Winters’ Day In
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author Talena Winters.
Pour a cuppa and stay awhile.
Indulgent Eggnog (with or without Dairy)
This eggnog recipe has converted confirmed eggnog haters. “Liquid ice cream,” someone once called it. And now I have a dairy-free version. (This post includes both.)
Dairy-Free Hot Chocolate
A delicious, frothy, homemade dairy-free hot chocolate recipe for you.
How to Make Yummy Homemade Ketchup
Whenever we have guests over for a cookout, they always ask me for my ketchup recipe. Here it is—5 ingredients, 5 minutes, and no fuss is all it takes.
Favourite Granola
Yummy homemade granola--easier than cookies, and healthier than cold cereal!
How to Make Old-Fashioned Ginger Ale
This is a perfect drink to both replenish the body after an afternoon in the sun, and to help heal digestion, which is so very important to our overall well-being. The best part? It tastes GREAT!
Harvest Comfort Food
Two yummy fall recipes: Apple Pumpkin Soup and Easy-Peasy Cheesy Garlic Biscuits.
Sweet'n'Spicy Pumpkin Seeds
Make your own super-fast, super-easy, super-healthy snack from those Jack-o-Lantern seeds.
"May-Long" Fruity Breakfast Pizza
This is what we ate this morning, in celebration of warmer weather and bountiful fruit available in the produce section.
The Simple Things are The Best Things
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie recipe--a Winters' family favourite!
Musical Fruit—Reprise
Baked Beans have got to be one of the most delicious, and easy, make-ahead dinners you can throw together (surpassed only by All-Day Beef Stew in my menu planner). You can use them as a main dish, and throw some foil-wrapped red potatoes in the oven about 1 1/2-2 hours before mealtime for an almost effortless meal. Or, they make a great side dish to beef, game or turkey sausage. Serve with some fresh or lacto-fermented vegetables (such as Ginger Carrots--sorry, haven't posted the recipe yet), and you've got a meal that busy moms dream about.
It's All Good
It struck me today that in one week's time, I will be the mother of a kindergartner. In a panic, I thought "I can't have a kid in school if I don't make some cookies!" These quick-and-easy Coconut Macaroons were the answer.