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No Sugar Added Fruit Compote
If you read my recent lightened up ranch dressing post, you know that one of my secrets to healthier eating is to make my own condiments. We’ve done savory, now we’ll go sweet with my no sugar added fruit compote. Store bought condiments can contain lots of sodium, sugar, processed sweeteners, preservatives, etc. and can…
Bourbon Hot Toddy
I don’t know a lot about a lot, but I do know it’s Friday and it’s freezing outside! Surviving both the cold and the first work week of 2022 calls for a hot cocktail. A bourbon hot toddy, to be specific. You may be noticing a theme with bourbon cocktails here on HIH. My Kentucky…
Light Ranch Dressing
While I know we’ve talked a lot about butter and bacon in this blog, unless we’ve known each other previous to HIH, you probably don’t know that fitness and and healthy eating has long been a big part of my life. We only get one body, it’s so important to take care of what we’ve…
Sage Sausage Gravy + Biscuits
Well…I had planned to do a whole month of healthier fare for January, but here we are with a sausage gravy recipe. There was only one vote on my Instagram poll to save this recipe for February! I’ll try to deliver on some of those healthier recipes, but I’m gathering that’s not why many of…
Quick Pies AKA Galette
By now we know the root of many of my recipes is an “oh, sh*t” moment when I don’t have what I need and it’s too late or there isn’t enough time to run to town. I call these my Quick Pies, but their fancy and proper name is galette. Basically, it’s just a pie…
Creamy Potato Bacon Soup
The weather in Southeast Kansas has been unseasonably warm this year making it hard to crave a big bowl of soup. That said, the chilly dreary weather this morning finally said, “today is a soup day!” It’s a VERY busy week here at the farm with lots of folks coming to duck and deer hunt,…