Lentil Soup – comforting and easy for lunch or dinner

I usually make this soup with ham stock, because we like it very much. However, you can easily make it with chicken or vegetable stock instead. I recommend Better Than Boullion if you can get it. Much less salty than stock cubes. If you have to use stock cubes, just watch how much salt you add as you cook. Two […]

Basic White Bread

A very basic white bread recipe that produces a very satisfying outcome. Great for sandwiches, your morning toast or shaped into buns to have with any meal. Make this in bread pans or freeform on a baking sheet. This recipe is developed using grams as the measurements so a digital scale is really recommended. I have converted to cups for […]

Basic Breadmaking

Making bread is one of the most simple pleasures I enjoy in the kitchen. I had dabbled a bit here and there before, and my husband used to make bread a bit…sourdough actually… as well as pizza dough. Now I make bread at least once a week, in fact I make almost all the bread my family eats. Being able […]

Getting Started

The start of 2021 has me starting this new endeavour.. a blog! There are so many out there already, but I’m hoping that there are some folks who find this interesting and that I can add some information to help others do things a little easier, a little better or just a little differently. I’ll be writing about things I […]