Seasoned Mushrooms

My husband loves this recipe and now that it is grilling season, he is all for making these.  The mushrooms cook while you are grilling your other food and are usually ready by the time the rest of the food is done.  I make them up and put them in the packet and he grills them.  The mushrooms still retain most of their flavor, so for someone like me who likes their mushrooms more for texture than flavor, this recipe is not for you.  But for people who love mushrooms, my husband says they are delicious!

 

Chocolate Banana Chips

 

This is one of my favorite homemade desserts.  It takes only a few ingredients, tastes like ice cream, and even kids like them.  Chocolate Banana Chips are regularly made in this house.  You can make as many or as little as you want, just adjust the recipe, and it’s a great way to use up any extra bananas.  Make sure that they are ripe, but not heavily brown-spotted.  Enjoy!

 

Honey Mustard

 

One of the things that I love to make that most people either don’t know how or just don’t care to do is to make mustard.  It’s one of the simplest things that takes all of 10 minutes to create.  And when you eat it, wow!

I make this about once a year, and it lasts us throughout the summer.  The flavor is a kind of spicy brown mustard with a sweet wisp of honey.

[mis]Adventures in Rendering Lard

On our path to be more natural and healthy, we purchased a half pig and quarter cow from a local farmer.  We got the pig already, but we are still waiting on the cow.  The animals that we got are raised on a healthy diet, with no hormones or antibiotics, and our cow is mostly grass-fed.  That means that the fat of the animals are nutrient full, and we didn’t want the free fat to go to waste, so I decided to render lard.

White Bread Recipe

Sorry this is the first day that I’ve been able to post on my blog this week.  We’ve had a pretty busy week here, but as promised I have my recipe for one of my favorite breads to make in the bread machine.  Here is the basic recipe:

White Bread

Baking with a bread machine

After last week, you took the plunge and bought a bread machine (or maybe you have one already and haven’t really used it).  I want to talk about some of the things that I’ve learned as I’ve used my own machine.  Without further ado, here are 10 tips for baking bread:

Bread Machine 101

Hi.

My name is Sarah.

I am addicted to my bread machine and crock-pots.

It’s been two days since I’ve used either (mostly because my husband has been off and we’ve been busy…).

Yes, it is true. I love, love, love… my bread machine and crock-pots (yes, with a “s,”  I have 3 as of right now).  Sometime in the future, I hope to share more with you on my love affair with crock-pots, but as the title says, this is “Bread Machine 101.”