Latest Recipes
Easy Enchilada Sauce (Better than Canned!)
This enchilada sauce is so flavorful and easy that you’ll wonder why you ever bought a can of it. Do your tastebuds and your wallet a favor – just make your own!
Creamy Shrimp and Mushroom Soup
This creamy shrimp and mushroom soup is light yet deeply satiating. Beans and mushrooms provide filling fiber, while shrimp packs a protein punch, all finished off with silkiness from sour cream.
Healthy Deviled Eggs with a Kick
These deviled eggs are straight out of the inferno! Hot sauce and other spices give these eggs a powerful flavor punch, while swapping the traditional mayonnaise for Greek yogurt gives them a healthy, probiotic twist.
Simnel Cake (Optional Sourdough & Fresh Milled Flour)
Have you ever had a simnel cake? This moist & delicious light fruitcake is filled with various dried fruits, bright orange zest, fragrant spices, and layers of marzipan and is a traditional treat for Mothering Sunday and Easter in the United Kingdom but is also perfect for any springtime brunch.
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I’m Alyssa
I’m so glad you’re here! As a wife, mama, and follower of Christ, I love cooking nutritious food from scratch. Here we celebrate the good, the true, and the beautiful in food, family, and faith. Follow me for easy, real food recipes for the practical home cook on a budget and some occasional musings about homemaking and liturgical living.
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