If you love artisan bread but may need to give up the $8 loaf to save money, this may be your motivation to try your hand at making your own. When it comes down to it, bread is simply a combination of flour, yeast and time. While the sourdough bread-making craze of 2020 was … [Read more...] about Can you Afford Not to Make Your Own Artisan Bread?
COVID Comfort Food
Simply Creamy Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is one of my favourite comfort foods, enjoyed hot or cold. It has long been associated with good nutrition and easy digestion and was first mentioned in medical texts rather than cookery books. The history of rice is a long and complicated story. Food historians … [Read more...] about Simply Creamy Rice Pudding
Moist and Crunchy Baked Chicken Breasts
This recipe from Cook's Kitchen is a quick and tasty recipe for baked chicken breasts that is a great dish to make weeknights. It is crunchy on the outside, moist in the middle. To keep it fresh and crunchy, make your own bread crumbs from hearty white sandwich bread. You … [Read more...] about Moist and Crunchy Baked Chicken Breasts
The Comfort of Great Boeuf Bourguignon
Boeuf/Beef Bourguignon is essentially an upstairs version of a simple beef stew, named for Burgundy after the type of wine which was used in the dish. Frugal cooks have always looked for ways to tenderize cheaper cuts of meat; using alcohol and low heat is a great … [Read more...] about The Comfort of Great Boeuf Bourguignon
Make your Own Peanut Butter Cups
Who doesn't love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, and especially peanut butter cups? In the early 1920s, H.B. Reese, an employee of The Hershey Company, started making candy in his basement. When Reese created Peanut Butter Cups as part of an assortment of … [Read more...] about Make your Own Peanut Butter Cups
