To Apple Jam or To Apple Butter?

I got a slight addiction to jamming.  I love the experimentation, the flavours and the canning process.  As I was googling recipes to try I discovered something called Apple Butter.  What is apple butter?? Its apples cooked so long that it becomes the consistency of butter.  This recipe is great when you have lots of…

Wild Rose Detox

There has been popular demand from friends and family to do a post on the Wild Rose Cleanse.  Although Kristin and I are not experts, we have done the cleanse a couple times and we have always benefited from it. Since I was very young I have suffered from eczema.  At first I thought it…

Celebrate Pi Day with Fake Apple Pie

Happy Belated Pi Day!! March 14 to some is Pi day (3/14 or 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679…).  Pi is an irrational number or a number that has digits that never repeat.  To celebrate Pi day we eat pie. Of course…

Basic Pasta Sauce

I have been working on keeping a record of all the basic recipes that I make.  When I am on a time crunch I often rely on simple recipes to help me out that week.  This week has been a nightmare!  Everything seems so busy and chaotic.  Pasta is my savoir!!!!  It is easy to…

What to do I do with leftover buttermilk??? Make Buttermilk Scones!!!

What do you do with leftover buttermilk???  Sometimes you’re left with too much buttermilk when you bake.  If you don’t have a use for it you can always freeze it and use it later.  I got into the habit of making things for breakfast.  I’ve made buns for breakfast (bear buns from a previous post)…