Baking Without Eggs

I didn’t realize we ran out of eggs again, which led me to experiment with baking without eggs. I hacked a raisin muffin recipe and it turned out to be just as tasty.
Vegans cook without eggs and milk so have more experience with it. Some people also have allergies to eggs or milk, so would [...]

Making it Monday: Mayonnaise

Making mayonnaise requires patience. First you need to make sure everything is at room temperature. Then mix these ingredients together with a mixer on medium until blended.

2 egg yolks

1 tsp. mustard

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vinegar

1 tsp. sugar

Slowly add ½ a cup of olive oil to this mixture and continue mixing. I do it [...]

Make Your Own Almond Milk

Many people don’t drink cows milk. They’re lactose intolerant or they’re vegan so don’t eat or drink any animal products. You can get calcium from plenty of other sources.
It’s not surprising that some would have trouble digesting it since it is specially made for baby cows. Two of my children are lactose intolerant and we [...]

Making it Monday: Apple Crisp

This is one of our family’s favourite recipes and I make it a lot. It’s based on The Joy of Cooking’s fruit crisp recipe. If you don’t have the Joy of Cooking, consider getting it because it’s one of the best cookbooks out there. It has just about every standard recipe you could think of [...]

Homemade Gatorade

Thanks to Leisure Guy at the blog Later On, I found a homemade Gatorade recipe I could stomach. Some recipes call for Koolaid and others for much more salt but this one seems just right.
The ingredients are simple and include sugar, salt, lemon juice and water. He also throws in a couple tea bags for [...]

How to make your own dog food

Recent dog food recalls make homemade dog food recipes popular. Here are some ideas for making your own.

Many popular dog foods have recently been recalled because of food poisoning which in some cases has been fatal. North American stores have been pulling up to 48 brands off the shelves that Menu foods supplies. (Source: Animal [...]