Homemade Hamburger Buns - a simple recipe for the best hamburger buns you will ever eat - soft, pillowy and perfect for burgers! If there is one thing that ruins a great burger more than anything, it's putting it in an average bun, am I right? So Continue Reading
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2 minute Honey Mustard Dressing
Looooong weekend!! I am super excited about the fact that it's 9am on a Monday morning and I'm sitting on the couch still in my pj's...yay for Labour Day! And the great news is for all my kiwi readers...it's all good from here. We've made it through Continue Reading
Homemade Crackers
How to make your own homemade crackers with only a few pantry staples. They taste great, are simple to make and are the perfect addition to a cheese board! Homemade crackers are definitely one of those things that fall into the category of "I Continue Reading
Homemade Sprinkles!
Yep...you read that right. A tutorial showing you how to make homemade sprinkles using leftover fondant!! I love sprinkles. They are probably the single happiest thing in anyone's cupboard. They make everything better. They cover up, decorate, Continue Reading
15 minute Homemade Puff Pastry
A simple tutorial showing you how to make puff pastry at home! This "rough puff pastry" is ready in 15 minutes and is the most delicious, buttery flaky homemade puff pastry you've ever tried! Don't run away...pastry is not scary, I promise!! And Continue Reading
Homemade Peanut Butter
How to make homemade peanut butter using only 1 ingredient - peanuts! It only takes 10 minutes and makes delicious, healthy peanut butter! Look look look look look!! I MADE this!! I have just fulfilled one of my lifelong year long goals. Make Continue Reading
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Pizza pizza pizza! Do you know anyone who doesn't like pizza? Me either. Which is good, because that means you will all LOVE today's recipe. Homemade pizza sauce AKA sauce for pasta AKA sauce to put it in a toasted sandwich AKA do whatever you want Continue Reading
Homemade Vanilla Extract
How to make Homemade Vanilla Extract - all you need is vanilla pods, vodka and a glass jar - an easy and cost effective way to make your own delicious vanilla extract. Something I have noticed over the last few months is just how many Continue Reading
Homemade Bounty Bar Bites
Naturally sweetened homemade Bounty Bar bites. Delicious coconut coated in chocolate - they taste just like a Bounty Bar but without the guilt! I have an issue with the placement of chocolate bars at the supermarket. You carefully avoid the whole Continue Reading
My 10 favourite “made from scratch” items
If you're new around here you may not know that at the beginning of the year, I committed to replacing something I would usually buy from the store with a homemade alternative. My big idea was to replace one thing a week for an entire year and that Continue Reading
Homemade Breadcrumbs
As much as I love making homemade bread, there is a bit of a catch. The fact that there are no nasty preservatives in it is a huge bonus and is one of the main reasons I love making it, but it also means that it goes stale pretty quickly. A Continue Reading
Homemade Tortilla Chips + Easy Salsa & Guacamole
Last weekend I cleaned my car....OK, Josh did. He washed the outside, I vacuumed the inside and we polished the interior. It looked like new, and it was kind of a big deal because I had been driving around in a dirty car for months. But then Continue Reading
