How to Make Ketchup from Scratch (With Fresh or Canned Tomatoes)
Once you try homemade ketchup, you’ll never go back to the bottle.This recipe is rich, tangy, and just sweet enough — made from scratch with…
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Easy 3-Ingredient Jam (No Pectin!)
This 3-ingredient jam is one of the first “from-scratch” recipes I ever felt confident making no canning kit, no thermometer, just a saucepan and some fruit I needed to use up before it turned.
Homemade Mayo (Creamy, Tangy & Ready in 1 Minute)
Forget the store-bought squeeze bottle. Once you taste homemade mayo, there’s no turning back.
It’s rich, creamy, and made with real food ingredients—no weird preservatives, no added sugar, and way more flavor. You can whip it up with a blender, food processor, or stick blender in under a minute, and it keeps beautifully in the fridge.
Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing (5 Ingredients, So Fresh!)
There’s something about a homemade vinaigrette that just hits different — it’s lighter, brighter, and full of clean flavor without any weird preservatives or gums.
How to Bake Sourdough Bread in a Cast Iron Skillet
When I first started baking bread from scratch, I didn’t have a fancy Dutch oven or expensive bakeware. But I did have my trusty 10-inch cast iron skillet…
Simple Sourdough Bagels You Can Make in 1 Day!
Most sourdough bagels require an overnight rise. But let’s be real—not every day on the homestead (or in mom life) leaves room for that kind of timeline. So I created a shortcut recipe that still uses your bubbly starter, still gives you that classic bagel chew, and—bonus—you can make it start to finish in just one day.
How to Make Sourdough Without a Dutch Oven (Yes, It’s Possible!)
you absolutely can bake beautiful sourdough bread without a fancy Dutch oven. I’ve done it on baking sheets, in cast iron skillets, and even in an old pie dish!
Sourdough Starter & Fermentation Science Explained!
Sourdough isn’t just baking. It’s wild fermentation, kitchen science, and old-school magic all in one mason jar. And once you know what’s actually going on in that starter, everything about the process just makes more sense.
What to Feed Your Sourdough Starter and When to Feed It
If you’re wondering about Sourdough Starter and when to feed it, what kind of flour to use, and how to know if you’re doing it right you’re in the right place!
What’s the Difference Between a Starter and Discard?
If you’re just starting out with sourdough, the lingo can feel a little… weird. Starter? Discard? What am I discarding and why?