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  • Juicy Summer Chicken Sandwiches with Avocado

    These grilled chicken sandwiches are one of our go-to meals once the weather warms up. The chicken gets marinated until it’s juicy and flavorful, then layered onto toasted sourdough with avocado, tomato, arugula, and all the fresh crunchy toppings. We almost always add homemade pickles from the fridge, and honestly, that’s what takes them over…

  • Smooth Restaurant-Style Refried Beans Recipe

    These easy refried beans are my go-to for taco night. They take less than 10 minutes, use simple pantry staples, and taste so good. Blending the beans before heating makes them extra smooth and creamy — almost like the restaurant-style beans you get at your favorite Mexican spot. Perfect alongside tacos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, or…

  • Easy Spring Omelette Recipe with Fresh Herbs

    Fresh herbs, creamy goat cheese, and soft eggs = one of those meals that feels fancy but takes maybe 10 minutes total. This is perfect for spring when the chives are popping off and you need a quick breakfast, lunch, or “I don’t feel like cooking” dinner. Why You’ll Love This Ingredients Serves 2 Optional…

  • The Very Best Sourdough Discard Crackers

    When you’re baking sourdough every week, you get plenty of opportunity to experiment with discard recipes. Baking with discard is almost as satisfying as baking a good artisan loaf. And because it’s super easy and delicious, sourdough discard crackers had quickly become a favorite in our house. Lots of tweaks And guys – these really…

  • My Go-To Sourdough Loaf Recipe

    When we first moved to Leelanau County in Fall of 2021, we walked over to our new neighbor’s house to introduce ourselves. They were warm and welcoming, and everything you could hope new neighbors to be. We chatted for a couple of hours as our kids played on the floor and ran around their house,…

  • Activating Your Dehydrated Sourdough Starter

    Start(er) Here You’re here! And if you’re here, you most likely have a dehydrated, inactive sourdough starter in your possession and are ready to get it active and start your sourdough journey. Exciting. Baking sourdough has become so much more than just making bread to me. In just under a year, baking sourdough has fed…

  • Changing Seasons

    As I felt the seasons changing, I began to feel a creeping dread.  I found myself prematurely mourning the summer.  The seemingly perfect memories made with my family:  My children running through blueberry fields with the sun shining in their hair.  Their fingers running through the sand at the beach down the road that we…