Recipes

If you’re looking for a perfect dinner roll, this may be it. These savory pumpkin dinner rolls are soft, squishy, and buttery. And awesome. The flavors in these buttery rolls perfectly complement all your Thanksgiving favorites.You may also want to check out my garlic Parmesan rolls or my soft garlic chive dinner rolls. They’re soft and perfect for sopping up gravy, too! This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I will earn a small commission. Your price is unaffected. Bread Matters I love a good, crusty bread. One you practically have to...

{NEW} Chicken Salad Meal Prep  Tasty! Tasty! Lunchtime convenience! Rachel’s Tips: I REALLY prefer golden raisins over the typical raisins we all grew up with. Golden raisins are much more plump, and juicy, with a more delicious, fruitier, lighter flavor. Have you tried them yet? When choosing healthier crackers: Read the ingredients label. There are varieties made out of oatmeal, sprouted oat flours, and even nuts these days that are all great options. The very most important thing is that your crackers do NOT contain partially hydrogenated oils. Also, look for no added sugar. I’m constantly asked WHY I believe...

  I normally like to bake Todd something special at the weekend. Usually it is a cake, but we already had some cake in. (I bought a lemon loaf at Costco on Thursday.)   I thought maybe some  muffins or squares.  Then I picked up this book and went looking through.  Its a cookbook I picked up at Marks & Spencer a while back.  The recipes in it always turn out. So far not a dud in the bunch.   I did have rather a lot of dessert apples so when I spied the recipe for Upside-down Toffee Apple Brownies, I thought  to...

The Wheatless Experiment continues in earnest in Fitchburg. Almost a month has gone by now, with only a few accidental slips (and one purposeful taste). I have kind of hit my stride, finding it easy enough to stick with my plan and say “no” to temptation. The best news is that I can still honestly report that the arthritis-type pain in my hips, legs, knees and thumb joints is gone. I do still have a persistent clicking in my left knee (which I’ve had since I was a teen), but no more ache-til-you-wanna-cry pain. I thank God for this result....

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Cal Orey Cranberry Scones and Tea for National Hot Tea Month Warm Up  Winter Scones  and Hot Tea By Cal Orey A few weeks ago, I was chilling in a hot tub after swimming. A tourist and I engaged in a conversation. When I shared my recent experiences at tearooms in Canada, her interest soared. She said, “My friend wants to open up a tearoom on the South Shore. What do you think?” There was a pregnant pause as I thought, “Gee, she stole my idea!” But as time passed, I arrived at the conclusion a tearoom may...