Family Favorite Macaroni Salad. This one is a keeper. Delicious as-is, it is also a snap to adapt and change it up with additional ingredients to make a new salad each time it is served!
Curry Maple Dijon Chicken Thighs, a delicious chicken entrée that is easy on the cook, and ready to eat in only 45 minutes. Exactly the recipe you need when you need to get dinner on the table fast, because everyone is hungry and so are you!
Looking for more ways to add more flavor to your home-cooked meals? You have come to the right place, take a peek at our recipe for Homemade Vegetable Bouillon Paste...with a quick buzz in the food processor, you can up the flavor in your meals!
If you and your family are fans of sweet pickles, you will love this easy recipe for Grandma's Two Day Sweet Pickle Slices. Crunchy and delicious these sweet pickle slices require NO canning! Yep, no canning, but all the old fashioned flavor you are looking for...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 06.20.2025
Welcome to another great weekend!
And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Chunky Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars!
Chunky Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars are easy to make, and so delicious. Who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate together? I especially enjoy making these when I have lots to do, but I still get a request for something sweet (meaning chocolate) from my husband! Because, like I said easy....
Now is the time to get your homemade salad dressing skills up to date! With spring flowers and gardens starting everywhere, salads will be on the table more often. This Honey Mustard Vinaigrette is one that you will enjoy time and time again...
I wanted to call this delicious recipe Summer Pie, but I didn't for one very important reason. Summer here is different than summer there, so I felt it was best to say that this is tomato season pie! And as soon as large vine ripened tomatoes are in your garden or marketplace, it is time to make Savory Tomato Feta and Basil Pie.
Cooking
almost every meal we eat, is my usual kitchen style. Often requiring a bit of
creative license to use what we have on hand in the pantry. When eating dinner,
my husband will often turn to me and say, "are you going to blog this?” That is
how a dinner idea came to be...not always a recipe, but
too good, not to share.
Today we have Pan Fried Chicken with Broccoli Brown Rice.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Cold Cucumber Soup, refreshing and quite delicious!
Cold Cucumber Soup is not something I had on my list to make, until I found the monster sized cucumbers in the garden! Looking around for cucumber recipes was interesting, there are so many different recipes to consider. And I have to be perfectly honest, I was not sure of this one! But I am very glad I made it, and so will you...
Celery Root Carrot and Apple Slaw is easy and delicious! We love this salad because it is delicious, and putting more vegetables on the table is always a good thing. This just might become a new family favorite.
Peaches and Cream Chia Pudding, simple, delicious and made from basic ingredients already stocked in your pantry. Need a quick and healthy dessert? Take a look right here...why not feed the family healthy?
Grab a Jar of Jam, Marinade and Grill Sauce because grilling season is always close at hand! Or for all of us living in warm climates, it seems we grill the year round! A sauce like this one, (easy, frugal and delicious!) easily becomes a favorite.
Monday, June 16, 2025
Welcome to the Senior Salon Pit Stop #365
Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open!
We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in the line up. Along with thrifting treasures and great family friendly articles also being shared today. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share!
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Braised Cucumbers in Cream, from Julia Child
What do you do when perfect timing between the kitchen and the garden do not line up? One day that cucumber is a bit too small to pick and the next day it is a small monster on the vine! Yep, so easy to happen here in East Texas and a very hot day...enter Braised Cucumbers in Cream, from Julia Child.
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Crust Lovers Fruit Cobbler, light buttery and delicious!
If you are looking for a fruit dessert as delicious as pie, you have found it! Crust Lovers Fruit Cobbler is all about the crust! Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the fruit, but if that crusty topping wasn't there, this would only be a pan of baked fruit...which would change the whole direction of the recipe!
If you are looking for a Quick and Easy Marinara Sauce, from your own kitchen to take the place of jarred sauce from the grocery store, look no further. And this easy recipe is made in your slow cooker, freeing you to get on to the other things needing done!
Sometimes we find the best recipes in the last place we would ever expect to find one! Such is the story of Tuscan Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Oregano...come and take a look.
Watermelon with Mint and Feta! One of the best tasting, most refreshing bowls of fruit you will ever enjoy...Don't let the combination of ingredients concern you in any way, they go together as perfectly as the ocean and a sandy beach.
Friday, June 13, 2025
BBQ Chicken Salad for Sandwiches
Our easy method for making BBQ Chicken Salad for Sandwiches. Easy, delicious, and no additional pans to wash! It really is a bonus meal to enjoy. Not the usual chicken salad, but you will love this one, with or without chips on the side!
Are you looking for a new salad to enjoy and offer more delicious and good for you vegetables into your meal plans? If so, give this Crunchy Tangy Jicama Waldorf Salad a try. Only six ingredients and about 5 minutes time, and you have a crunchy and tasty salad to enjoy!
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 06.13.2025
Welcome to another great weekend!
And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie!
In about five minutes you can have this Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie in the oven, it is that easy. Serve when still a tiny bit warm, adding a touch of whipped cream or a tiny scoop of ice cream and you have just made every chocolate chip cookie lover very, very happy!
Pepper Thyme Chicken over Polenta with Bitter Greens, from Laurie Colwin. Don't let this delicious platter of chicken fool you, there is nothing complicated about this dish!
Do you love the flavor of Bay Leaves in your recipes? Learn how to make Penzy's Bay Leaf Seasoning! One of the most versatile seasonings to keep on hand in your kitchen! And one, you will love for the flavor and the convenience.
