Sesame Dressing

This sesame dressing is so incredibly easy, and delicious. You’ll wonder why you’ve never made it before. When I make it – I tend to make a double batch that way I have it in the fridge and lots of salad eating! I hope you enjoy making this sesame dressing as much as I do….

Dairy-Free Poppy Seed Dressing

My family has a huge love for the store bought poppy seed dressing so I finally decided to create my very own homemade dairy-free poppy seed dressing. Years ago after tasting a salad made by my cousin I decided it was time to make it myself. You can find the recipe HERE. I hope you…

Quick Meat Sauce

I like to make large batches of spaghetti sauce so I always have some in the freezer ready to thaw for a busy school night dinner. This quick meat sauce lives up to it’s name. It goes together quickly and is tasty as well. I prefer to make marinara for my batch cooking days, but…

Lemon Vinaigrette

Lemon Vinaigrette There are never enough salads in my world, and certainly not enough great dressings for all the wonderful salads. Maybe it is a California thing, but we really like salad and take salad eating very seriously. There is no reason why you should not make your own salad dressing at home. They are…

Summer Freezer Jam

One summer I had way too much fresh fruit and had to come up with some way to use it. I found a recipe and gave it a tweak. I think you will enjoy this no cook summer freezer jam. It will give you the feeling of summer time long into the winter. As this…

Vegan Cheese Sauce

Vegan Cheese Sauce I periodically get a craving for nacho cheese sauce – you know, the kind that comes from a dispenser at football games. I came up with my own homemade dairy-free version and my vegan cheese sauce recipe was born. I have forced my family to try this recipe and they did both…

Vegan Green Sauce

A few months back I came up with this recipe for dairy-free vegan green sauce. I really like playing in the kitchen. For anyone that is new to my writing, this is what I call my recipe creation and test kitchen time. For those of you that have been reading for a while, you know…