Homemade Cracker Fun

June 1, 2020 Last weekend, I made whole wheat sourdough discard crackers. I had some fun with it and cut out a sailing scene in the rolled out cracker dough.

Southern Fried Apple Pies

I have been craving the food my grandmother used to make. I dreamed about making chicken and dumplings with her a few nights ago. I’ve also been thinking about her fried apple pies, so this weekend I made Fried Apple Pies. In my minds eye, I can see my grandmother in one of her checked […]

Sourdough Discard Southwestern Crackers

My favorite use of sourdough discard is making crackers.

Julia’s Vegan Red Beans and Rice

Here’s my vegan version Red Beans and Rice recipe. You can cook the rice while the red beans simmer. Serves 6 to 8

Julia’s Red Beans and Rice

Here’s my recipe for Red Beans and Rice with sausage. You can cook the rice while the red beans simmer. Serves 6 to 8

No Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies

I really wanted oatmeal cookies last weekend. When I went through my pantry, I had almost everything I needed, but I didn’t have brown sugar. In the time of improvised cooking, I looked up what I could replace the brown sugar with. The base recipe comes from the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie from The Cook’s […]

Green Leek and Potato Soup (Vegan)

These recipe uses the leek greens and makes a creamy green soup without any dairy. I was down to just a small amount of baby red potatoes when I made this soup. I realized that I had some mashed potato flakes left over from bread making, and used that for some of the potatoes. It […]

Spicy Breakfast Sausage

I love good sausage patties for breakfast. I’ll admit it, I love good sausage for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! I started from Spicy Fresh Country Sausage from Bruce Aidells’ Complete Sausage Book, by Bruce Aidells, and added more spice and herbs. Serves 12 to 16

Sourdough Cast Iron Pizza (Vegetarian)

When I started making sourdough bread, I didn’t like wasting the discard. Lucky for me, King Arthur Flour had a recipe for using the discard to make pizza dough! This is a mash up of the King Arthur Flour’s sourdough pizza dough recipe (https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-pizza-crust-recipe) and the technique used in “Cook It in Cast Iron: Kitchen-Tested […]

Sourdough Discard Sesame Crackers

My favorite use of sourdough discard is making crackers.