We have a lot of pumpkins from our harvest this fall, so we are preserving the pumpkin in different ways, like making pumpkin butter. Pumpkin butter is basically thickened pumpkin puree that’s slightly sweetened and spiced. Since it’s pureed, it’s not considered a jam. It reminds me a little of applesauce but with pumpkin instead…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Slow Cooker Cream of Potato Soup
This slow cooker soup is easy to prepare and a great way to have a meal on the table when you don’t feel like cooking or are busy and need a hearty meal with minimal kitchen time. It’s rich and creamy and full of flavor. This soup is a crockpot favorite!! Let’s get started! Add…
Orange Hot Chocolate
This orange hot chocolate is amazing to enjoy on a snowy, gloomy day or just when you need warming up on a chilly day. Citrus brightens everything up! It reminds me of Terry’s Chocolate and is rich, decadent and flavorful! The fresh squeezed orange juice made such a difference in the hot chocolate! I really…
Cherry Bars with Vanilla Glaze
These Cherry Bars are absolutely delicious! It’s a delicious cake base that tastes a little like a sugar cookie with cherries that reminds me of a breakfast danish! It’s so hard to describe, but it’s so good! It has those familiar flavors that makes you think you’ve had this dessert before! It is not overly…
Fudgy Hot Cocoa
It was a snowy -1C/30F today. Our first snowfall of the season! A snowy and chilly day calls for hot cocoa, a delicious way to warm up!! This triple chip fudgy hot cocoa is definitely for chocolate lovers — it’s rich, decadent, chocolatey and not overly sweet so the toppings help to bring a little…
Dill Cabbage Soup
It’s a snow day today, so what better than to make a hearty soup to warm up with! This Ukrainian Dill Cabbage Soup is reminiscent of the “old days” — it’s something familiar and tastes like my childhood. My gramma would make a sauerkraut and rib dish that tastes similar to this soup. It was…
Making Chicken Broth
Today I am making Dill Cabbage Soup and need chicken broth, so I decided to make some. Making chicken broth really is quite simple and only takes a couple of hours. It is rich and flavorful and really does make a difference in the flavor of homemade soups. Stock uses bones and vegetables whereas broth…
Orange Carrot Salad
I grew up all my life asking mom to make “carrots with orange juice,” which she got from gramma. It’s simple to make and tastes great the next day. It’s similar to Moroccan Orange Carrot Salad which also has orange blossom water, chopped orange, salt, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. My Romanian gramma kept it…
