Cherished Recipes

Chicken Caprese Salad with Avocado

This grilled chicken caprese pasta salad with avocado is fresh, filling, and is a simple way to use up ingredients and leftovers. Packed with tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, and creamy avocado, it’s the perfect balance of hearty and refreshing. Great for family dinners, picnics, or meal prep.

Almond pesto is easy to make with fresh basil

I love how something as simple as swapping almonds for pine nuts can make homemade pesto both affordable and delicious. It’s a small change that makes this recipe practical enough for weeknights, yet still special enough to share with guests. If you try it, I’d love to hear how you used it — pasta, sandwiches, or maybe something creative I haven’t thought of yet! Leave a comment below or tag me when you share.

No-Fuss Pizza Dough Recipe

This easy, no-fuss pizza dough recipe will save your family from overspending with ordering take out.  

It only takes about 30 minutes with this recipe and with only 5 ingredients you’ll avoid excess junk often found in processed frozen foods

Just add your favorite sauce, cheese, meats and veg and you’ll have a nutritious, no-fuss dinner. 

No-cook pickles are easy to make and with this easy recipe you can make them in your fridge over night.

When life hands you too many cucumbers, don’t just feed them to the birds. 

 

Try this simple, no-cook, overnight pickle recipe. Simply chop up your veggies, add the spices and vinegar and the fridge does the rest of the work. 

 

These pickles were so fun to make, my 8-year old absolutely loved helping to make these. 

 

Give them a try and let me know your thoughts! 

Hot August - Easy Vanilla Ice Cream fix

This easy vanilla ice cream recipe is so simple to follow. Your kids will enjoy helping, you’ll enjoy the easy clean up, and your spouse will enjoy licking their bowl clean. Enjoy it plain as vanilla, OR dress it up with your favorite cookie / toppings like crumbled Oreos, fresh blackberries or put it on top of a peach cobbler!  

Either way, you’ll love this recipe. I hope you leave me a comment and tell me how you liked it. 

This easy rustic sourdough bread is great during any season.

  NEW!! 

This bread is meant to be easy and forgiving—no-fuss and full of grace. The more you bake it, the more familiar it becomes.

 

This recipe only has 4 simple ingredients. Starter, Flour, Water, and salt.

 

If this is your first time trying sourdough, be proud of yourself. You’re nurturing something real, something that feeds your family and your soul. And if it flops? That’s okay. You’re not failing—you’re growing.

10/10 recommend this for first timers!