Category Dessert
At a neighborhood market in October, I sold S’mores, Choco-Berry (BLackberry/Chocolate tart but with mixed berry jam), Pumpkin and these two new ones:
Pumpkin Tart I turned this recipe into a tart. Spread a layer of the cream cheese frosting on the bottom, fill the rest with the pumpkin pudding and top with...
Finally getting around to recording my tart recipes so some of the process may be a bit vague…
Just for the fun of it, I read the back of a cake mix box and tried to put a mix together. This came in handy when celiac entered my...
I’d had red currants only one time ever so when a co-worker told me that a farmer’s market had red currants, I was so excited. It turned out that she...
I got this super cute little waffle maker and just make the simple recipe that comes with the instructions. I’ve always been weird about pancakes, and waffles have been questionable-...
I found Preppy Kitchen soon after starting Keto - excellent for my diet right? It was maybe a good time to find it so that I couldn’t just make everything....
Trying to recreate the Strawberry Frappuccino after two years and more, I tried what I remembered and while the first iteration was good, I thought it could be better. So...
I tried a keto lemon curd recipe and couldn’t use it all with the keto cake I made it for. It was also super lemony sour so to lighten it...
Having tried and liked rose flavored ice cream I was excited to try another flower flavor even with the risk of it tasting like laundry (at least it would be...
Haagan Daz came out with a version of this ice cream while I was in Hong Kong. I saw billboards and such, but I have no idea if it was...
I had a delicious Peach Cobbler at a girls’ camp and had to get the recipe. That was so long ago though and I don’t have that recipe anymore but...
You’ve probably heard of Orange Julius (pictured). Dairy Queen has a Julius stand in the food court of the local mall. My family started making these at home over a...
This was occasionally our dinner. A super easy sandwich. The only way to mess it up is to burn it in the broiler which happened more often than you’d think....
Cherries or cherry sauce
Ice Cream
Milk
I was inspired by this recipe which was quite tasty. I’d made another keto ice cream at the beginning of my keto journey but keto ice cream gets so hard...
Unless you are from or have a connection to Scandinavia, you probably haven’t heard of kransekake. It’s a little tricky to get the layers perfectly round, even with a special...
More than likely, you haven’t heard of this. It was only available at Starbucks in Japan for one month in 2019. Here’s the proof!. I found it my first day...
Category Dinner
The gluten free pasta instructions say not to mix the cooked noodles with sauce because they will become soggy and gross. So when I had homemade ricotta (if milk is...
I had some leftover turkey gravy from Thanksgiving and a good bit of rotisserie chicken in my freezer. So I made up a casserole to get that out of the...
I rented a basement for a year and a half before I got married. Occasionally, the homeowners would ask if I’d eaten and wanted some food. One such meal was...
I hadn’t had this in years but it came to mind a few months ago and I had to make it. I reached out on Facebook to the person who...
We use this fajita marinade recipe then my husband grills the meat.
I never measure this one and may forget something occasionally so it comes out different every time. The amount of everything depends on the size of the tomato sauce can....
I lived in Norway for a year and a half and collected recipes as much as I could. Meat cakes or kjottkake was a very common meal but usually made...
Growing up, my mom always cooked bacon in the oven - I think it was set to broil. By cooked, I really mean burned. Not every pan but at least...
I wanted to recreate a salsa I had tried - a neighbor girl was selling salsa in the neighborhood but she was leaving so I had to find a replacement....
A friend taught me how to make this several years ago. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures and I haven’t made it in so long, I had to rediscover and...
My mother-in-law used to make roast a lot and always commented that it was tough but everyone else thought it was great. She swears the rump roast is the best...
This was occasionally our dinner. A super easy sandwich. The only way to mess it up is to burn it in the broiler which happened more often than you’d think....
My dad had another name for these (maggot omlet) but that sounds gross so we changed it to “Mega”. This is a super quick and easy meal that brings the...
Pork Tenderloin
Chicken Boullion (enough to cover tenderloin)
1 TBSP Honey
3 TBSP Soy Sauce
As a teenager, I was obsessed with lemons and created this version of the classic. Fair warning, it is quite lemony.
Category Battles
Trying to recreate the Strawberry Frappuccino after two years and more, I tried what I remembered and while the first iteration was good, I thought it could be better. So...
I wanted to recreate a salsa I had tried - a neighbor girl was selling salsa in the neighborhood but she was leaving so I had to find a replacement....
Category Kitchen Injuries
A couple weeks ago, I was doing the dishes. There were just a couple things that wouldn’t fit in the dishwasher so I was washing them by hand. The last...
Category Sister Cooking
I had the sisters over again and made Katsudon. My sisters brought an air-fryer with them for us to try so we used this Pork Cutlet recipe to go with...
One of my cooking buddy sisters was going go to live in Florida so I had to have them come one more time this fall before she left. This time...
This time three sisters came and we made breakfast too. It was a long but delicious day:
I had two sisters over to cook with me as a bonding activity. Since I don’t live at home anymore I feel like I don’t know them sometimes. I let...
Category Snack
Knekkebrød is the Norwegian name for these seed and grain crackers. There are variations out there for gluten free, nut-full or nutfree. In Norway I had one that was homemade...
Category Breakfast
I got this super cute little waffle maker and just make the simple recipe that comes with the instructions. I’ve always been weird about pancakes, and waffles have been questionable-...
Category Christmas Cooking
Well the tarts were such a hit last year, I had to do it again! This time, though, I did them all gluten-free. One person said they were maybe more...
Christmas has come and gone again! I came up with a rather ambitious plan just before Thanksgiving (other ideas were not working out in my tests). This plan was to...
For the last few years, I have tried to make homemade gifts for Christmas. Previous years were soap and bath bombs in 2018, and crocheted hats in 2019. I knew...
Category Life
Hello world! So I was recently diagnosed with celiac disease which means that when I eat gluten a war is waged inside my small intestines and causes damage to my...
