Do you need real food ideas to jazz up egg salad? I like egg salad when the eggs are still warm… On fresh, toasted, homemade bread with lots of mayonnaise. Not the healthiest way to enjoy egg salad but I buy organic eggs direct from the farm, where the chickens roam free and eat a non-GMO, […]
The best homemade ranch dressing (and seasoning mix)
This is a family favorite…and a great mom sneak exchange. It’s better then the bottled version or the chemical laden packets and super healthy because it’s made with yogurt. Wait, don’t leave yet. I promise it’s worth sticking around for! Let me tell you how I know. My husband and I went camping with family […]
What’s the difference between Herbes de Provence and Italian seasoning?
My mother was born and raised in Italy. I was lucky enough to grow up in a house that constantly smelled like Italy..you know the aroma…smells like rosemary, thyme, basil, and oregano. We grew up with olive oil, eating it long before it was hip. My mom is a great cook, she taught us, very early […]
How to make homemade taco seasoning
Quality taco seasoning in under a minute. How could that be? When I decided to purge my pantry of the little store-bought seasoning packet mixes (you know the ones); recreating homemade, organic taco season mix was at the top of my list. If I was using non-GMO, farm raised, grass-fed meat, I sure wasn’t tainting […]
Blazing, spicy, homemade hot pepper seasoning
Do you like your food blazing hot and spicy? This recipe is a labor of love. It requires a mask, gloves and eye protection. No, I am not kidding. Keep reading and I’ll explain. My husband likes things spicy, in fact he likes things hot, super hot, labels with skulls and bones hot. Me not so much; […]