Farm Bell Recipes is all about you, the community. You write the posts. You share the recipes. We love your ideas and your creativity, and we want to know more about you! For some time, we’ve been running a Meet the Cook segment on the Farm Bell Recipes blog by contacting people individually. You can… Read More
This is the best chocolate cake you will ever eat! It is truly moist, dense and delicious, and so easy to make from scratch. When I was growing up, my mother’s best friend was a baker. This was her recipe. How to make the Best Chocolate Cake: 1 3/4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 3/4… Read More
I call this Bavarian Jello because that is what I heard it called when I was a kid. It’s flavoured jelly powder (Jello) mixed with whipped cream. And. It’s. Delicious. This is a quick, easy, frugal yet fancy dessert. I make it a lot in the summer in the heat but also now, when strawberries… Read More
I have a terrible habit of turning on my dutch oven to dry on the stove and walking away, which has twice cracked the enamel coatings. After the second time I decided it was time to lose the enamel – I bought a double dutch from Amazon… cast iron, no coating, and a lid that… Read More
Growing up, we had pretty strict menus in the fall and winter months–potato soup every Saturday for lunch, bean soup every Saturday night, fried chicken every Sunday for dinner, and oatmeal every.single.morning. And we weren’t allowed to leave anything on our plate, either. Now, I understand and can appreciate it–all the way up to the… Read More
Photo courtesy of Gluten Go Bye Bye Early December, a few years ago, I received a call from a woman. She said she knew I was a chef, and had heard I had a gluten intolerant daughter. When I acknowledged this, I could hear the relief in her voice. She told me how sick her… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More