Homemade Peanut Butter Made Easy

There’s nothing like the freshly roasted peanut butter, it’s just bursting with flavor. Better and healthier than anything you can get from the store you can make a fresh roasted peanut butter at home in just a few minutes. Nut butters are a great source of protein and vital nutrients. They can be made quickly and store well. 

Ingredients

Peanuts

Honey

Start by placing peanuts on a baking sheet inna singke layer. Roast at 350 degrees farenheit for a few minutes making sure not to over roast them. Let them cool and then place in your grinder, heavy duty blender or food processor adding one tablespoon oh honey per cup of peanuts. Let blend until nuts release their oils and mixture becomes creamy. Once done store in a glass jar.

Cream Of Mushroom Soup - Easy Recipe

An easy recipe for a delicious creamy cream of mushroom soup. Perfect any time of the year but especially so on those chilly days! This soup is super easy to make and cooks up quickly making it just right for those moments you want a healthy, hearty and nutritious meal that’s easy to make and yet very satisfying. It’s a great comfort food whether you serve it up in bread bowls or regular bowls. It can also be used in any recipe that you have that calls for cream of mushroom soup. 

Ingredients

1 package of white button mushrooms

2 cups of vegetable stock

2 cups of milk

8 tablespoons of flour

oil for bottom of the pan

1 pat of butter

dash of heavy cream

2 cloves of fresh garlic

1 small yellow onion

salt for seasoning

black pepper for seasoning

cayenne pepper for seasoning

In a large pot, add oil enough to cover the bottom generously, add onion, garlic and let cook for a moment. Add sliced mushrooms, and cook until just lightly browned, add flour stirring well. If you need to add a bit more oil do so. Stir and let cook for a few minutes while stirring. Add vegetable broth stir well, add milk and stir well. Add seasonings, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Stir reduce heat cover and let cook. Cook on very low heat to prevent scorching and boiling over. Stir frequently to prevent sticking on the bottom and ensure creaminess. Cook until mushrooms are cooked and tender. Add a dash of heavy cream, stir. Remove from heat. Serve and enjoy!

Bread Bowls Easy Recipe

A super easy bread bowl recipe perfect for soups, stews or snything else you’d like to fill it with! I love a good bread bowl and these are fun to make and fill. They hold up well with any filling without getting soggy on the bottom and you can save the centers to make an amazing fresh breadcrumb. 

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups warm water

1 1/2 tsps salt

1 tsp sugar

1 tbs oil

1 package of dry active yeast

3 cups of flour

Sesame seeds for top (optional)

Add the warm water to a large mixing bowl, adding the sugar, salt,oil,and dry yeast. Mix well and let sit for five minutes until yeast looks foamy on top. Gradually add in flour, until dough comes together. Knead a bit dusting with flour, remove from bowl, knead on surface (not necessary, can knead it it bowl too, less clean up)  bringing the outer edges in towards the center and pushing down. Shape into a ball and place into lightly greased bowl. Cover and let rise until dough is halfway doubled. Punch dough down, knead just a bit, shape into a ball, cover and let rise until dough has fully doubled. Preheat oven to 325 degrees farenheit and section dough into quarters. Shape into balls by bringing edges in to the bottom, placing onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush tops lightly with water, score the tops with a knife, sprinkle on sesame seeds, cover and let rise for 30 minutes or until they have almost doubled in size. Bake at 325 until golden brown on top. Place on a wire rack to cool. Serve and enjoy!

How To Make Butter

There’s nothing like the tase of fresh homemade butter! You can make it at home in just a few minutes with only a couple of ingredients. Whip it up and enjoy that fresh taste only a homemade butter can have. You get the added benefit of knowing you have a fresh and pure butter that has no other additives or harmful ingredients. Give it a try, I think you’ll love it!

Ingredients

Heavy cream 1 or 2 cups or as much as you like depending on how much you want to make

dash of salt

bowl of ice water

Ad heavy cream to a large mixing bowl, beat with a mixer until butter and buttermilk seperate. Gather butter into a ball and drop it into ice water. Strain and save the buttermilk. It’s great in pancakes, cakes etc.

Take your butter snd squeeze out as much buttermilk over the ice bath as you can. Pop into a container and refrigerate. You can also shape it into bars wrap in parchment paper, place in a freezer bag and it will store really well that way. Enjoy!

Veal Stew - Quick and Easy One Pot Meal

A quick and easy veal stew recipe for those moments when you want a healthy, hearty yet easy one pot meal. This stew incorporates fresh tomatoes and lots of veggies giving an incredible amount of flavor. Everything is sliced on the thin side which helps reduce cooking time. It can be made with beef rather than veal. Either way it makes a super tasty healthy hearty meal.

