Author: Kayla

Sourdough Bread Baked on the Grill

Sourdough Bread Baked on the Grill

This is a way to bake your rustic sourdough loaf on a hot summer day when you don’t want to heat up your kitchen

Rustic Sourdough Bread

Rustic Sourdough Bread

After receiving a 30 year old sourdough starter, I made a loaf of this bread and I was hooked.

Steak and Guinness Pie

Steak and Guinness Pie

Delicious Gastro-Pub fare at home!

Pie Birds

Pie Birds

These cute little things are used to vent a pie so that steam escapes through the bird’s mouth instead of building up inside the pie.

Super Peel

Super Peel

We find a regular pizza peel works just fine for getting the pizza out, but the super peel has saved our bacon more than once.

Pizza Stone

Pizza Stone

We consider this a must have for pizza in a hot oven or grill.

Sour Cherry Black Forest Upside-Down Cakes

Sour Cherry Black Forest Upside-Down Cakes

A modified version of the classic, with freshly picked cherries.

Sorrel Pesto

Sorrel Pesto

This pesto gives a lemony zing to pasta dishes.

Canning Tongs

Canning Tongs

Also called “canning jar lifters”, these are pretty much a necessity when processing jars of jams and preserves. You risk scalding yourself with ad-hoc substitutes.

Canning Funnel

Canning Funnel

This is a surprisingly useful tool not just for filling hot canning jars with jam, but for lots of every day chores when you need to transfer hot liquids. These are designed to fit both wide-mouth and regular-mouth jars.