Recipes

Sweet Potato Biscuits  Don’t microwave or boil the sweet potatoes, they need to oven roast to bring out the sweetness. It’s a totally different taste between the different methods of cooking. Roast in their skins, pierced with a fork or knife, place on tin foil or parchment – there will be sugary syrup leaking out […]

Sweet Potato Pie This pie tastes very similar to the classic pumpkin pie, and so easy to make. Don’t microwave or boil the sweet potatoes, they need to oven roast to bring out the sweetness. It’s a totally different taste between the different methods of cooking.  For the crust, you can purchase already-made graham cracker

Rustic Artisan Bread Makes four 1 pound loaves. This recipe is easily halve or doubled. 3 cups lukewarm water 1 ½ tbsp granulated yeast (2 pkgs) 1 ½ tbsp kosher or other coarse salt 6 ½ cups unsifted, unbleached, all-purpose white flour, measured with the “scoop and

Apple Crisp – Single Serve, in a Cast Iron Tiny Skillet 1 small apple, Granny Smith or something similar, cored and cut up into chunks ½ tsp lemon juice 1 to 3 tsp brown sugar ½ tsp cinnamon tiny pinch of salt Topping: 2 tbsp rolled oats (not quick oats) 1 tbsp flour 1 tbsp

Potato and Bacon Soup I found this soup on a chat forum, but there were no instructions on the cooking method. I don’t know what the original soup tastes like, but my results were like a nice creamy chowder.  I finally found the original recipe, so I will post a link to it at the

Lammas, also known as Lughnasadh, is the first of the three harvest festivals on the Wheel of the Year, celebrating the season’s first abundance.  Fresh baked bread is one of the main traditions of this celebration, what better way than with some sweet cornbread for the occasion. Sweet golden honey and ripening ears of corn

Blueberry Soda Serves 2 1 cup fresh blueberries  2 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 cup sparkling water  Ice cubes Lemon slices and mint for garnish In a small saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar and lemon juice. Simmer for 5 – 6 minutes, then mash the berries. Strain the mixture and let it cool. Fill

Blueberry Muffins 2 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar, packed 1 Tbsp baking power ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ cup butter, melted 2 large eggs 1 cup buttermilk, (a substitute is 1 tbsp lemon juice, then fill with milk til it’s 1 cup) 2 tsp vanilla extract 1