Have you ever thought of making your own vanilla extract? I would never have guessed how easy it is! All you need is two ingredients, vanilla beans and alcohol. Yup, that’s it. Who would have thought it could be as simple as that? Last Christmas I gave little bottles of vanilla to some of my…
Recipes
Buckwheat Zucchini Muffins
Who doesn’t love muffins? Sadly many people who have celiac or a gluten intolerance don’t get to enjoy them very often. A couple ladies in my Bible Study have to avoid gluten and basically everything refined so I made these buckwheat muffins with them mind. Buckwheat is actually a seed not a grain despite it’s…
Tacos de Carne Asada Guadelupe Style
The smell of carne asada cooking over hot grill at a taco stand is intoxicating. It’s the essence of street food in Mexico. I was never a huge fan of beef until went to Mexico and had a bite of my first taco. Mumm, I can just taste it now. When my friends and I…
Ginger Thirst Quincher {Cooking Through Little House}
Ma had sent them ginger-water. She had sweetened the cool well-water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put plenty of ginger to warm their stomachs so they could drink till they were not thirsty. Ginger-water would not make them sick, as plain cold water would when they were so hot. Such a treat made…
Blueberries Anyone?
Who doesn’t love blueberries? I’ve always enjoyed this tasty little fruit but is wasn’t until last summer that I fell in love with them. My friend Alisha who is a teacher at our school and I traveled to Michigan to visit our good friends the Whitted’s. We were blessed to stay a few nights at…