Spring is finally here and I'm getting excited for some lighter seasonal foods. This is a great recipe that works with any type of meat or all by itself. I usually like to pair the dish with grilled or sautéed seafood or grilled chicken marinated in curry. Whenever legumes like kidney beans are paired with grains like rice, wheat, or…
How is apple cider made? Per Wikipedia: Cider used to be a laborious process involving a trough fashioned from stone or wood and a circulating wheel to crush the apples. A large manual screw-press was used to express the juice from the pulp. Straw was commonly used to contain the pulp during pressing, later replaced by coarse cloth. The Palmer…
Macaroni and cheese tends to get a bad rap. Typically when we think of mac and chee, we think Kraft or Velveeta. Gross and more gross. It doesn't have to be this way. Mac and chee CAN be good. So good, in fact, that I forgot to take a picture of mine before I dug in and destroyed it, hence…
This is one of my nearest and dearest recipes. My grandmother makes the best chicken and waffles. I love nothing more than going to her house and her making this dish for me. We have dinner and chat and it's lovely. She just turned 89 and is as spry as ever. Below is the recipe for you to enjoy. It's…
Venison is a great alternative to beef and chicken. Venison has more vitamins and minerals per serving than beef, packed with iron and B vitamins. It has more protein than beef which means it's filling. Venison is super lean, too. The body loves variety and we get stuck on beef and chicken a lot. If you have the means, work…
Homemade chicken soup is amazing whether you're sick or not. It's not just the comfort factor of chicken soup that draws us to it when we're feeling sick. It has a lot of beneficial components for boosting immunity. When slow cooked, the marrow is released from the bones and nutrients are more thoroughly broken down, allowing our bodies to fight…
Fruit salad is a great way to have your sweets and stay healthy. I hosted an essential oil class the other night and I made some food using the oils for the attendees to try. One of them was a fresh fruit salad tossed in doTERRA's Wild Orange essential oil. It turned out really good. The flavor is insane. This…
One of the things I look forward to most in the summer are Caprese salads. There is nothing like a fresh, ripe tomato. Wild Onion Farms has the best out there. I love their Kellogg's Breakfast and Marianna's Peace tomatoes. Kellogg's Breakfast is a warm, sunny light yellow-orange color. They have a good bit of water in them so they…
Above even perhaps our kraut, cheese steaks, and perogies is the PA steak salad. This lovely creation of salad-gone-unhealthy is an immediate favorite of anyone that tries it, no matter where they're from. It starts as a regular salad and becomes a full meal by adding french fries and steak. Real steak, not that chipped steak crap. The unhealthy part…
I will preface this post by saying I suck at providing measurements, amounts, and quantities. A lot of these recipes are my own or a combination of multiples into one. I just throw stuff together. I apologize if my recipes are vague at times. Another facet to consider are personal preferences. I don't like a shit ton of garlic in…