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I started making this Dark Chocolate sweetened with Maple Syrup recipe 7 years ago when I was working at Trader Joes to *try* and avoid eating the snacks that got opened in the back room. At that time TJ’s sold a 100% Montezuma chocolate bar and that’s what I used. Now I use the cacao […]
Don’t throw out your discard. Keep your discard in a separate jar, if I’m slowly adding to it, I keep it in the fridge, but most of the time I leave it on the counter because a mason jar fills up quick. This recipe works with any amount of discard you happen to have. (*see […]
Hello! I hope you’ve had a lovely Thanksgiving.A few of my favorite shops are having sales this weekend, so I thought I would share them with you, as they are places I’ve mentioned in videos past. Some are my affiliate links, some are not, I just really like them, and they are in alignment with […]
I first started making marshmallows in 2019. I followed Danielle Walkers recipe here. As time went on I ended up adjusting it to what worked best for me, and as people would ask me for the recipe, I would send them Danielle’s recipe with a whole bunch of caveats of what I do differently. So […]
I have been using my Nutrimill grain mill exclusively for the past year and a half, and while I love the benefits of fresh milled flour- it has not been the easiest journey switching over from store bought flour. The thing with using fresh milled grains, is you now have the bran, germ and endosperm, […]
When feeding my sourdough, I like to save the discard in the fridge. And for this recipe, I use that saved discard. I do use fresh milled flour for my sourdough and for the flour in this recipe, but the same measurements can be used for store bought flour. Makes 10-12 muffins Ingredients:110 grams sourdough […]
Ingredients:2 cups Milk2 Tablespoons Tapioca Starch1/3 Cup Sugar2 Eggs (lightly whisked)1-2 teaspoons vanilla (your choice, I like vanilla-y custard) 1. Lightly whisk eggs in medium size bowl- set aside 2. Combine milk, tapioca starch and sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat. Heat until tiny bubbles form around the edge of pan, while whisking […]
This recipe was inspired by: Tastes Better from Scratch Blog I changed it up a bit to suite our taste! Servings- 8ish Ingredients:2 Tbsp of Butter (or Lard, Tallow, Coconut Oil)1 Large OnionMany cloves of Garlic2 Tbsp of Fresh Ginger2lbs of Grass Fed Ground Beef (or 1 lb beef and 1 lb sausage)2 Tbsp Brown […]
I recently came across these clipped newspaper articles from 1979 in an Etiquette book I got from an auction a while back. I thought they were such good thoughts, so I would reshare them here in the blog for you to enjoy!
Before making tortillas with fresh milled flour I would follow this recipe from Milk and Pop’s blog: https://milkandpop.com/the-best-sourdough-tortillas/So this was the foundation for me creating this recipe, and I have made a lot of adjustments on amounts of ingredients used to make the tortillas with fresh milled flour, because it does make a difference! Very […]
