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Tales from the kitchen witch

by ChainedChrysalis

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3 days ago

DIY Vanilla Extract

So this is a long haul one everyone!!! 4-6 Vanilla beans Per 1 cup of alcohol. Im using Rum seeing I was gifted some bacardi at work and I dont drink lmao!! I went to the liqour store and gra...


October 13, 2024

Todays yummys

Today I made 1 Caramel Apple crisp. A pumpkin spiced bread with a crisp topping( both are oatless crisp toppings)Stuffing bread crumbs.Regular bread crumbs. Caramel sauceWhite chocolate oreo f...


September 22, 2024

Weekend meal prep

Ive had a migraine and so much stress. Work had another drama turn and we are livid aobut this one. But Ill come back to that one. I want to see what happens tomorrow. But this weekend was sh...


September 17, 2024

Peanut butter granola bars

This one was a winner for the fam. Ingredients 1 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter  2/3 cup - 1 cup maple syrup or honey ( start with less and add a bit more if needed)  2 teaspoons...


September 15, 2024

Weekend noms

Today I made: By popular choice and vote from the family Peanut butter (with added peanut butter protein powder) chocolate chip granola bars. Moose Fart no bake cookies 12 cups of brown sugar...


September 13, 2024

Quick Caramel

I love caramel. The kids are always after me to buy worthers haha. Its so good. I was stressed which translates into cooking. Tonight was pumpkin apple muffins and I thought Caramel on top! Beca...


Im currently dehydrating a big container of mushrooms and two huge onions in my oven. Im using convection bake. But MAN THOSE ONIONS were potent! I chopped each tray into smallish pieces and am...


September 07, 2024

Cream of everything soup mix

I saw this on tiktok and HAD to try it. We make several dishes that call for cream of soups. And its expensive to use 6 cans of cream of mushroom soup!! So Here I am, trying out cream of everyt...


September 07, 2024

Smores Granola

I went rogue today and made smores everything granola lmao. 3 cups graham cracker cereal 2 cups mini marshmallow 3 cup oats ( toasted cuz why not) 2 cups honey bunches of oats cereal 1 package...


August 29, 2024

Muffin checkin

So my muffins texture is totally different. Given there is no fat or oil. No butter ect. I replaced it with yogurt and banana the texture is more spongy and chewy almost. Less cake like. Not th...


Oil is expensive and butter is more so. Im finding I can swap butter and oil for things like greek yogurt, Sour cream and bananas. So a lot of my recipes are containing some of all of those ingre...


August 23, 2024

Pizza sticks

I tried a recipe for pizza roll up sticks I saw. 8 inch tortillas. Leftover spaghetti sauce ( already seasoned! This batch had sausage diced into it so it was meaty) 1 mozzi stick/cheese stick p...


August 17, 2024

Home made granola

Ok this is my first try on home made granola. (Honestly a lot of the recipes I post here, its the first time I make them lmao!) But tony eats this silly expensive granola so i thought what the ...


I decided to look up and see if you could do Banana bread with plantains. Turns out you CAN! In stead of bananas you just do plantains. The recipe said to put them in the blender. Omg so true. I...


June 09, 2024

Quick focaccia bread

4 cups (512 g) all-purpose flour or bread flour, see notes above 2 teaspoons (10 g) kosher salt 2 teaspoons (8 g) instant yeast, see notes above if using active dry 2 cups (455 g) lukewarm water...


I always find a red white and blueish desert for the big “USA USA” Holidays. This year im making a red white and blue cake. First up. Make a vanilla cake. You can do a box cake if you want, or m...


Today I made Chicken teriyaki kabobs. This one is easy! You can make your suace from scratch, ORRR buy a bottle. Whichever you prefer! 3/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons sesame oil 1...


Notes, Make the blueberry sauce first! Lemon Cheesecake Filling 24 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1 ¼ cup sugar 3 large eggs, room temperature, whisked 2 tablespoons lemon zest 3 tablespo...


April 07, 2024

Apple fritter bites

Another desert. This is very much like my last recipe but I changed a few things to make them apple fritter like. This is a protein “Cupcake/muffin” and they are so good! Pictured are the blue...


April 07, 2024

Blueberry fritter bites

Another desert. This is a protein “Cupcake/muffin” and they are so good! 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt ( I just tip my grinder for a few seconds) 6...


April 02, 2024

Alfredo chicken meal prep

Getting back on the meal prep bandwagon and working on controling my portions. This one shocked me. 2 large chicken breasts 1 jar Bertolli alfredo sauce 1/2 lb egg noodles 1 lb broccoli 1 cup pe...


March 31, 2024

New Banana Bread recipe

Im trying a new Banana bread recipe. Its almost bread dough its cake dough ish like material. 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup butter ro...


March 28, 2024

Strawberry Lemonade bread

Ive been obsessing with blueberry lemon for a while. Its SO good. So I thought Strawberry lemonade is super good, Why arent we making THAT into a bread.. So I searched and sure enough. I found a...


This is the easiest cake. It smells SO good. I had a moment when I decided to make carrot cake as I am looking at carrots thinking how the hell do I shred these.... Turns out my Ninja Smoothie th...


February 19, 2024

Tart Tatin

This weeks adventure in baking is a french Tart Tatin (Tar ta tan) I saw them make it on a baking show and had to try it. Its basically a one crust apple pie baked upside down in a cast iron. It ...


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