Tag: condiments

Homemade “Magic Shell”

Homemade “Magic Shell”

‘Magic Shell’ is probably one of the easiest things to duplicate at home. In fact, in my years of cooking with coconut oil, I’ve accidentally ‘magic shelled’ a number things when I’ve added melted coconut oil to cold ingredients. I just played around with the 

Strawberry Jam

Strawberry Jam

Last week I made strawberry jam. Big deal, right? It’s the end of May. Probably a lot of people are making strawberry jam this time of year. They’re probably even making it with their own, organic, homegrown, (yaddahyaddah) berries. Me? I just had one measly 

Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry sauce has got to be one of the easiest-to-make parts of Thanksgiving dinner. It takes just minutes and practically cooks itself. True, it isn’t shaped like a can with the pattern of the can along the sides, but I’ve been eating homemade for as 

Rose Petal Jam

Rose Petal Jam

One of my favorite things about spring and summer is cooking with flowers, so, when my roses started to bloom, I began collecting petals. I used some of my own, some from a friend and purchased some dried culinary blooms.  I used a combination of