Hibiscus Honey Gelatin

Hibiscus Honey Gelatin

I usually just call this jello. But jello is really… Jell-O (a brand). While this is made with super clean, nutritious gelatin and none of the artificial coloring, flavors, and sweeteners. So here it is with its proper name. If you’re looking for an easy way to add protein and nutrients to your kids diet [...]

Easter Guide

Easter Guide

Gathering our Easter resources proved to be quite an undertaking. It took hours of reading, watching, consolidating, typing, linking, prepping supplies, purchasing materials, remembering past resources and researching new ones. Yet even with an extensive array of curriculum, meaningful Easter basket ideas, educational videos, baking projects, hands-on activities, books for all ages, music, and more… [...]

Moringa Mohinga

Moringa Mohinga

First let me say, this is not 100% true Mohinga because it doesn’t contain fish. In this recipe there is Moringa instead of fish. Moringa would not ordinarily be included but hear me out: I had beautiful fresh Moringa leaves on hand. Annnnd I couldn’t pass on the opportunity for a cheesy rhyming name... I [...]

Hot Brown Bake

I have been making this casserole version of a traditional Kentucky Hot Brown on Derby Day for years now. So this is a long overdue recipe post! The Hot Brown is traditionally an open face turkey and bacon sandwich with Mornay sauce and tomato. It was invented in 1926 at the Brown Hotel (hence the [...]

Sourdough Focaccia

Sourdough Focaccia

I'm working on gradually expanding my sourdough repertoire. This week I made focaccia. You can certainly make focaccia with active dry yeast, but I'm not concerned with trying to make things faster. Though for sourdough this recipe is pretty quick! I made it from combining elements of a few recipes and changing the ferment times [...]

Creamy Fennel Sausage Rigatoni

My three-year-old told me this meal was good enough for a dinner party, gave me a high five, and cleaned his plate. If that's not a convincing enough reason to give it a try then I don't know what is... Serves: 4 Total Time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 1lb. Rigatoni pasta 4 tablespoons butter 1 yellow [...]

Chicken Apple Risotto

I've been making this recipe from memory for years (nearly a decade). Therefore, I can't remember the exact title of it's source (a gluten free cookbook long forgotten). It's a favorite and every time I have made it for someone they have requested the details. So here they are. I hope you enjoy it's hearty [...]

Miso-Butter Rattlesnake Beans

It isn't often that a side dish pulls me through a restaurant door (though plenty of entrees, desserts, and cocktails have). But years ago I was so infatuated with a certain restaurant's miso green beans that I would duck in alone on my way to or from work for a "snack". Had I known then [...]

Whiskey Caramel Bread Pudding

Whiskey Caramel Bread Pudding

"An rud nach leigheasann im ná uisce beatha níl aon leigheas air."Ingredients: bread** butter, 3 tablespoons raisins, 1/2 cup (optional) eggs, 4 (beaten) milk, 2 cups cane sugar, 3/4 cup cinnamon, 1 1/2tsp vanilla, 1 tsp for sauce: butter, one stick whiskey, to taste (2 ounces is a good average) cane sugar, 1 cup **This [...]

Bison Chili

Chili is one of my favorite comfort foods. Fortunately, it's also easy to make and full of nutrients. This version is packed with protein, iron, folate, potassium, manganese, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, E, K...and more. Though it's called Bison Chili, you can certainly substitute beef (or omit meat all together and double [...]