Tired of bland, mushy potato salad? Try this tasty rendition of homemade potato salad for your next potluck barbeque. Just don’t expect to bring any home. I needed to find a potato salad recipe for just such a potluck because someone else ...
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Homemade Chicken Salad
This homemade chicken salad recipe is completely satisfying – a bit of salty, a bit of sweet, a bit of summer dill. Grab it for a summer picnic, weekday lunch, or dress it up for a party. You can’t go wrong! You know when you sometimes get a ...
Best Ever Homemade Iced Tea Concentrate
This homemade iced tea concentrate recipe is simply the best iced tea I’ve ever tasted. It is sweet, strong, and tastes like tea, and is completely adaptable to your preferences. This refreshing tea is perfect for those hot summer days, or anytime ...
Ultimate Macaroni Salad
Are you looking for that perfectly flavourful and creamy macaroni salad to bring to the next summer BBQ? This ultimate macaroni salad does not disappoint. Forget the dry, bland, so-much-macaroni-is-it-really-a-salad recipes and make this crave-worthy ...
Melt in Your Mouth Rhubarb Dessert
Rhubarb is a staple when the shoots of these first fruits of spring offer an endless of array of dessert options. But this scrumptious, mouth-watering Rhubarb Dessert is a real treat. The sweet custard filling melds together with the tart rhubarb, ...
Homemade Pizza Crust
This soft homemade pizza crust is for the deep dish bread lovers. It can also be stretched to fit a cookie sheet. This easy and delicious crust is sure to be a frequent winner in your recipe box. Say good-bye to frozen pizza! This homemade ...
Johnny Cake Cornbread and Freezer Corn
This simple staple comfort food is soft and moist. Johnny Cake Cornbread is lip-smacking, cheery yellow. What better way to pair a scrumptious chili or beef barley soup than with this simple corn bread. And how convenient if you’ve made your own ...
Gnocchi Soup and Making gnocchi
The softness of the gnocchi, the smoothness of the coconut milk, the sharp bite of Parmesan cheese, and the flavour of oregano, create a smorgasbord for the senses in this gnocchi soup. A vegetarian option makes this recipe flexible. Quick cooking ...
Beet Soup and Growing My Favourite Beets
Beet soup, Beet borscht, whatever you call it, this colourful soup is reminiscent of those garden days, full of fresh vegetables and dill. This is an quick and easy recipe, ready for weeknight dinner or comfort food on Saturday afternoon. Did you ...
Ultimate Wild Rice Bake
This dark and savoury Ultimate Wild Rice Bake will be a true treat in your recipe box. With flexible ingredients, this (not)Wild Rice Bake can fit anyone’s preferences. A forager’s specialty, from the wild or the grocer’s market, this dish is a ...
I'm Erika, I live on eighty acres in the northern prairies of southern Manitoba with my husband and four kids. Here, we enjoy the outdoors and try to be more self sufficient as we try new things in the garden and learn about our land and the world around us.