Spices Over Yanda Blog (Previously Allyson's Attempt at Domestication)

 Hello friends!  If you are here because I gifted you some of my "love" sourdough starter, below you will find (hopefully) most of the information you are looking for to get started on your sourdough journey!  If you have just happened upon my page, welcome!  Hopefully you will also find useful information here. "Love" (my sourdough starter) is about 6 months old.  I started her at a really weird time in my life, because I currently don't have an oven to bake bread in.  However, that's for another post.  I bake at my daughter's house, my mother's apartment, and lately I have been making my loaves in my crockpot!  I also have made many other things with "love" and she has truly been amazing.  I'm so happy to share her! In your jar, is fed and active starter.  Here are your options: Feed it and use it for bread in 8-12 hours Get a larger clean jar, place it on your kitchen scale and then set it to zero grams. Pour the starter I gave you i

Yes! You can eat delicious food and baked goods while eating a keto lifestyle!  I have tried many different recipes for cookies that work for keto, and so far these are the only ones that were REALLY GOOD! Here is the recipe I used. I really enjoy the sugar free chocolate chips from Lily's.  I'm including a link from Amazon , but you can find them most everywhere and it looks like Amazon is not a good source right now.  They are more expensive than regualr baking chips, but not too much more.  Maybe a couple dollars normally.  I did half milk chocolate and half dark chocolate. Comment what you think!  

  You will be so amazed at this meal!  Definitely put it on your next meal plan! I don't love vegetables and zucchini has never been something I would be excited about eating, but I found a new love for them as "zoodles".  You take a zucchini, cut off the ends after washing and use a spiralizer to make noodles (aka zoodles).  I do this ahead of time and keep in a container or baggie in my fridge until the night I need to cook them.  Then I put some butter and olive oil in a pan and sauté for just a couple minutes, add a little salt and they are good to go.  You won't believe it, I don't even realize I'm not eating pasta! The meatballs! Oh, my yum!!  I based my recipe off of this one , but here is what I did: 1.5 pounds ground beef (I used 88%) a few leaves of fresh basil snipped up small 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (I used fresh grated) 1/2 cup crushed pork rinds 2 eggs 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/4 tsp. black pepper 1/4 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. dried onion flake

 You can’t go wrong with this recipe! It’s not even a recipe really, more just a way to throw good ingredients together to make great, healthy food! Boneless Chicken breast (pound to same thickness, cut into tenders) Or boneless chicken tenders  Salt, pepper, favorite chicken seasoning Broccoli (cut in pieces) Parmesan shredded cheese Butter Minced garlic Heavy cream I LOVE making this all on the outside Camp Chef flat griddle. It’s so easy and quick. And of course, I can’t live without my cast iron skillets. I have three, I’ll do a post here soon on those.  Season your chicken and throw them on the griddle to start cooking. Next put your broccoli on the other side of the griddle. Squirt some water on the broccoli and cover with a dome lid to let it steam. Once your chicken is cooked on one side, turn it over, check on your broccoli, mixing it up, maybe add a bit more water and recover to continue steaming.  After you flip your chicken over, now it’s time to start the Alfredo. Put your

 Hi friends!! One of the things that I have loved about having this forum is that it can change with me.  This week I was reminded how people do still reference my website and I want to make sure it's a good representation of me.  So I'm here to tell you and share ideas, products and recipes from our new way of eating! I say we, because it is very much an endeavor that both Ray and I are on.  He has been eating this way for over 18 months and has successfully lost over 80 pounds!! He looks and feels amazing! I'll let him do a post with his own tips and tricks because he does do a lot of things different than I do, but what I share is what is working for me and how I cook for both of us.  Ray does more intermittent fasting and has different goals than I do.  I have been eating this way for about 2 months and have lost 20 pounds!  I will preface this with the fact that I did have weight loss surgery 8 years ago and since then I automatically eat higher protein amounts.  There

 Today I am leaving my second child at college.  Cambria loves to cook and is adventurous with what she likes to eat.  I'm getting ready to take her shopping for her first groceries and I wanted to add a few of my favorite things to cook and bake on my blog so she can find them easy. Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: 1 stick of butter (8 tablespoons) - melted 1/2 cup of white sugar 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1 egg 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cups total of chocolate chips (do a combination of milk, semi sweet, peanut butter) Instructions: heat oven to 350 degrees mix the sugars and melted butter until creamy stir in the egg and vanilla just until combined add in the flour, baking soda, salt - mix until dough consistency - you might need to add more flour (sometimes the mixer will make this too creamy so I mix by hand) add in the chocolate chips and mix/stir until combined drop by spoonfulls onto a baking sheet an