Looking for the best bread recipe? This prize-winning recipe won First Place in the bread contest at the 2015 Preparedness Fair. And it won by a landslide. It really is the tastiest whole wheat bread you can imagine. This recipe makes 2 loaves or 12-18 rolls. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup warm water (90-110FS) 3 Tb…

If you want to send your kids off to school with a tasty, filling hot breakfast, this is just the ticket. Just mix this up before going to bed, put it into the crock pot and wake up to a tasty, healthy, hot ready-made breakfast. Ingredients: 2 1⁄4 C old fashioned oats (not quick or…

Scotch Eggs are a British invention and are the original fast food: they are easy to carry and eat on the go, so they were sold to coach passengers as long ago as the early 1700’s. They are good hot or cold, fun for picnics or a nice addition to your family meal. Ingredients: 1…

Having breakfast cereal on hand makes your  morning routine go so much smoother. But commercial cereal from the store is so sugar-laden and filled with artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. Make a couple batches of your own cereal and your family will not only have a quick and easy breakfast, but you can be sure…

As you first start using whole wheat flour, you will find that it doesn’t quite “behave” like the flour you buy in the store. You may find the bread doesn’t rise as much as your white bread and you are left with a denser, heavier loaf of bread. What’s the problem and what can you…

Oooh! This is so tasty! Try this on your next camp out. It will be a big hit with your Boy Scouts. Ingredients: 1 tube of Crescent Rolls 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup hash browns 1 medium onion 1 lb sausage 3 eggs 3 Tbsp red bell pepper 3 Tbsp yellow bell pepper…

Oh my! This is such a tasty bread, perfect for desert or breakfast. I found the dough fit better into a 9×9 baking dish than a 9×5 loaf pan. But you can still make it into a loaf; just cut the streusel topping in half. This works well as a breakfast muffin. Just scoop into…

The secret to getting the pita to puff up (thus creating a “pocket”) is letting the dough rest for a while after rolling it out and then cooking it at a very high heat. A pizza stone is perfect for this because it keeps a hot even temperature, even when the oven door is being…