Italian Grinder Tortellina Pasta Salad (The Perfect Cold Summer Dinner Recipe)
Looking for a meal that doesn’t heat up the kitchen on a hot summer evening? Salads are great but not always filling enough to be a meal. This recipe fixes that problem with a cold dinner for a hot summer night. It doesn’t take much effort and can be made ahead to chill while you…
Read MoreZucchini Pizza Cassrole
If you’re looking to use up your summer bumper crop of zucchini, or just to have delicious low-carb or gluten free meal, this zucchini recipe will hit the spot and it’s soooooo easy. Add even more convenience with frozen shredded zucchini In the summer when I can’t keep up with even the two zucchini plants…
Read MoreChocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert Tacos
Want an easy dessert for warm spring days that use delicious seasonal strawberries? This one comes together pretty quickly. With baked cinnamon-sugar tortillas, a chocolate cheesecake filling, and sweet strawberries on top, you’ll rock the dessert game this season! It starts with a crispy, cinnamon-sugar tortilla I used to fry these. But I hate frying.…
Read MoreTuscan Soup in the Crockpot
Tuscan soup is easy to make, is low carb, and is a warm and comfy delight on cool fall and winter days. This soup is a go-to recipe when I’m batch cooking myself lunch for busy work-at-home days. It takes less than 10 minutes to get it into the crockpot and then the flavors meld…
Read MoreStep Up Your Condiment Game With These Easy Recipes and Ideas
The next time you host or attend a cookout or party where your regular mayo, mustard, ketchup, relish might be needed, try adding one (or all) of these stepped-up versions to shake things up a bit. For the most part, these versions of your favorite condiments are so easy that you don’t even need a…
Read MoreBasil Marinated Mozzarella – Use Those Summer Herbs!
I’ve been enjoying making my own mozzarella lately. It’s my first foray into cheese making and has honestly been a bit more of a learning curve than I anticipated. But now that I have mozzarella down, I am loving marinating it in various concoctions. One of the best parts about this is that it makes…
Read MoreIt’s Garden Season – And A Summer Produce Recipe Round-Up!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! (Ok, I might have several favorite times of the year). But garden season is what the rest of my year revolves around. The garden is going in right now, a little slower than I’d like due to storms, but things are beginning to grow. Recently I vowed…
Read MoreEinkorn Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
My favorite cookies in all the world are oatmeal chocolate chip, so when I started experimenting with einkorn flour a couple of years ago, this was the first dessert I set about perfecting. These are the classic chewy flavor and texture of traditional oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, but with einkorn flour. I made these with…
Read MoreWhole Wheat Einkorn Biscuits
When I started baking with einkorn flour a couple of years ago, the first thing I mastered was converting my mom’s biscuit recipe to whole wheat einkorn biscuits. These biscuits are still light and fluffy as a biscuit should be, but with the added benefit of being made with einkorn flour for us gluten intolerant…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Own Onion Soup Mix
Whether you want to save money, control your ingredients, or have bulk onion soup mix always at your fingertips, this is your go-to recipe. This is part of a series of making your own mixes! You can find links to my homemade ranch seasoning mix, my chili powder, and my taco seasoning at the bottom…
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