Making homemade butter is simple. It just requires a churn or mason jar, whole fat whipping cream (we use the highest fat content we can purchase which is 35% or 36%), salt and cold water. We can make homemade butter fairly quickly, depending upon the amount we are making. Butter has to go through different…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Easy Barbecue Chicken
This recipe is an oldie but a goodie from my mother-in-law’s collection. She often made this easy barbeque chicken recipe with a fresh chicken that she cut up into pieces and then placed in a roasting pan. She cooked it for a bit before placing this delicious sauce over top. She cooked it for a…
Sourdough Waffles
Waffles were first made in the 1600’s using a cast iron waffle iron that was hinged and held over an open fire to cook. In the 1840’s, it was suggested to not use shallow waffle pans that cooked 4 at a time as they were never any good. In 1869, a patent came out for…
Chicken Vegetable Soup
One-pot meals are one of my favourite meals to make and soups are definitely a one-pot meal! My family enjoys soups year round – on cooler, rainy summer days, crisp fall days or freezing cold winter days. It’s a great way to feed many hungry tummies and soups are always delicious the next day! This…
Gramma’s Beef Barley Soup
Looking for a hearty old fashioned soup just like gramma used to make, to feed your hungry family for only a few dollars? Try this delicious beef barley soup!
Sourdough Griddle Cakes and Pancakes
Pancakes. Flapjacks. Griddle cakes. No matter what you call them, they are delicious and were widely made during the Klondike Gold Rush using sourdough starter and cooked over hot coals on the trail. Prospectors ate sourdough everything, often three times a day. A hearty batch of pancakes was an inexpensive and easy way to fill…
Sourdough Cinnamon Bread
This Sourdough Cinnamon Bread fills the house with a warm inviting smell, like gramma’s house from years past, that will have everyone running to the kitchen. This cinnamon bread is scrumptious either cold or warm from the oven. It has the perfect amount of sweetness, and a yummy cinnamon taste without being overpowering. You can…