I have made Gouda Cheese Spread many times through the years and it is perfect to have on hand, safely tucked away in the fridge. Your family will love it as well, but it was seriously time for some new photos! Why? Because this delicious cheese spread is too good to pass by...
Another gardening project from the DIY Homemade Household side of life! This Easy to make Seed Vault. This will help you keep your garden seeds fresh and at your fingertips!
Spring crop radishes are hitting the markets right about now! But I urge you to keep those beautiful green tops. Because after you have enjoyed the radishes, make a batch of this delicious Radish Top Pesto, and enjoy a fresh taste for many months to come!
These little Individual Blueberry Cakes are so good! They are also very easy to whip up at a moment's notice, but I will tell you right now. My husband has requested that from now on, I double the recipe...
Did you love graham crackers as a kid? If so these muffins are perfect for you and everyone else! Especially guests for breakfast. For some reason, I don't bake a lot of muffins ordinarily. But anytime there are guests at the table, muffins go in the oven!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Five Ingredients or Less, a Dinner Time Round-up of easy recipes from scratch!
As morning turns to evening, dinner must be made. I know around here there is always more to do, than the time to do it! But I learned a long time ago, don't skimp on dinner. Take the time to cook, eat, and get caught up with each other, to end the day. And why I gathered together our best, Five Ingredients or Less, a Dinner Time Round-up of easy recipes!
Monday, June 9, 2025
A Growing List of Our Favorite Fruit Desserts!
Putting delicious food on the table for your family and friends doesn't have to take all day. And that is why I love sharing lists of some of our favorite yet easy recipes. Especially recipes that are a part of a healthy lifestyle. A Growing List of Our Favorite Fruit Desserts is sure to give you some new ideas!
Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open!
We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in the line up. Along with thrifting treasures and great family friendly articles also being shared today. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share!
Onion Supper Bread is not only delicious, but it is so easy to make, and the whole family will love it! What are you waiting for, grab an onion and start dicing...
Homemade (No)Pork and Beans are better than the store brand, your ingredients, your kitchen, for your family. And you don't have to fish out that piece of pork fat after you open the can...
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Potatoes Potatoes and more Potatoes! Everyone loves them!
Welcome to Scratch Made Food! & DIY Homemade Kitchen located out in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Thank you for joining us, we are very glad you did. We love potatoes in this house and wanted to put our best recipes together on one convenient page for you to take a look at...so tell me, which recipe will you make first?
Calling all sauerkraut lovers! I know you are out there, and you will love Granny Dorr's Easy Fruited Sauerkraut! Perfect with a pork roast, country ribs, or pork chops for dinner with the family!
These are the easiest mashed potatoes ever! That's what you can expect from this Instant Pot recipe for Mashed Potatoes, no drain, and Instant Pot easy! By the way, this method also works in your stove-top pressure cooker with a minor adjustment for time, which you will find included below...
Cooking beets will no longer need to take a long time! Welcome to "How to Cook Beets in the Pressure Cooker."! If you are a beet fan, you will love the convenience of using the pressure cooker, because beets are now a snap to cook and serve.
Friday, June 6, 2025
Braised Green Beans with Tomatoes, Garlic and Thyme
When it comes to dinner, you can never go wrong with a vegetable side dish. Or maybe even two if you love vegetables the way I do. Braised Green Beans with Tomatoes Garlic and Thyme will become a new family favorite! Plus this dish practically cooks itself, always a plus in a busy kitchen...
Are you looking for a new potato dish that is just a wee bit more than standard mashed potatoes? Yet still easy to make? If so I would like to offer this Rustic 3 Vegetable Mash with Sautéed Green Onions. It doesn't take long when looking around here at Scratch Made Food! to observe that there are more side dish recipes than main dish recipes. And there is a good reason for that, you see...
It is time to up your peas and carrots game! Skillet Braised Sweet Potatoes and Peas to the rescue, they will add something new to your dinner table.
Are you looking for a simple to prepare potato dish for dinner or your next potluck gathering? Good, because I have the perfect one right here! Dusty Potatoes! Simple ingredients, very little hands-on time, and they taste great...
Got leftover soup? If so you can make a delicious dinner by combining homemade soup with a baked biscuit topping! So easy, you can even let the kids help make Baked Soup and Biscuits for dinner.
If you think whole wheat desserts are dry, tasteless, and not worth your time, I would ask you to think again! We have been baking with whole wheat for a few years now and I can honestly say these whole wheat desserts are delicious, moist, and are true family favorites!
Late winter and early spring still call out for dessert! Make this delicious Pear and Cranberry Crumble from pantry ingredients. Perfect anytime, while we wait for all the fresh crops of spring! Canned pears have never tasted so good!
We often enjoy a fruit dessert after our dinner. For a couple of reasons. One, they are delicious, and two it is another way to get the required servings of fruits and vegetables on your table for the family to enjoy. And these Honey and Cinnamon Baked Apples couldn't be easier or more delicious!
Fresh, different, and delicious! If you are looking for a new recipe to try that incorporates those qualities Stir-Fried Red Cabbage with Ginger and Chives is calling out to you! This beautifully bright, crisp-tender vegetable side dish is perfect with just about any main dish you serve.
Everyone loves Mac and Cheese, and now this whole foods recipe can be made in the slow cooker...come and take a look at Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese quite possibly your new family favorite!
Root vegetables are the answer to the sparse variety at the market in early spring and again in late fall. And these Roasted Root Vegetables come together easily, cook without supervision, and taste delicious!
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