Bringing "back in the day" back to today
We are stuck in a cold snap and I am sick of it. I’m so over roasted meats, soups and stews. This week you won’t find any of that. We’re in need of some ideas for our upcoming menus. Tell us what you want to see on Only From Scratch!
I am a big fan of meals that make large amounts that can be used for left over night. Stuffed shells always goes over well in our household and isn’t too difficult to prepare. Ricotta cheese isn’t my favorite so it’s taken me awhile to find a cheese ratio that works well.
This little bundle of joy is the secret to awesome soup. Fresh thyme, parsley and bay leaves wrapped in cheesecloth simmer quietly in chicken broth to flavor your soup with the perfect seasoning blend. Add cream, dry sherry and wild rice and you have a chicken soup that is so good that you’ll wish illness …
This is comfort food at it’s finest. For us this was a new recipe that I followed exactly and after the family devoured it was agreed that the original recipe is perfection. This was an easy meal for a Sunday and paired very well with mashed potatoes and corn. If you have about an hour …
Better late than never…here is this week’s meal plan. Help me readers! I’m in need of suggestions/ideas for upcoming dinners!
These strawberry lemon breakfast muffins were not my favorite, but since my 3 year old ate three of them so far today I thought that I’d ask her what to write about them. Me: “Tell me about your muffin.” K: “You take pictures of them.” Me: “How do they taste?” K: “Good. They my favorite …
I am so sick of winter! My grill is buried under two feet or more of snow and we’d have to use the snow blower to blaze a path to get at it. I could really go for some BBQ chicken with grilled potatoes right about now. Just a little glimpse of summer would be …
Valentine’s Day is all about celebrating love. Today we celebrate this recipe, which I LOVE. My mother made these cookies for all sorts of holidays for as far back as I can remember. I remember having to bring extras in my lunchbox for my friends because they too were hooked on Mom’s butter cookies. …
On Sundays I like to prepare meals that take a little longer to cook. Sometimes I choose recipes that are more involved. Not today! Lately our kitchen gets a workout on Sundays, as we bake the week’s bread and lunch treats. Eric was also bustling around the kitchen today too. When all of that was …
My apologies, we have been so slow with updates this week. Sunshine has been in short supply and beautiful pictures of our food have not been happening! We continued our quest for tasty wheat bread this week by trying this recipe from the King Arthur flour website.