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

 Hello friends! This Christmas was an awesome and unforgettable one for me.  I had all my children, grandchildren and both our moms in town!  Such a blessing! Since we are still currently living in our trailer (though we did make it out on our land), we rented a house for the week to host out of. With such a large group, I planned on cooking all our meals at home to save money and make sure we ate well.  We had some family members who only eat lean meats and others that don't care for sourdough anything, so I had to adapt a few things. Adapting and trying new things is fun! Of course one of the requests was for my overnight cinnamon rolls, which has become a tradition for Christmas morning.  Luckily, I was able to get the house a day early, so I could prep everything.  That made everything possible.  Here is the best overnight cinnamon roll recipe you will ever try and I have put it to the test for years!  I doubled the recipe using my bosch mixe...

 You guys! I have a NEW recipe for you.  It's so good and it was created out of a need to use some of my fresh Italian oregano from my garden. As some of you may know, Ray and I are currently living in our travel trailer as we make a huge transition in our life.  Instead of just emptying out the nest, we sold it! We bought a little piece of land and are currently in the planning stages of building a large metal shop with a small area framed out inside for us to live in.  We are super excited! With an empty nest and no nest at all, I have found more time to enjoy some of my hobbies.  I love to have fresh food to cook and the best place to get fresh food is to grow it yourself!  I don't have a lot of room to work with and anything I do can not be permanent.  Well, I found these grow bags and they have been amazing!  Here is my current garden: That's not all of it, but the majority of it.  I have onions, three kinds of lettuce, broccoli, cabbage...

 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 oni...

 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 th...