Maple Orange and Sherry Wine Mustard, simple, delicious, and gourmet quality!

Maple Orange and Sherry Wine Mustard really is gourmet in flavor, yet easy on the cook and your pocketbook! Plus it makes a wonderful gift to take to a new neighbor or to finish out that gift basket you might be putting together, no matter the time of year. Homemade mustard is delicious, fun, and frugal!

Cranberry with Thyme Vinaigrette

We love this Cranberry with Thyme Vinaigrette. It is fresh and delicious! Hands down, homemade salad dressings are fresher and more creative than store-bought. Plus you know exactly the ingredients used in your salad dressing...and none of them are artificial.  

Seeded Whole Wheat Bread, double batch recipe.

Seeded Whole Wheat Bread is another special variety loaf of whole wheat bread. Seeded, high protein, and perfect for sandwiches, toast or a simple snack of bread and butter. Also goes great with soup or a salad. Like all our bread recipes, it starts the day before...

Classic Pear and Chocolate Chia Pudding

Pears and chocolate come together deliciously in this easy to make Classic Pear and Chocolate Chia Pudding. Perfect to stir up in the morning and enjoy for dessert after dinner that same evening! While chia puddings are usually made individually we like a dessert where everyone can dish up their own portion. Plus this stores easily in the fridge....

Fruit and Nut Brownie Bread, whole wheat and fruit sweetened

My hubby loves chocolate whether it is, candy, cookies, or ice cream! When it is time to bake but time is short, this Fruit and Nut Brownie Bread is the one to bake. A loaf of rich fruity, chocolate-y quick bread, to slice and serve as needed. With a texture that will remind you of cake brownies. The chocolate lover in your family, will thank you! 

 

Whole Wheat Carrot Chia Bread

Whole Wheat Carrot Chia Bread, is so easy even your favorite little kitchen helper, can have a helping hand in the making! Start this delicious loaf in the ABM, and finish in the oven, if desired!

Chunky Fruit Vinaigrette, cook with what you have!

I Wonder if this has happened to you. You purchase ingredients for a recipe and when you go to use them, they are now too overripe to be used, yikes? Since I enjoy the creative challenge of cooking with what I have, that overripe piece of fruit became a delicious vinaigrette! Come and take a look at our Chunky Fruit Vinaigrette...

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, so easy you can make it last minute!

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...

Celery Root Carrot and Apple Slaw

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

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?

Honey and Cinnamon Baked Apples.

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!

Honey Bread Pudding.

While it may seem that I have enough bread pudding recipes on this blog, I did not have a recipe for Honey Bread Pudding! That is until now...come and take a look at this delicious dessert the whole family will enjoy! And with no refined sugar...

Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Apple Salad with Pecans. Fresh, crunchy, delicious!

Are you looking for more delicious non-lettuce salads to enjoy? While a lettuce-based salad is always enjoyable, other vegetables make great salads as well. Plus having a variety of non-lettuce salad recipes to enjoy, means that a salad is just a few moments away!

Honey and Almond Granola

Needing to think about breakfast? Think about this, Honey and Almond Granola which has no refined sugar and only takes 30 minutes in the oven! This is the recipe that got me loving homemade granola! Because why buy granola at the market when it is this quick and easy to make?

Let's Go Coconuts! Granola.

Granola has come a long way since the days of love and light from the 60's! And since I was actually there (yep, I am that old...) it has come a long way in my own kitchen as well! Let's Go Coconuts! Granola is its own special treat, come and take a look at why...

Nuts and Honey Granola!

Nuts and Honey Granola is made with four different nuts, almonds, walnuts, cashews, and coconut! Baked to a golden brown, this is one delicious granola...plus granola for breakfast is so easy, everyone can simply help themselves.

Coconut Maple Granola.

Historically granola has been a "throw it all in there" sort of recipe. And while I have made granola that fit that flavor profile in the past, I found I enjoy a cleaner tasting granola, with defined flavor rather than a melody of flavor. And this Coconut Maple Granola just might be my favorite so far!

Whole Wheat Raisin Walnut Bread

Whole Wheat Raisin Walnut Bread, is another delicious loaf of bread, to add variety to your bread baking routine! Make this bread the old fashioned way or use your automatic bread machine, the choice is yours!

Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette

Homemade salad dressings are a favorite around here and for a good reason. They are easily made from pantry staples, you will love the fresh flavor, and they are frugal! Give this delicious Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette a try, you will be glad you did. 

Carrot Raisin Banana Bread, whole wheat and no refined sugar

Carrot Raisin Banana Bread is a delicious whole-wheat quick bread with no refined sugar. That's right, none! Made with whole food ingredients, it is also 100% delicious! Which is the most important part, because if it doesn't taste good, no one will want to eat it...