From Scratch Recipes for Foodies & Their Families
Browse hundreds of unique, from scratch recipes and cooking guides designed to help home cooks of any skill level. Taste the difference that fresh, flavorful, seasonal recipes can make for your home cooking and bring restaurant-quality flavors to your dinner table. Celebrate the sun and the colorful bounty it provides with countless summer recipes in all shapes and sizes. Try my new sausage pepper pasta for a quick family favorite. Savor the season’s fruit with a kale berry salad, and use that abundant garden zucchini in a freezer-friendly zucchini lasagna that will become a new instant favorite. Summer and all its flavors await!
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Summer Flavors
Strawberry Jam Canning Recipe
This easy strawberry jam canning recipe is a classic combination of fresh strawberries, sugar, and pectin that makes a consistent, sweet and fruity spreadable jam. Get tips on processing the fruit, how to make it safe for canning, and how long to water bath can it for long-lasting shelf stable storage. California, my long-time home,…
Peach Hand Pies
These mini peach hand pies are made with a simple 3 ingredient fresh peach filling, a simple homemade brown sugar short crust, and finished with a quick powdered sugar glaze. They’re a great way to enjoy seasonal stone fruit and make a shareable, fresh dessert for cookouts, parties, or to stock your freezer. For some…
Quick & Easy Blueberry Compote
For a simple recipe, a simple post. It’s a quick one this week guys, both to read and to make! This is a super simple, quick and easy blueberry compote recipe. It’s one of those recipes that came together naturally and deliciously, and I just had to share it! Ingredients There are only 4 ingredients…
Crispy Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich
Enjoy this summer version of a crispy buttermilk chicken sandwich for lunch or dinner and savor the perfect layers of texture and flavor. A combination of fresh summer bell peppers, ripe avocado, and buttermilk crispy chicken cutlets combine in a sandwich you can make in just 30 minutes. One thing I love about cooking with…
Cornbread Muffin Recipe with Corn
A soft and fluffy cornbread muffin recipe with corn baked right into the batter. A delicious, easy way to incorporate fresh corn into an easy cornbread muffin that the whole family will enjoy. Around this time every year the farmer’s market fills with stands selling just one thing – sweet corn. It’s staple crop around…
Bell Peppers: Differences and How to Cook Them
In this Complete Cooking Guide discover fun facts about all the colors of bell peppers and get ideas for cooking each type to maximize their flavor Have you noticed how gorgeous bell peppers are around this time of year? Grocery stores and farmers markets are full of their vibrant colors. Here you’ll find everything you…
Scratch Made Staples
Hi, I’m Mikayla, a foodie mom who LOVES to cook, eat, and feed my family fresh, flavorful seasonal foods. Here you’ll find unique, from scratch recipes and cooking guides designed to help home cooks of any skill level master flavor and technique and deliver delicious, real food to the table.
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