I love making my homemade seasoning mixes at home and this Apple Pie Spice is another one that will help you save money at the grocery store during the fall season. You will never buy this from your local grocery store again once you make your own apple pie spice mix. Throwing together takes less …
Sauces and Condiments
Create your very own Tajin seasoning at home and kick the stuff from the store. This simple recipe is made of tart lime crystals and combined with two kinds of ground pepper, salt, and sugar, for a perfectly balanced seasoning. Great on countless meats, spice up side dishes, sprinkled on fresh fruits, and more! It …
Did you know that you can turn liquid honey into creamed honey in just a few minutes? If you have never had creamed honey on toast or with your fruit and other snacks, you are truly missing out. Making creamed honey is a very simple process that uses regular honey which is whipped in a …
Cowboy Candy aka “Candied Jalapenos”, is the ultimate sweet and spicy mix! Perfect on burgers, sandwiches, nachos, or on their own! This time of year the jalapenos and banana peppers are in abundance. This is a great way to use them before they turn bad and is one of my favorite dishes. This year, my …
In the gardening world, we try to use every bit of the fruits and vegetables we can. For this recipe, I am going to show you how to make homemade strawberry syrup using the tops since strawberry season is here! Most of the time people throw them right into the trash. However, there is so …
Let’s make homemade cream cheese! It only takes 3 simple ingredients for the creamiest, and super soft cream cheese. If I had known how easy it was to do this, I would have made this a long time ago! I absolutely LOVE making my own things from scratch. Over the years, I have taught myself …
Making homemade pickled jalapeños is easier than you think. With a few simple ingredients and a couple of mason jars, you can easily make this recipe any time! I love hot and spicy anything. If you have known me for any length of time, then you know that Nashville Hot Chicken is my favorite chicken …
If you enjoy making your spices at home, you’re going to love this homemade lemon pepper seasoning. It has a bright citrus tang and is bursting with lemon flavor. It’s an easy recipe and only takes a few ingredients. This homemade version tastes better than any seasoning you will buy at the grocery store. And …
Did you know that making homemade rice flour at home is so easy? I often use this flour when scoring my homemade sourdough bread. It has a lot of uses, so today I thought I would share with you my simple technique for making this. Making this super fine flour is so satisfying and can …
Jezebel Sauce is a Southern staple and a popular sauce in the South. You can find it on most dinner tables or snack plates. This yummy sauce is made with pineapple preserves, apple jelly, horseradish, black pepper, dry mustard, and red pepper flakes. You will often find this dipping sauce served over a block of …
This homemade sweet and sour sauce is an easy recipe to make and uses pantry ingredients you already have on hand! I love creating homemade Chinese takeout and Asian cuisine from home. It is so much cheaper than visiting my local Chinese restaurant and the taste is something you just wouldn’t believe. Before now, anytime …
This homemade Chick-fil-A sauce is just as good as your local Chick-fil-A restaurant. The tangy flavor is the best part and honestly is one of the easiest sauces I have ever made. Instead of buying it at the store or bringing home tons of those little packs from the restaurant, make it yourself and save …
This Cowboy Butter has been all the rage this year on TikTok and social media. It’s an easy dipping sauce that takes grilled steaks, meats, seafood, and veggies to a whole new level. Trust me, if you make this once, you will have this on a weekly rotation in your home. What Is Cowboy Butter? …
If you are like me and are swimming in cucumbers, the best thing you can make are these super easy Refrigerator Dill Pickles. I don’t even buy store-bought pickles anymore because I am so in love with how these taste. You can make this homemade dill pickle recipe in the refrigerator or countertop without any …
I love Olive Garden Salad Dressing — don’t you? It’s not the salad so much as it is the dressing. I have been all over the Internet comparing recipes. I have finally combined a few and have come up with the perfect dressing. This copycat Olive Garden dressing recipe tastes exactly like what you would …
Make this Two Ingredient Cheese Sauce the next time you need a creamy melty homemade cheese sauce for your dishes. It is an easy recipe to make and your family will love the flavor! Now, this is not nacho cheese sauce, but I always use it for that. It does not have any spice in …
Learn how to make eel sauce for sushi and you will never go back to buying store-bought salty sauce again. Now, this is not like my homemade teriyaki sauce, which is delicious. This sauce has a very unique flavor. I’m starting this Sushi series by teaching you how easy it is to make a simple …
Love the strawberry cream cheese from the store? If you do, then you will LOVE this recipe for making your own at home. It tastes even better than the store-bought stuff. Cream cheese is my favorite condiment when I am eating bagels. Since I have been making my own at home, I have yet to …
This is the best and most authentic restaurant-style Mexican cheese dip you will ever taste. This easy recipe for restaurant-style Mexican Cheese Dip is my favorite cheese dip in the whole world. If you go out to a Mexican restaurant and you order the cheese dip, you will fall in love. Now you can make …
This easy recipe for making Homemade Vanilla Extract needs to be your next experiment in the kitchen. You will not believe how easy it is to make your own vanilla extract from scratch. If you don’t know a lot about me or my daughter, let me be the first to tell you that we LOVE …
This homemade coffee steak rub will upgrade your boring steak dinner to a 5 star restaurant recipe! I am all about the dry rubs these days. My husband makes a MEAN steak — I mean it is restaurant-worthy. Recently, I got my hand in the kitchen and made these amazing coffee-crusted steaks using this delicious …
The best homemade garlic butter is simple to make! It has just 4 ingredients and is perfect for everything from potatoes, meat, and veggies to my favorite — garlic bread. Garlic bread and garlic butter are some of my favorite things! I make my own compound butter that I use for pork chops and steaks, …
This Green Pepper Jelly recipe is super easy to make and goes great over a block of cream cheese with some wheat-thin crackers. I don’t know about you, but I love jelly jars. The jars are so cute and some of my favorites are the ones with the gingham tops on them. As a little …
If you love eating at Rafferty’s then you are going to flip when I tell you that I have figured out how to make Rafferty’s Hot Bacon Dressing! Rafferty’s has always been mine and Stephen’s date night restaurant. It is a little on the pricey side, so we use it as a special place to …
This easy homemade spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes is simply one of the best sauces I have ever made. Perfect for using up all those tomatoes coming out of your garden for tomato season! During the month of August, everyone and their brother started giving me their tomatoes. I also like buying a lot of …
Making a delicious Pico de Gallo to on top of dishes like tacos, burritos, and grilled chicken is simple and easy. This condiment will soon become your very favorite. If you go to a Mexican restaurant, the best side item you can get besides a side of Restaurant Style Mexican Cheese Dip is Pico de …
This easy homemade hoisin sauce recipe uses common pantry ingredients. I love the sweet and salty flavor and the best part is you can make it as spicy as you want it. One of the most popular recipes on my blog that uses hoisin sauce is Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles. One of the things that …
Classic Basil Pesto is such an easy sauce to make and is so versatile. It’s fantastic tossed with pasta, or my favorite — on gnocchi! Making your own homemade pesto is so much better than store bought and super easy to make. Read on to learn how we make it. What Is Classic Basil Pesto …
Cranberry Mayonnaise is so simple to make and will light up those Thanksgiving leftovers. Here’s how to take your regular mayo up a notch. This time of year, my refrigerator is FULL of Thanksgiving leftovers. In fact, the leftovers started a few days ago. We brought home smoked turkey and cranberry sauce left over from …
This is the best turkey gravy recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey using pan drippings! So rich, so smooth and so easy! Thanksgiving is almost here and like me, I am sure you have your Perfectly Roasted Turkey in mind. The best Parker House yeast rolls have been planned. But none of that will be worth …