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How I Made My Sourdough Starter.
I know sourdough has become the “thing” to do for loads of people these past two years, I guess I just caught on a bit late, hehe. My love for bread making started when I made my first Artisan bread loaf, in late 2020. It quickly became my favourite thing to do every Friday evening, proof my dough so I could bake it the next morning. I guess you can say, it was a natural progression for me to become interested in sourdough – right!? It was actually during a time where I was off of social media, for an entire month, that I began to make my sourdough starter.…
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Baked Banana Oatmeal Cups | Healthy + Easy
Do you enjoy Banana bread? How about Oatmeal? Have you ever thought about putting them together? That’s what I did and I have to say, “I am a huge fan!” My husband and I love really enjoy the traditional sit down breakfast but sometimes having that full on experience isn’t so easy to achieve during the week – so I came up with this recipe! Now don’t get me wrong, I know there any many different baked oatmeal recipes out there but most of them that I have tried leave the inside of the cups quite “gummy” when cooked – I wanted something more “muffin” like but without being a…
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Easy Homemade Roasted Cashew Butter
I used to think the only way you could have a yummy nut butter was from the shelf in a grocery store but not anymore! What better way to spend a simple Sunday evening after church than to make something so fun and tasty? My husband, David, and I tend to purchase a large tub of nuts just about every month. I’d say we have a tied favorite between cashews (I cook with them a lot) and the classic mixed nuts – you know, the ones with a percentage more of cashews or almonds. Well, we purchased a large tub of cashews a few weeks ago and I got to…
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Sweet Potato & Red Lentil Coconut Soup
It’s almost the middle of May and our weather here in Saskatchewan is acting very much like fall – we had snow today, crazy! Even though it is technically Spring, soup is one of those food categories that just works in and out of season, even more so on days like today – an overcast, chilly breeze and random flurries – they just warm you up! I have come across recipes similar to this one, that tasted lovely, but for some reason they tended to lack the “body” or “fullness” I look for in soups. But with a few of my tweaks this recipe has become one of our (David…
