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Recipe: Bread Machine French Baguette
Master the art of baking baguettes at home. Dive into the exquisite flavors and textures of freshly baked, homemade French bread.
The Best No Wine French Onion Soup
Is there anything more comforting on a chilly day than a nice hot bowl of French onion soup? Especially with thick slices of toasted baguettes topped with gooey cheese.
This soup is one that takes time. It’s not a quick whip together, but it’s worth the time, I promise.
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Cranberry Granita
The post introduces a simple recipe for Cranberry Granita, a wholesome Sicilian dessert apt for holiday menus. The creation process is plain and stress-free: prepare ingredients, blend to a purée, sift, freeze, and break up portions. There’s an option to add it to cocktails, including a cranberry Bellini to pair with brunch. The author appreciates feedback on the recipe and shares an accompanying Pinterest pin for easy reference.
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Pumpkin Spice Blend
Would you believe me if I told you that most of the “pumpkin” flavor you associate with pumpkin spice anything comes from the spice, not the pumpkin? It’s true. Pumpkin on its own has a very mild light and dare I say plan flavor to it. It begs for some warming spices to meet their true potential as the flavors we all know and love.
Mozzarella Croutons
Mozzarella croutons are a delicious and easy way to use up leftover baguettes. They can be used as a topping for soups and salads, served as appetizers, or enjoyed as a snack.
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One-Bowl Buttermilk Waffles
Consider this your new, go-to waffle recipe. When you want to start your day off on a sweet note, this is the perfect recipe to use! It all gets mixed in one bowl, and still yields a crisp outside, but fluffy inside!
Bonus! These buttermilk waffles are freezer friendly!
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Best and Easiest Baked Potato Recipe
Today, I thought we could go back to the basics and review a simple skill that every good home cook should master, how to bake a potato.
I know what you’re thinking, why all the fuss about a baked potato? Well, let me start by saying if you’ve ever enjoyed a good supper club/restaurant-style baked potato, you know what I’m talking about. Those baked potatoes with skins that are irresistibly golden, and crispy with a satisfying hint of crunchy salt in each bite. The insides are perfectly light, fluffy, and steamy, ready to enjoy with a melty pad of butter, a dash of fresh chives, or maybe loaded up with all of your favorite toppings. If you’ve had that, then you know what the fuss is about. If not, trust me when I say it’s worth the extra time needed to make the potato.
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Let’s cozy up with a bowl of warm, butternut squash soup. Butternut squash and cool weather go together so perfectly. This soup is so cozy and the spices just warm you up even more.
My butternut squash soup is versatile. It can be ultra creamy or chunky depending on how you want the soup to be. Either way, it’s full of complex roasted butternut squash flavor.
This lovely butternut squash soup will round out your fall and winter meals. Serve it with sandwiches, salads, or just some freshly baked bread, throughout fall and winter. Keep the recipe for your holiday arsenal, too. I designed this soup to complement almost any savory meal you want to enjoy.
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Can you eat squash seeds?
Absolutely! All squash seeds are edible. Everything from butternut to pumpkins. All too often squash seeds are dropped into the trash or compost bins. But not only are Squash seeds edible and easy to prepare, but they also make a wonderful, nutrient-dense crispy snack full of things like omega-3 fatty acids, protein, beta-carotene, and vitamin C.
Some favorites include roasted seeds from spaghetti squash, acorn, buttercup, butternut, turban, Hubbard, kabocha, and Delicata squash.
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How to Make Whipped Cream from Scratch
Have you tasted homemade whipped cream? It puts Cool Whip and the canned stuff to shame. Homemade whipped cream is ultra-luxurious, decadent, and as delicious as the best vanilla ice cream you’ve ever had.
Whipped cream is the perfect creamy topper for desserts and hot drinks and since the holidays are coming, I thought I’d share a tutorial with everything you need to know about making whipped cream.
If you’ve never made whipped cream before, it may seem a little intimidating at first, but I promise, it’s so easy to make. You can make whipped cream in under 10 minutes (or even ahead of time), impressing everyone that you made it from scratch!