Nothing beats homemade beef jerky. I have made this recipe a couple of times, each time gets better and better. It may take a couple times to get the beef jerky just right since you will need to experiment with thickness, marinade time, and amount of marinade you use. With the perfect combination you will…
Category: Snacks
The Eczema Diet Part #3: Coconut Yogurt
I recently started seeing a naturopath for my eczema. I had an IgG test to see what my foods sensitivities. Most of them were the typical ones; nuts, egg, most grains including rice, dairy and citrus fruit but I had weird results like yeast, and green beans. I wasn’t allergic to gluten! woohoo! I had…
Monkey Bread! Not just for monkeys
Have you ever wanted a fun way for people to eat food?? Try monkey bread!! Parties and gatherings won’t be the same with this. People can grab a piece and go. To substitute buttermilk, I used plain yogurt and milk. Mix the yogurt and milk until it becomes a buttermilk consistency. In a sauce pan, put…
How to Extract Bee Puke (Honey)
Honey is such a wonderful natural source of sweetness. It has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. When you eat local honey it is known to decrease your pollen allergies and honey is also one of the only foods that is known to last for more than 2000 years!! You can’t go wrong with getting more…
Using Gluten-Free Flour… GF Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am starting to notice there is a huge gluten free trend happening in Vancouver. Gluten free foods can be found everywhere. Even all purpose gluten free flour is easily attainable. Well I decided to try using some gluten free flour to replace flour in a non gluten recipe and see what the results are….
Homemade Granola
Making homemade granola is a lot easier than you think. Its so easy that you will never buy granola in stores. I also love how versatile it can be. A basic granola recipe starts off with vegetable oil, honey, maple syrup and oats. I used roughly 1/4 cup vegetable oil, 1/4 cup honey and 1/4…
PPP…. Peanut Butter and Pickles Filled Puff Pastry
That craving. It just hits you. Mmmm peanut butter and pickles. What a strange combination. It started out one day when my friend said that he tried peanut butter and pickles. Eww. I heard about that combination and always wondered who on earth would like it. But of course I had to try it. The…
Sour Dough Crackers
I hate wasting sourdough starter so I started looking up recipes that would use discarded sourdough, or the sourdough starter that you throw away if you haven’t used it. This is an easy and great recipe for those that have too much discarded sourdough. The nice thing with these crackers is the variety of ingredients…
Eat it Now or Eat it Later…. What to do with left over cream cheese icing
I know this may sound unusual and unheard of but I have left over cream cheese icing. How did this happen? Not sure. But if you have left over, this is what I do. This is my go to option, spread on toast. I have tried adding a spoonful to my oatmeal. It adds sweetness…
How to Make Homemade Yogurt!
Making yogurt sounds like a big ordeal but its very easy to do! Yogurt has beneficial bacteria that helps create the nice tart flavour. I’ve only tried making yogurt a couple of times and I’m still experimenting on the time of maturation and type of milk. So far both my batches resulted in runny yogurt….
