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Black-eyed Peas:  A New Year’s Tradition and American History Lesson

Black-eyed Peas: A New Year’s Tradition and American History Lesson

Like many families, we start our New Year with a dinner that includes black-eyed peas, cornbread, and greens.  It’s a tradition that we started several years ago after moving to New England.  It simply wouldn’t seem like the first day of the year without black-eyed Read More

Molasses Cookies

Molasses Cookies

Molasses.  It’s a flavor beloved or reviled.  I adore it.  I love it in bread, barbecue sauce, baked beans, and the old fashioned molasses cookies that I have been trying to perfect a recipe for this holiday season. Molasses cookies seem to take as many Read More

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

A batch of warm homemade cookies are pure comfort food. If those cookies happen to be snickerdoodles, all the better. The aroma of cinnamon and the delicate crunch of sugar that each snickerdoodle is rolled in before baking make them an old fashioned and delicious treat.

Holiday Favorites

Holiday Favorites

Each holiday season, we turn to our favorite family recipes.  It simply wouldn’t feel like the holidays without them.  From the sweet chocolate crinkle cookies that remind me of my childhood to the savory tomato and onion jams that we will enjoy with our appetizers Read More

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Is there anything more warm and comforting than homemade macaroni and cheese? There’s just something about the unctuous cheese sauce, tender macaroni, and the knowledge that you went to the trouble to make something from scratch that can be made from a box with a Read More

How To Make Bone Broth In an Instant Pot or Slow Cooker

How To Make Bone Broth In an Instant Pot or Slow Cooker

Bone broth is the simplest of preparations and yields such delicious and nutritious results. It requires no fancy ingredients and doesn’t demand constant attention. Given enough time and heat, the bones break down, releasing all of their gelatin and minerals into the liquid. The resulting Read More

Heirloom Tomato Panzanella

Heirloom Tomato Panzanella

Tomato Panzanella has a fancy name, but the dish is simple summer perfection. The tomatoes are the star of this recipe and they make it sing with summer flavor.

Nut Free Chocolate and Sunflower Seed Butter Bars

Nut Free Chocolate and Sunflower Seed Butter Bars

We have been living with food allergies here at the farmhouse for more than a decade. Peanuts and tree nuts are off limits, but we don’t let that stand in our way of our celebration of the seasons and the holidays.  The candy parade that Read More

Farmhouse English Muffins

Farmhouse English Muffins

I have fond memories of English muffins from my childhood.  I grew up in Kansas City and there was a Wolferman’s Bakery a short drive away.  Every so often, we traveled there to treat ourselves to their delicious fresh muffins.   The store was a beautiful Read More

The Secret to Making Perfect Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

The Secret to Making Perfect Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

Biscuits.  Just reading the word brings up thoughts of flaky, tender biscuits still warm from the oven topped with a pat of butter and a drizzle of honey.  My mouth waters just thinking about it. I hear from readers quite often who have struggled to Read More

Two Minute Mason Jar Pancakes

Two Minute Mason Jar Pancakes

Saturday morning pancakes are a real treat.  Waking up to the smell of fresh pancakes cooking on the griddle in the farmhouse kitchen is one of the few ways to make this non-morning person hop out of bed happily.  Pancakes are one of those rare Read More

Ratatouille

Ratatouille

For me, ratatouille is a celebration of our summer garden harvest.  I often think of this dish as I’m planning the next year’s garden, adding seeds to my shopping cart in anticipation of planting, tending, and harvesting the fresh ingredients that put this meal on Read More