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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Grace’s Best Spaghetti Sauce
This is the best spaghetti sauce I’ve ever tasted – hands down! Forget the store-bought jars of sauce; after making this homemade spaghetti sauce you’ll never buy a jar of spaghetti sauce again! Control the ingredients in your food and reap the ...
Cuban Burritos
This mouth-watering Cuban burrito recipe is sure to be a tasty addition to your recipe box! Healthy and delicious, the sweet potatoes offset the spice in just the right way. This recipe I passed along to a friend of mine because my kids were ...
Green Bean Glory Casserole
I love this one pot wonder. This is the recipe I pass on to friends when they ask for easy family recipes. This Green Bean Glory Casserole recipe is easy and nutritious. This Green Bean Glory Casserole recipe is another family favourite modified ...
Green Bean Soup
This green bean soup recipe is a classic in our Mennonite family heritage. Cooking with homegrown green beans, potatoes and summer savory from the garden really brings out fresh flavour in this soup. This green bean soup recipe is a ...
Beef Barley Soup Recipe
In need of some comfort food? This easy and hearty beef barley soup is perfect for a chilly day, with some fresh bread! Read on for tips and tricks. My grandparents used to host a threshing demonstration (harvesting grain with an antique ...
Sweet and Sour Beans & Cooking Dry Beans
Have your kids ever asked for beans and rice for dinner? Mine have. This tasty sweet and sour bean recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser. First we will look at cooking dry beans. Then the sweet and sour beans recipe can be modified for either canned ...
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.