I live in a tourist town and one of our “things” is clam chowder. There’s this one particular spot where 12 restaurants cram their store-fronts onto an old fishing wharf and every one of those restaurants has a stand out in front where employees shout, “Clam chowder? Would you like to try some clam chowder?”Click to Continue »
Recipe: Light and Fluffy Einkorn Dinner Rolls
Butter, gravy and leftover turkey sandwiches. What do all of these have in common? Besides being on the menu in two weeks. They all require fluffy dinner rolls in order to really enjoy them for all their worth. Please tell me I’m not the only one dreaming about it… the fresh, hot from the oven,Click to Continue »
Recipe: Easy Homemade Dinner Biscuits
Extra butter… extra salt… fresh out of the oven, warm gooey goodness… Yep, that pretty much describes the amazing deliciousness of these easy homemade dinner biscuits. It also explains why these balls of yum end up on our dinner table once a week. They make Mr. Crumbs do this cute little “I’ve died and gone to heaven”Click to Continue »
Recipe: Easy & Delicious Soaked Whole Wheat Bread
We talked about bread and carbohydrates in general a lot last summer. And I mean, a lot. From bleached flour to unhealthy wheat bread to the healthiest bread you can possibly make, we covered just about everything there was to talk about when it came to preparing, eating and enjoying carbohydrates in the healthiest way possible.Click to Continue »
Taco Night with Homemade Corn Tortillas
When Mr. Crumbs and I lived in Texas, we ate Tex-Mex all.the.time. We would split a single order of beef and chicken fajitas and with the never ending bowls of chips and salsa, we ate until our bellies literally held no more food – all for under $12. And that INCLUDED tip. Nowadays with foodClick to Continue »
Homemade Bread in a Slow Cooker
The fact that you can make homemade bread in a slow cooker shouldn’t surprise me. I mean, you can make meat, soups, stews, macaroni and cheese, fruit butter, yogurt, spaghetti sauce, veggies – even dessert! I don’t think there’s anything you CAN’T make in a slow cooker. But BREAD in a slow cooker?! Time-laden, kneading-required, yeast-filled bread? Yeah.Right. I thoughtClick to Continue »
How to Make a Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter
You know there’s a great love for sourdough when people all across the real food arena unite in asking the same question: can you make a gluten-free sourdough starter? One in five Americans eat gluten-free for various reasons so the question isn’t surprising. So, in an attempt to answer this question, there’s been another “growth”Click to Continue »
Simple Sourdough Bread Recipe
I like to call sourdough bread the “lazy man’s bread.” Yep. It’s that simple! The amazing benefits of sourdough are enough to give it a try. And then the idea of making “something out of nothing” in a sourdough starter is super exciting. You can make your own sourdough starter from scratch or get a sourdoughClick to Continue »