Ingredients

1 pound of veal or beef sliced on the thin side

1 small yellow onion

2 cloves of garlic

2 small stalks of celery

1 medium carrot

3 medium size potatoes 

1 cup of peas

1 cup of sliced mushrooms

2-3 vine ripened chopped tomatoes ( remove peel by blanching before chopping)

1/4 cup olive oil or oil of your choice

salt and pepper to taste

Dash of red pepper flakes

Dash of cayenne pepper

A bit of chopped  parsley for garnish.

Directions

Add oil to bottom of  medium size pot, add diced onion, garlic, celery, carrots and beef. Cook until lightly browned. Add tomatoes and let cook down a bit stiring well. Once tomatoes are tender stir well until they are thoroughly crushed. When meat starts to become tender add you peas, mushrooms, and potatoes. Add about half a cup of water, a little oil and seasonings. Stir well cover and let cook until meat and poratoes are tender. When it’s done add a final spinkling of fresh chopped parsley on top serve and enjoy!

Coconut Loaf Cake

A super easy, super moist coconut loaf recipe. Topped with a coconut glaze and lightly sweetened coconut this coconut loaf cake comes out super moist and super tasty. Coconut is used throughout the recipe creating a super fragrant coconutty cake. It’s easy to make and can be whipped up in a few minutes. 

Glaze

1/2 cup powdered sugar

Dash of coconut milk

Dash of coconut oil.

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl stirring until creamy.Set aside until cake is done and thoroughly cooled.

Coconut Topping 

1/2 cup lightly moistened dessicated coconut

1/2 tsp powdered sugar

Mix ingrediets together and set aside.

Cake

2 eggs

1 cup of sugar

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup coconut milk

1 1/2 cups of dessicated coconut

1 cup of flour

2 1/2 tsps baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

In a large bowl whisk together eggs and sugar until mixture lightens in color. Add coconut oil and whisk together. Add dry ingredients and mix. Add coconut milk mix well. Pour into 6 by 10 baking pan lined with parchment paper and bake at 325 degrees farenheit until golden brown on top. Remove and let cool on wire rack. Top with glaze, sprinkle on sweetened coconut. Let set. Slice, serve and enjoy!

Easy Homemade Coconut Milk

A quick and easy coconut milk recipe!

Wholewheat Walnut Loaf Cake

A whole wheat walnut cake recipe that’s easy to make, on the healthier side as far as cakes go and super satisfying. Loaded with walnuts,hints of cinnamon and a crumb topping this cake comes out moist and delicious! 

Ingredients

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups of wholewheat flour

3/4 cup white flour

1 1/2 cups of sugar

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

2 1/2 tsps baking powder

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup oil

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla rxtract

1 tsp cinnamon

Crumb Topping

1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/4 white flour

1/4 tsp salt

dash of cinnamon

1 tsp of oil just enough to bring the topping together without over moistening

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Peach Pie With Fresh Peaches

A quick and easy recipe for a delicous and fragrant peach pie. This pie counts on the deliciousness of naturally fragrant peaches and comes together quickly. There’s nothing as wonderful as the aroma of a fresh peach pie baking in your oven. If you enjoy peaches and fruit pies you’ll love this recipe.

Ingredients

Pie crust 

2 1/2 cups of flour

1 stick of butter

1 tsp salt

1 tbs powdered sugar

Filling 

6 to 7 large peaches peeled and seed removed

1 1/2 cups of sugar

1/4 cup cornflour

Easy Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe

 

Making your own delicious buttermilk biscuits at home is super  easy with this recipe. These buttermilk biscuits come out so light and flaky you’ll never want store bought again! Quick and easy to make they’re great fresh out of the oven. They freeze well and are easily re-heated too! For a quck walk through on the recipe check out the video posted below.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of flour

                                                                      1 tsp salt

                                                                      2 tsps sugar

                                                                      1/4 tsp baking soda

                                                                      2 tbs baking powder

                                                                      1 cup of buttermilk

                                                                      1/2 cup butter

Directions

Combine your dry ingredients in a bowl, add butter cutting it in with a fork or pastry cutter until you have a coarse cornmeal like texture. Add your buttermilk mix well until all the flour is incorporated. Knead lightly for just a few moments ( you don’t want to melt the butter). Take dough out of bowl roll it out into a square then roll up as if you were making a swiss roll. Roll it out into a square again, repeat the rolling and rolling up another two times. Then cut out your bicuits, place on a baking tray and bake at 425 degrees farenheit for about 10 or 15 minutes until gokden brown on top. Remove let sit on a wire rack for a few minutes then serve. Enjoy!