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Welcome. I want to congratulate you for your decision to cook using all homemade ingredients in your recipes. You are about to discover a brand new way to cook food. All natural never tasted so good. First, half of my homemade recipes are heirloom recipes have been posted for you to try and start your own family tradition. These are favorites I have saved over a 35 year time span that are decades old. These easy recipes are the lost and forgotten recipes you wish you wrote down - but didn't. I have a love for food and cooking. I love trying out new recipes and experimenting with new ingredients. I use fresh ingredients and develop recipes that are quick and easy to prepare. My ingredients have recipes too. I try not to use any commercial ingredients; I make my own. This makes my food taste out of this world, and I save money too.
I try to focus on quality recipes, not a large quantity of recipes. There are not hundreds of different recipes for the same dish, just one recipe for each dish. So you do not have to search through hundreds of different recipes for a good one, like you do at large group recipe sites.
I find inspiration in old cookbooks, food photos, and of course, the Food Network. (Love you Bobby Flay and Paula Deen!)I like to find a recipe, and develop different variations, using my own personal seasonings, homemade pantry items and condiments. Then I combine the best of the best to create my own interpretation of the dish.
How do I know that you can cook like this? Because I did. I did not attend a culinary school or even take a on-line class (when I was learning, the internet wasn't that big then!). So in short, I know you can do it and you will enjoy every step of the way. For those of you that are excellent cooks - it's always fun to try new recipes and add them to your favorite collection.
photo courtesy of midwestliving.com Start today (or continue) to build on great family tradition that will be taught to your children and then on to their great-great grandchildren.
Raschell
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FEATURED RECIPE:
HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY MUFFIN RECIPE
2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 TBS baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup milk or half-and-half
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp strawberry extract (optional)
1-1/2 cups fresh strawberries, quartered
Top the muffins with my Old-Fashioned Cream Cheese Frosting
(only make half of the recipe)
whole strawberries, halved (garnish)
powdered sugar (garnish)
PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees. Grease or use paper lined muffin tin; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, milk, oil and strawberry extract. Stir into the dry ingredients and mix JUST until incorporated (there will be lumps). Fold in quartered strawberries.
Spoon into greased muffin tins and sprinkle tops lightly with white sugar. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and top with a dollop of cream cheese frosting. Nestle a halved strawberry on top and smile. You just created a "good thing."
Strawberry Banana Muffins
add 3/4 cups strawberries and
3/4 cup chopped banana
Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
add 1 cup strawberries and
1/2 cup chopped rhubarb
photo courtesy of *christine** at flickr.com