Homemade Peanut Butter “Peanut butter is the pâté of childhood.” ~ Florence Fabricant I’ve always been a fan of the peanut; in its natural state, shelled, crushed, or creamy… the peanut is pretty awesome. The good ol’ peanut butter and jelly sandwich never tires, my grandmother’s peanut butter cookies are better than any I’ve ever…
Category: Winter
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookie? Crisp or chewy, filled with gooey chocolate chips; I think the chocolate chip cookie is my favorite cookie of all time! I remember it most out of any cookie I made with my grandmother as a child. There didn’t have to be a special occasion…
Homemade Jook
Homemade Jook I often wonder how many cultures have a version of a delightful warming bowl of chicken and rice… in this case, homemade jook. This is not just any chicken and rice. It is slow cooked in a hearty homemade broth, a thick porridge of rice, sprinkled with large chunks of a roasted local…
Autumn Butternut Squash Bisque
Autumn Butternut Squash Bisque Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven This is an oldie but a goodie. I posted this last year right before Halloween but I was without a blog. I felt it only appropriate to bring it out of…
Homemade Applesauce – No Sugar Needed
Homemade Applesauce “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ~ Martin Luther There is a medium-sized apple tree in my grandmother’s backyard. As far back as I can remember when the leaves began to turn, the apples would fall and she would make…
Sweet Savory Sustainable 