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 with the last produce of the gardening season in warm braises, heartier roasted sides, savory soups and more with my seasonal Autumn recipes. Whip up a big batch of sugar-free homemade applesauce for the kids to enjoy, roast up those frost-tolerant greens like broccoli and brussels in delicious side dishes, or tuck in to a delicious plate of my fan-favorite Dr. Pepper short ribs.
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Flavorful Fall Foods
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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…
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Plum Blackberry Sorbet
Homemade sorbet has been my jam this summer. With my son needing me to be dairy free (nursing mom problems), non-dairy ice cream being ridiculously expensive, and sorbet ingredients being so simple, it’s an easy go to when I’m craving a frozen dessert. This creamy plum blackberry sorbet is everything I love about plum sorbet…
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Appetizers | Fall Recipes | Recipes | Snacks
Goat Cheese Appetizers with Roasted Grapes
Even though the sun is still scorching down on us here in California, I can feel the approach of the autumn spirit. Once labor day has passed, my cooking shifts from casual backyard cookouts to cozier parties with friends and family. And, getting together often means eating together, at least it does for me! As…
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Sauteed Green Beans with Bacon, Onions, & Mushrooms
Fresh sauteed green beans with bacon, onions, and mushrooms is an easy to prepare green bean side dish cooked on the stove top with just 4 simple fresh ingredients and a dash of salt and pepper. Crisp tender, perfectly seasoned green beans are a great dinner side dish, or make a lovely Thanksgiving and Christmas…
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Homemade Creamed Corn
Try this Homemade Creamed Corn and discover a new family favorite side dish. The easy stove top or Crock Pot cooking instructions make it simple to whip up a family sized portion of creamed corn with cream cheese, butter, and other easy pantry staples. Use fresh, frozen, or canned corn and whip up the perfect…
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Scalloped Potato Kale Gratin
This creamy scalloped potatoes recipe is a potato kale bake that features layers of thinly sliced potatoes, a reduced cream sauce, plus tender sauteed leeks and kale. It’s a rich and hearty side dish perfect for Thanksgiving, Easter, or Christmas, or to serve as a part of a comforting family meal. I love potatoes. All…
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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