How to Make Homemade Fudge Candy
In our house, Halloween means Mom makes Homemade Fudge Candy. It’s just not the same without that sugary sweet confection on hand. Fudge should be cooked slowly at medium heat to soft-ball stage. I usually cook it to a temperature of 235 – 242 degrees F, depending on the day. Don’t rush the process. Choose a dry day to make fudge. A candy thermometer is a necessity. How to Make Homemade Fudge Candy: Mom used to cook...
How to Make Granola: National Oatmeal Day
National Oatmeal Day is here, and oatmeal isn’t just for breakfast… It’s versatile as lunch, used in breads & other baking, as well as snacks and the like. Oatmeal Nutrition: When it comes to nutritional value, oats have it. This is especially so for fiber in oatmeal. Half is insoluble, which helps digestion, and the other half is soluble, which lowers cholesterol. All oats are whole grain. Types of Oatmeal: Oats...
How to Grill Pumpkin on the BBQ + Video
If you’ve never Grilled Pumpkin on the BBQ before, what a great change! Fall is here, and it’s time for some recipes worthy of the season. The grill is a great tool to impart hearty grilled flavors into foods that satiate you on a level that cannot be compared to other cooking methods. Pumpkin, often reserved for sweets, or in soups & stews, is much for versatile than most would think. Grilling vegetables is super...
Tasty Tidbits Beckon You: National Pretzel Month
National Pretzel Month…don’t these twisted tidbits beckon you? Hot pretzels served in the Winter on the streets of almost any large Northern city are a treat & tummy satisfier. One can smell the wares of the pretzel cart with the aromas of hot sauces & dunking butter. It’s popularity & smell rivals that of roasted chestnuts. The large dough pretzel’s chewy goodness with a sprinkle of coarse salt...
National Pancake Day: A Favorite Family Recipe
National Pancake Day allows us yet another time to create some family favorites. We like the traditional 4 or 5 inch pancakes, but we prefer my Mother’s recipe for German pancakes. With so many pancake recipes out there, these just have what I crave. I suppose it’s because it’s what I grew up on. I’m sure you have similar affinities for a particular style of pancake yourself based upon the childhood comforts...
Happy National Peanut Day
This is National Peanut Day! Peanuts are very healthy & delicious. As well, peanuts are incorporated in a plethora of food products, which we enjoy daily. When you see a peanut in its shell, it is just a plain looking, dry, little thing…but when you crack that shell, the most amazing aroma is emitted. Then comes the taste — Ohhh, the taste…so very good. And then, another one & another & another —...
Changing My Life with Bacon
What’s not better with Bacon? Bacon has that salty, meaty, smokey, and often a hint of sweet flavor in it. Whether it’s maple, honey or even apple wood. Man, I know I love bacon…and apparently, you can use that to your advantage with your family’s love of bacon too! Find out how: Absolutely hilarious video from Maple Leaf Bacon! Well, maybe that’s why everyone does things around the house for me…I...
How to Cook Apricot Pancakes for Breakfast
I love experimenting with traditional breakfast favorites and making them into a symphony of flavors on your plate. Spicing up your classic recipes is a great way to expand your cooking repertoire without having to learn too many more skills, if you are a beginner in the kitchen. What sounds more yummy than apricot pancakes for breakfast though, right? Hot, fluffy and fragrant with melted butter and hot maple syrup! Now, you’re...
How to Cook Traditional French Toast
French toast is a marvelous way to start your morning… …not only because it tastes amazing, or smells mouthwatering, but because it`s so quick and easy to make too. You will likely have all of the ingredients you`ll need, and you can whip up a quick breakfast in a jiffy! So delicious, this Classic Recipe is something you will always love. Type: Breakfast Serve With: Canadian maple syrup and/or powdered sugar Prep Time: 3...
How to Cook Classic, Fluffy Pancakes
Just the other morning, I had realized that I have been making all kinds of amazingly flavored pancakes… However, I haven’t made the plain, old, classic, fluffy pancakes in a long time…plain & simple. Sometimes, we want those old comfy classics to soothe our culinary souls. Here is that recipe…just for you from me! Photo right: Whoops…by the time I realized I hadn’t yet taken a photo of the...
How to Brew Wild Blueberry Tea Bags from P.E.I.
If you didn’t know, I also coach sports: softball/baseball, track & field, gymnastics, conditioning, etc! One of my pitchers, Larissa Rowdon, had an amazing season, helped her team win a spot in Nationals in Prince Edward Island, Canada after a stellar show in Provincials. Her and her awesome parents were so sweet and brought me home a gift from Nationals…a Prince Edward Island t-shirt, which I love; and since they too...
How to Cook Breakfast Crepe-Cakes
When I was making breakfast yesterday, I suppose I was a bit sleepy still, as I had forgotten to put all the ingredients in my batter for pancakes. As my pancakes are sitting in the frying pan, I’m realizing that they aren’t rising, and fluffing up with lovely bubbles in them. That’s when I realize…I forgot the baking powder. Seeing that I’m a perfectionist of sorts, I was ready to call it a wrap and feed...
How to Cook Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes
I was scrolling through my site the other morning in search of a few ideas for breakfast and realized that I don’t have a really perfect, plain pancake recipe up for you all. So, here it is…these pancakes are fluffy and tasty, all from scratch, and they’re so worth it. Type: Breakfast Recipe Serve With: Drizzle with Maple Syrup Prep Time: 8 minutes Cook Time: 12 minutes Yield: 8 large pancakes Ingredients: 1 cup...
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