I have been working on perfecting my pancake recipe for my whole adult life. I’m not saying it’s perfect now, as I am constantly surprised by learning new things. However, I am extremely satisfied with this recipe. It combines several things I have learned. Things like: Here’s my sour dough discard pancake recipe: Pre-heat griddle. […]
Growing Sweet Potatoes in SW Idaho
It was my husband’s idea. I had never heard of anyone growing sweet potatoes in Idaho. To inspire me, he found videos about growing sweet potatoes for us to watch together in our home dinner theater (aka watching from the comfortable couches in the living room). The southern accents and plant life in the videos […]
Super Easy No Knead Sourdough Discard French Bread
My sourdough starter was losing potency, even though the method I describe in Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One had worked for several years. Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One So I read up about bringing life to it in The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast. However, after […]
Flambo Bean and Ham Bone Pumpkin Instant Pot Soup
What are flambo beans, anyway? I grew the flambo beans and pumpkin in my garden, but not this year. That is, those ingredients that I put in the soup were not this year’s crop, which is part of why I am so thrilled with how well it turned out. The flambo beans are dry beans, […]
The Scary Part About Growing Your Own Mushrooms
Are mushroom plants from another planet? Mushrooms have always seemed other-worldly to me. So it was with mixed feelings that I purchased the oyster mushroom kit that was on my husband’s Christmas list. It is true he has taken me out to collect wild mushrooms, morels in particular, and we ate those and survived. Not […]
