Picture this… you find a recipe you want to make… something that requires buttermilk… for example: Buttermilk Brownies Red Velvet Cake Buttermilk Biscuits Buttermilk Pancakes And you happen to be fresh out of buttermilk… or better yet, you have never bought buttermilk in your life. It happens to the best of us! But… what you…
What is Simple Syrup? Easy answer… it is a sweetener. Easier answer: how to make it… How to Make Simple Syrup Use equal parts granulated sugar to water. It is a 1:1 ratio. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Add 1 cup sugar. Once the water comes to a boil, reduce to a…
Let’s make Pumpkin Purée from the fantastic pumpkins you grew in your garden! You didn’t spend all summer growing pumpkins for nothing, after all. Oh, I guess… you can use them for Fall/Halloween decorations… but you should probably put up a few just because, right? Well today, I’m going to show you how! Pumpkin Purée…
As the summer draws to a close and fall takes over, it’s finally time to harvest your summer’s hard work in the shape of a pumpkin. I have spent a lot of time this summer researching pumpkins. This is the first year I’ve tried to grow pumpkins. In the past, I’ve dumped pumpkin seeds in…
The third set of sugar cookies I’ve made this year. They were so easy and so much fun. I love the bright colors. They initially wanted a llama, but I didn’t have a llama cookie cutter and I didn’t have time to figure out how to do a llama. So since it was a first…
Squash bugs are enough to drive you crazy. You walk out and your garden is growing just fine one minute, and the next there is a crapton of some weird bugs that will drive you mad. Squash bugs seem to appear out of nowhere. One minute nothing and the next BAM! I have no clue…
When I decided to start and plant my garden this spring, I asked my family what they would like to see planted. I mean, after all, they were going to be reaping the rewards too. At that point in the day, I think that we were eating lunch (or dinner… but we were definitely eating)…
It’s been a few minutes since I’ve made sugar cookies. But… it’s kind of like riding a bike, right? haha. Okay, the back story of the Fifty Cookies… So a gal who has ordered cookies from me every year hit me up to see if I still did cookies. Yes. Would I do Fiftieth Wedding…
It is that time of the year… Peaches!! They are in full supply. I love peaches. They are so great to eat as is or you can can them for later. Like the dead of winter when you are wanting that zesty, sweet taste of summer. There are 2 ways to can, we’ll get to…
Being “anchored” in Anchorage (see what I did there), we ate at a lot of restaurants in Anchorage. So, I think the best thing to do is just put them all together and let’s get started. It might take a while. Spenard Roadhouse 1049 W Northern Lights Blvd Anchorage, AK 99503 We got into Alaska…