.  Enter in BAKED oatmeal and everything changes.…

  • Maple Thumbprints are the best cookies I’ve ever had

    November 13, 2022

    These maple thumbprints are THE best cookies I’ve ever had. They may be a bit more time consuming than other cookies but they are worth every single solitary second spent making them. Thumbprint cookies aren’t the first cookie I reach for at the cookie table. In fact, they would probably be closer to the last cookie, since my preference is always on the chocolate or chocolate and peanut butter side. But it’s fall and there’s just something special about maple syrup in the fall. Enter maple thumbprints. They are soft and pillowy, sweet in all the right places, and the…

  • Chicken and Leek Burgers make an easy weekday meal

    November 11, 2022

    Made from a grand total of 5 ingredients, these chicken and leek burgers are flavorful AND easy to make. Two things that make me a very very happy person, especially when it comes to getting a healthy (and delicious) dinner on the table, pronto. I love a meal that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. So whenever I stumble upon an idea that allows me to do that, I latch onto it with immense speed. It also helps to make the nights when the kidlets refuse to eat what I make for dinner a little more tenable. That’s…

  • Homemade celery salt made in the oven

    November 9, 2022

    This homemade celery salt is made in the oven and has a robust flavor and is the perfect seasoning to sprinkle on top of your favorite protein sources, add to soups, or add to your regular veggies.  This past summer I became enthralled with making my own spice blends. I was on a limited diet and had minimal spices that were allowed. So it only seemed natural to create my own from the safe foods on my list. I started with dehydrated leeks and leek powder. It was easy to do and I found myself using it in EVERYTHING.  Homemade celery…

  • How to make shredded chicken in the Instant Pot

    November 8, 2022

    This basic recipe for Instant Pot shredded chicken is as easy as it is delicious. Enjoy it plain or use it as the base for something else, this is sure to be a staple in your fridge and meal prep repertoire.  One of my favorite things to make in the Instant Pot* is shredded chicken. Actually, it’s any kind of chicken because I can throw it into the Instant Pot without having to defrost it first and it comes out perfect every single time.  I also love the chicken broth that’s leftover from each batch of chicken I make in the Instant…

  • How to make oven dried leeks + homemade leek powder

    November 6, 2022

    Try your hand at dehydrating by making oven dried leeks and using them to make homemade leek powder. It’s a great way to use up leftovers and dip your toes into the dehydrating waters. Last summer I started to wonder about dehydrating foods and how to use up vegetables that often sat unused in my refrigerator, like a bunch of celery or the green tops of leeks that generally get tossed in favor of using the thicker white stalks. So I began to research dehydrating food and what the best dehydrators were. Aaaaand promptly had a heart attack because of…