Do you have wild currants growing in your yard?

If you are like me you’ve watched them grow, ripen, and get picked off by birds year after year. If you’ve got kids with an interest in gardening and a nice sized bucket, then this quick recipe for syrup may be one for your family to try.

Everyone looooved this sauce on their pancakes. This is the first time we’ve done anything with our currants and it was a rousing success.

We were so glad we decided to use them this year. Next we will learn to make jam. (more…)

Here’s another family recipe that is perfect for the holidays. This is a simple recipe that takes 10 minutes to prepare and cooks for 2 1/2 hours in the crockpot on high. It is so easy that your kids can help you with it, and once it is in the pot and cooking you don’t need to worry about a thing, there is no need to watch it or stir. Allergy sufferers need not worry either, because this dish is naturally gluten-free, corn and dairy-free. Made with apples, our Crockpot Cranberry Sauce is a bit sweeter than most, making it a favorite for little eaters. (more…)

Here is my recipe for white sauce, by request. It makes two cups when cooked and is thick, rich, flavorful, and creamy. Here’s how you make it. Prepare the meatloaf recipe, only increase the meat portion to 2.25 lbs. Then using a tablespoon measuring scoop, form rounded scoops of meat mixture into meatballs, approximately 30 ml each in size. The recipe should produce approximately 24-28 meatballs.

Place meatballs on a metal baking rack inside a baking pan. Be sure to add a splash of water to the pan to help keep the drippings from drying up and getting crusty. This is important, as you will need those drippings in lieu of a bouillon cube in the sauce. This recipe is gluten and corn-free, and appropriate for those following the Feingold diet. (more…)

Perhaps the hardest part of a gluten-free, corn-free diet is the inability to find ketchups and barbecue sauces on the grocer’s shelves that are safe to use. Here are two recipes that will take less than 1/2 hour to prepare and will keep in the refrigerator for several months. These recipes are idiot-proof, I promise, and they taste good too. In no time at all you will once again be able to enjoy ketchup with your home fries and barbecued ribs on the grill. (more…)