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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.