Recipes Archives - The Domestic Geek Blog (2024)

Our garden this year had 4 little rows of sweet corn. The barn cats loved hiding in the stalks. If you couldn't find the barn cats you knew exactly where to find them. Our garden definitely flourished this year, it's our 3rd year here and this was the year of the great garden expansion nearly doubling in size. Which is why we were able to plant so much sweet corn.It was ...

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I've figured out the secret to the best pie crust.Every year on my birthday we would celebrate by heading to the same orchard we've been going to since we were kids. We would always get caramel apples and their iconic apple pie with the best pie crust you've ever tasted in your life. We would pet and feed goats, admire chickens and play at the farm.Tomorrow I turn 33 ...

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We make our own bread, biscuits, pancakes and all of our other favorite carbs, but we were still buying hamburger buns at the grocery store. So this summer I made the best ever hamburger buns and haven't looked back since. We use these for cheeseburgers, epic breakfast sandwiches, and the best pulled pork sandwiches you'll ever have.I top these with a generous amount of ...

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From scratch pancakes recipePancakes are definitely something that tastes better from scratch. We try to make as many things from scratch as possible on our homestead, and this is one of them. This is one of those recipes that my husband knows by heart, probably because he makes them at least once a week. We love topping them with local syrup, or sometimes we'll make ...

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We love making biscuits and gravy for breakfast, it's really simple to whip up! Well, it would be more simple if I didn't have to make biscuits from scratch, but it works equally good with leftover biscuits. So if you're making biscuits for dinner you should definitely double the recipe so you can have biscuits and gravy for breakfast.Here's my from scratch biscuit ...

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Want to try curry at home, but you're not a fan of spicy food? This is a really mild recipe that's still packed with a lot of flavor. It's sure to be a family favorite in no time.If you have toddlers you know where this meal idea came from, a certain Blue Heeler family is obsessed with curry, and it inspired us to make this meal. We also totally get why Bingo and Bluey ...

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This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you! Thanks for supporting our family.Is there anything more satisfying than making your own biscuits or bread? I'm the official biscuit maker in our household, and AJ is the bread maker around here (weirdly we split hamburger bun duty.) ...

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It was just the holidays, and we needed some vegetables after eating practically nothing but chocolate, cookies, and cakes for weeks. So I tossed this together for lunch, it's kind of like one of those frozen pastas meals you can get at the store. I admit that I definitely bought many of those when we lived in our first apartment with a kitchen the size of a postage stamp. It ...

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Love pumpkin pie, but not a fan of crust? Try these simple pumpkin pie bites! Crustless Pumpkin Pie Bites Print Ingredients 15 ounces Pumpkin Puree ½ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla ¾ cup evaporated milk ⅔ cup flour 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking soda Instructions Spray foil cupcake liners with ...

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I hope you enjoy this simple recipe for orange pasta, linguine in a bright orange cream sauce. It's a simple cream sauce made with fresh squeezed oranges and zest. An easy weeknight dinner, add chicken to make it a complete meal. We love adding breaded chicken for a quick kid friendly weeknight meal. Orange pasta - linguine in orange sauce Print Ingredients ...

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Is there anything tastier than spinach and artichoke dip? Plus, it sounds like you're eating something healthy when you definitely are not. This recipe is so simple, just some dicing and some heavy duty stirring, get your stirring muscles ready for this one.What I found makes this a little easier is to add the cubed cream cheese, sour cream, and cheeses in the ...

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