The Suburban Homestead
Sourdough Pancakes My family loves baking with our sourdough starter. The sourdough needs to be fed each week regardless of whether or not we make bread. So what do we do with the discarded sourdough starter? Make sourdough pancakes! Sourdough Pancakes have a very complex, rich flavor and a good amount of gluten structure that […]
This Bechamel Sauce recipe is a French mother sauce that can be adapted to many excellent dishes from a creamy mac and cheese to au gratin potatoes. I’ve even seen it mixed into queso dip before. This is a very simple recipe that you can easily make in your kitchen with three ingredients. But the key […]
How to Make Sherry Bundt Cake Recipe. I was having lunch with my Grandma the other day when she mentioned an old family favorite: Sherry Cake. Just saying it brings back all the smells, memories and, yes, my mouth waters. The conversation went something like this, “Do you remember the Sherry Cake that Liz used […]
Adopted from an old family recipe, this cast iron grilled chicken is a sure bet to please the whole family. The buttery, smokey flavor of the bird is amazing and the meat will literally fall off of the bones. I used to make this in a tinfoil boat but now I prefer to use a […]
Grandma’s Baked Zucchini Casserole is my second favorite way to eat the plethora of zucchini that graces our summer table! Obviously, my favorite is Chocolate Zucchini Cake! Moreover, this is the dish that I always request for my birthday dinner. Always. Grandma’s Baked Zucchini Casserole tastes like a little slice of cheesy heaven AND it’s […]
Do you know how to make crispy fried pickles!? Every so often, I’ll go to BW3 with my family and the kids beg and plead for fried pickles. Yes, B-dubs has awesome fried pickles but we played around a bit and came up with a fried pickles recipe we love just as much. I’ll show you how […]
Corn Fried Corncobs It’s like a corndog but with a corncob! Sweet corn is a summer favorite and there are so many ways to cook it. When I first had the idea of making corn fried corn cobs, I considered doing it mainly because it was something new and different. I was pleasantly surprised how […]
Homemade Jalapeno Corn Dogs Earlier, we were feeding frozen corndogs to our kids and their friends. All the adults were hanging out and totally drooling over them. There is something that just says “yum!” about corn dogs. Unfortunately, we were out of corndogs but had a ziplock bag of cornmeal and cocktail weiners in the […]
Morel Gnocchi Mac and Cheese This article is part of our Foraging Minnesota series. For more ideas on foraging, growing, or wild game and their recipes, check this series out. A true comfort food; the Morel Gnocchi Mac and Cheese is fabulous for those cool, rainy spring days. This isn’t a true mac and cheese because gnocchi […]