Category: Down Home Cooking

Discover Comforting and Wholesome Recipes for Every Occasion.

Apple Strudel Buckwheat Pancakes

Take your first bite of these unique and nutritious pancakes and you will see the whole grain buckwheat in a new light. It’s like having a substantial dessert for breakfast – except that it’s healthy.

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Marvelous Mushroom Barley Soup

This straightforward, easy to prepare recipe is healthy and pleasing. Be sure to make some extra for delicious leftovers; when paired with a sandwich made with crusty whole or multi-grain bread, this soup is a real time saver for a quick lunch or basic dinner.

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What to Do with All These Eggs?

When you have chickens, you soon realize you can have eggs coming out the wazoo. Once you figure out you can’t give away any more eggs and your still sitting on an overwhelming amount, you need a way to use or preserve them.

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Give Your Lemonade a New Twist

Hoping to make a simpler natural thirst-quencher, I thought of a tall, icy cold plum soda beverage served at Vietnamese restaurants. The ingredients are a kind of salt-preserved plum, sugar, club soda, and ice. On hot days, its salty and sweet flavors, while unexpected make it both delicious and effectively hydrating.

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Varieties of Potatoes

The potatoes are commonly served with meat and chicken as a side dish. It can also be considered as a main ingredient to casserole dishes, soup and stews. Some varieties of potatoes are used in specific purposes such as baking, frying or just simply boiling.

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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

It’s really very simple to make the perfect hard boiled eggs. Just don’t overthink it and follow these simple instructions. Where most people go wrong is they overcook their eggs which causes the yolks to turn green and the eggs to lose their flavor.

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Easy Making of Scrambled Eggs

Making scrambled egg is quite easy. But if you don’t know how to make scrambled eggs, read on, as this article will provide you with different recipes for scrambled eggs, with step-wise direction.

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Blue Corn Flapjacks

Chefs and a few home cooks have discovered that blue cornmeal makes exceptional pancakes, waffles, and muffins. In addition to their eye-catching color, they have its stronger, earthy yet sweet flavor, which blends especially well with whole-wheat flour, as in these delectably light pancakes. Mix in blueberries, or serve with the accompanying blueberry syrup.

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