recipe Archives

Creating A Sourdough Starter

So you want to bake sourdough bread? To get started, you will be creating a sourdough starter and learning how to keep it active or alive. A sourdough starter is a living culture. Essentially, it’s a mix of flour and water that’s been allowed to ferment naturally. The mixture becomes a breeding ground for wild … Read more

January 2024 – Chicken Freezer Meal Workshop

by Ruth Ann

We will be making the following recipes: Below you will find the ingredients for each recipe. For this workshop, I will be prepping one bag of each recipe. If you want to prep multiples, please plan accordingly. Video link if as the bottom of the page. These freezer meals are the meat portion of the … Read more

Old Fashioned Cinnamon Biscuits

by Ruth Ann

In The Kitchen: 2 Mason Jar Salads

by Ruth Ann

On this week’s live episode of In The Kitchen, we made 2 Mason Jar Salads. Our In The Kitchen series is currently sponsored by Apple A Day Home Delivery, delivering fresh produce to your door in the Greater Moncton region. I chose to make them in 1ltr jars, making them a full meal. If you … Read more

In The Kitchen: Ruthie’s Brunch Frittata

by Ruth Ann

Level up your “breakfast for lunch or supper” with this easy, flavourful and quick recipe for Ruthie’s Brunch Frittata! This In The Kitchen recipe is sponsored by our friends at Apple A Day Home Delivery Ruthie’s Brunch Frittata INGREDIENTS: ▪︎ 6 Eggs ▪︎ 1/4 cup Milk ▪︎ 1 Small Onion, diced ▪︎ 2 cloves Garlic … Read more

Chicken & Bacon Chowder – Keto / Low Carb Freezer Meal

by Ruth Ann

Chicken & Bacon Chowder – Keto / Low Carb Freezer Meal

Prepping meals, especially freezer meals, keeps me on track with eating home-cooked meals and meals that fit our lifestyle. No running to the frozen food at the grocery store to pick up a pizza, or grabbing fast food.

This recipe is a slow cooker recipe, it could be done in the instant pot for 15 min if you forgot to take it out of the freezer, but I prefer it in the slow cooker. Stir is well to combine if doing in an instant pot.

In this video, I prepped this recipe for Chicken & Bacon Chowder, as well as an easy taco bake.

$25 Meal Plan – April 6th

by Ruth Ann

Here is this week’s $25 weekly meal plan.

These meal plans are suggestions for anyone trying to really cut costs, while keeping meals as “real food” and as unprocessed as possible.

Honey Garlic Sauce for Meatballs or Chicken

by Ruth Ann

This Honey Garlic Sauce is fabulous on meatballs or chicken. When we make anything with garlic, we tend to add a little more than the average person may. So, for a milder garlic flavour, simply add 3 cloves instead of the 4 listed in the recipe.

17 Awesome Zucchini Recipes

by Ruth Ann

Harvest Time – What to do with all the Zucchini?

It’s that time of year! Harvest season is upon us and our gardens are overflowing with various veggies and fruit. My in-laws gifted me some zucchini, really big zucchini. I have made zucchini noodles (zoodles) before, and bread, muffins, and cake, but I was wondering what else I could make and freeze, or preserve. So, I went to my blogging friends and my Facebook page and asked what others are doing. Below is a long and varied list of how you can use this vegetable to bake, pickle, freeze and more.

Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

by Ruth Ann

Easy Roasted Cauliflower

We picked up 4 heads of cauliflower last night for $1.50 each. Here is one recipe I have made so far. We love cauliflower and this is just one way to prep it.
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Roasted Cauliflower