Recipes

Banana Honey Muffins

These banana honey muffins are easy to mix up and bake and are a great way to use up ignored over-ripe bananas. Not too sweet and nicely moist. Be sure to measure your mashed bananas to ensure you are not short, as you will get a drier muffin. Banana Honey Muffins Ingredients: 3-4 ripe bananas… Continue reading Banana Honey Muffins

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Dill Pickled Carrots

I've been considering adding more easily preserved pickled vegetables to our meals. I decided to do carrots first. The hands-on time is very short, and I was done within an hour and had all my water bath canning gear packed back up. And that is how canning should be - quick and easy. Dill Pickled… Continue reading Dill Pickled Carrots

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Lower-Sodium Beef and Mushroom Rice-A-Roni

My sons love this dish, even with mushrooms added. By chopping them finely, they don't stand out in the final dish, but add a deep flavor. Rice-A-Roni is made with rice and thin pasta, like vermicelli (which is tiny pieces). However, I have found that orzo pasta works even better and has a better texture.… Continue reading Lower-Sodium Beef and Mushroom Rice-A-Roni

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Low Carb Turkey Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

I am not generally a huge mushroom fan because I find fungi to be "slimy" and "wet" unless they've been seared on a flat top. So when Kirk asked for this recipe, I wasn't necessarily looking forward to it. I was won over, though. It works, and the mushrooms are solid and meaty. It is… Continue reading Low Carb Turkey Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

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Dehydrating Berry and Apple Fruit Leather

With a predicted windstorm looming, I cleaned out the freezers and consolidated them so we wouldn't lose anything if the power went out, which was a good thing, as we lost power Monday morning. We had bags of frozen berries that we had grown and picked. They were mixes of Black, Marion, and Red Raspberries.… Continue reading Dehydrating Berry and Apple Fruit Leather