Easy Gluten-Free Recipes, Cocktails & Travel

August 14, 2018 By Toni Dash 16 Comments

The Best Homemade Ketchup

Homemade Ketchup is bursting with fresh tomato flavor and spices. It’s easy to make and totally worth it! You’ve never REALLY tasted ketchup until you’ve made it yourself.

Originally published October 2012; updated August 2018

A quick walk around your local grocery store or Farmer’s Market reminds the peak of tomato season is on its way. Every imagineable variety and shape is available, boasting a natural sweetness only found with in-season tomatoes.

Canners are preparing to get their tomato sauce on and most of use are gobbling them up in fresh form salads, dressing, sandwiches or just by themselves.

I have a recipe that has been a long-time summer favorite you MUST MAKE before summer ends: the Best Homemade Ketchup!

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August 7, 2018 By Toni Dash 49 Comments

Pan Seared Salmon with Capers and Lemon

Pan Seared Salmon with Capers and Lemon takes four ingredients and 15 minutes, total! Perfectly cooked salmon fast enough for weeknights, great for entertaining! Originally published in October 2016; updated August 2018. Some recipes are so easy and simple it doesn’t feel right to call them a ‘recipe’. Pan Seared Salmon with Capers and Lemon…

Chutney recipe with peaches in a white bowl

August 2, 2018 By Toni Dash 68 Comments

Fresh Peach Chutney: A Quick, Easy Chutney Recipe

Peach Chutney is a perfect chutney recipe to make when peaches are at their seasonal best. A tangy chunky relish, chutney is a perfect condiment for spicy Indian curries, for a Ploughman’s Lunch or as a side condiment for grilled meat. Quick to make and no canning required. Peaches, corn and tomatoes are in full swing, quite…

Tacos Al Pastor on small plates with pineapple chunks

July 29, 2018 By Toni Dash 38 Comments

Tacos Al Pastor in the Slow Cooker

Tacos Al Pastor is a spicy, sweet taco recipe with pork and pineapple. This recipe is easy in the slow cooker any time of the year. Great recipe for making a taco bar too! Originally published July 2014; updated July 2018 There is a misconception about using slow cookers: that they are only good for…

Glass pitcher of Watermelon Margaritas with watermelon wedge in background

July 26, 2018 By Toni Dash 37 Comments

Watermelon Margaritas + Watermelon-Infused Tequila

Watermelon Margaritas taste like summer and are best using easy-to-make homemade Watermelon-infused Tequila! You’ll want a batch in your refrigerator all summer long. Originally published July 2011; updated July 2018 Margaritas are a summer cocktail favorite but none quench the thirst or the palate as much as Watermelon Margaritas. Cool and refreshing, watermelon margaritas seem…

Cherries Jubilee in glass goblets with vanilla ice cream

July 22, 2018 By Toni Dash 59 Comments

Cherries Jubilee with Vanilla Ice Cream

Cherries Jubilee with Vanilla Ice Cream is an easy, sophisticated dessert sure to dazzle any enjoying it. Liqueur-soaked cherries are flambeed with brandy, making a sweet boozy sauce to top ice cream. Published originally in February 2017; updated July 2018 Being in the heart of fresh cherry season, an easy, exciting dessert seemed fun! Cherries…

Airplane window and cell phone (title text for Best Travel Apps)

July 19, 2018 By Toni Dash 21 Comments

Best Travel Apps to Take the Stress Out of Traveling

Travel Apps allow everything from booking last minute hotels, to eating where the locals eat that you’d never find on your own. These Best Travel Apps will take the stress out of traveling so you can focus on having fun. Planning to take your cell phone on your next vacation? Of course you are. We…

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