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. Cozy up during the cool Fall weather with my Fall Recipes category. Or, try some of our favorites like cinnamon roll oatmeal, honey glazed rainbow carrots, and pumpkin streusel coffee cake. No matter what you choose, flavor will warm up your family table.
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Fall Flavors
Pomegranate Jelly
Pomegranate jelly is a fantastic way to capture the flavor of fresh pomegranates and enjoy it all year long. This pomegranate jelly recipe is a simple combination of pure pomegranate juice, sugar, and pectin, and produces a bright beautiful homemade jelly that’s full of punchy tart flavor and just the right sweetness. Pomegranate is one…
Pomegranate Cranberry Jam
A fresh cranberry jam with pomegranate juice is the perfect blend of sweet and tart. It’s easy to make with only 4 simple ingredients, and can be water bath canned for shelf stable storage. Enjoy seasonal cranberry and pomegranate flavors beyond thanksgiving with this easy cranberry jam recipe! Before I began working with fresh cranberries…
Pear Butter Recipe
Lightly sweetened cooked pears with citrus and warm spices transform into a delicious thick pear butter that makes a fantastic spread or cheese topping. This no pectin pear butter recipe is easy to make, and canning pear butter makes it shelf stable and enjoyable all year long. Read on for the easy walk through on…
Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Soft, fluffy, and sweet spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are easy to make and even easier to eat! Simple but scrumptious spice cake cupcakes will be a hit at any fall or winter gathering, especially a holiday party. Step by step instructions and an easy recipe can have these ready to eat in an…
Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
Apple pecan chicken salad is an easy meal that packs a big, satisfying flavor. Use leftover or canned chicken to mix up a delicious sandwich filling or cracker topping that’s full of delicious texture and flavor from pecans, granny smith apples, and the right blend of seasoning. As a stay-at-home mom, I’m always looking for…
Tomato Spinach Salad
This tomato spinach salad is a simple, but delicious rendition of a basic chopped spinach salad, tossed with juicy cherry tomatoes and fresh shaved Parmesan. It takes only minutes to bring this quick dinner salad together, vinaigrette included! As a blogger, I spend a LOT of time working on recipes, which means a lot of…
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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