Right, so I got my hands on this orange food coloring powder. I’d been hearing stuff about powders, how they’re better for some things, not adding extra liquid and all that. Figured I’d give it a shot. Liquids are alright, I guess, but they can mess with your consistency if you’re not careful, especially when you’re trying to get a real punchy color. First Impressions...

So, let me tell you about my little adventure with Triscuit Whole Wheat Crackers. It wasn’t like I set out on a quest for the perfect cracker, nah, nothing that dramatic. I was just swamped, you know? Like, buried under a mountain of work, and my eating habits had gone completely off the rails. I was grabbing whatever was quick, and honestly, feeling pretty gross...

Alright, so I was on a real quest for high gluten flour a while back. You know, for that proper chewy bread, the kind that really fights back a bit when you bite into it. My usual all-purpose stuff just wasn’t cutting it, making my loaves kinda sad and floppy. My First Stops: The Usual Suspects Naturally, I first hit up my local supermarket. Walked...

Getting Started with These Peanut Butter Things Alright, so I’d been wanting to try my hand at making some edibles for a while. Seemed like everyone was doing it, but a lot of the recipes I found online looked way too complicated. You know, stuff that needed a chemistry degree. I just wanted something straightforward, something that wouldn’t take all day or leave my kitchen...

Alright, so I’d been meaning to try my hand at these carrot cake dessert cups I kept seeing pop up in my head. Seemed like a cool way to get that carrot cake fix without, you know, making a whole giant cake that I’d probably eat all by myself. Getting Started – The Carrot Situation First things first, I had to wrestle with the carrots....

Alright, let’s talk about something I checked out myself just the other day. I was in the kitchen, getting ready to fry up some chicken, and I reached for my trusty bottle of vegetable oil. I usually just pour without thinking too much, but this time I was trying to be a bit more mindful, you know? Trying to keep track of things. So I...

Alright, so I finally got around to trying that King Arthur pumpkin bread recipe I’d seen floating around. Had a can of pumpkin puree staring at me from the pantry shelf for weeks, figured it was time. Getting Started – The Usual Chaos First things first, had to clear some counter space. You know how it is. Then I started pulling everything out. Flour, sugar,...

Okay, let me tell you about my little kitchen adventure the other day. I got this sudden craving for cinnamon rolls, like, really bad. But here’s the thing: I’m doing the gluten-free thing, and honestly, messing with yeast sometimes feels like too much work, especially when you want something now. So, I decided to try making some gluten-free cinnamon rolls without yeast. Yeah, I wasn’t...

Alright, so I got the urge to bake something cozy the other day, and fruit cake muffins popped into my head. Not everyone’s cup of tea, I know, but I like ’em sometimes. Getting Started with the Fruit First thing, I tackled the dried fruit mix. Had some raisins, currants, maybe some mixed peel lying around. The usual stuff. I remembered reading somewhere, or maybe...

Alright, so I got this sudden urge the other day. You know how it is, sometimes you just need something… solid. Comforting. And I had all this dried fruit sitting around. Honestly, it’s been in the cupboard for ages, leftover from Christmas I think? Felt bad just letting it sit there, seemed like such a waste. My grandma, she never wasted a thing. Used to...