Homemade Recipes

Making homemade stock is so easy! It's a third the price of buying it in stores.

Chef Meg's homemade and natural ricotta cheese is easy to make and a fun project for someone who likes to cook.

A friend issued a challenge to cure a Nutella addiction. This recipe was just the ticket! No hydrogenated oils, fewer calories, less fat--and more fiber and protein!

Making homemade peanut butter is easy, as long as you have a good blender or food processor.

This is an amazing salsa best made with fresh ingredients.

No need to worry about candy thermometers and burning suger. Make hard candy easily in the microwave! A great way to create un-common flavors.

Easy to make from scratch Sloppy Joe's

Just like grandma used to make

Great for a cold winter day or if your just feeling sick.

A healthy inexpensive way to have sushi @ home!

Never buy the jarred stuff again! This DIY version is perfectly sweet. Goes perfectly with potato pancakes!

This is my family's recipe for many generations, I just love it!

Ice cream in a bag.

This is my homemade guacamole recipe. I love it by itself, with a Mexican style entree or on a salad!

Very satisfying and high in nutrients. A main dish soup.

Mmmmm.....
Fresh rhubarb from the garden....
a little sugar....
a homemade pie crust made with whole wheat flour......

yum! This is awesome pie, and I should know, I'm a pie lover!

Makes 4 cups - each serving 1 TBSP

Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of apple sauce, produced by long, slow cooking of apples with cider or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes, turning the apple butter a deep brown. The concentration of sugar gives apple butter a much longer shelf life as a preserve than applesauce. Apple butter was a popular way of using apples in colonial America, and well into the 19th century. The term “butter� refers to the thick, soft consistency, and apple butter’s use as a spread for breads. Typically seasoned with cinnamon, cloves, lemon juice and other spices, apple butter may be spread on buttered toast, used as a side dish, an ingredient in baked goods, or as a condiment.

Salt-free cheese! Is it possible? Sure it is!

Based on Alton Brown's recipe, this cheese is made for combining -- I wouldn't recommend eating it on its own.

This is perfect for a Turkey Burger or make the patties smaller for a great breakfast sausage! I have even used it for sausage gravy.

A great alternative to the store bought onions. These are more flavorful and free of chemical perservatives.

My teenage daughter made this for dinner. It was so good that I got right on SparkPeople to share. My husband HATES fish, and he had seconds! She got this recipe from a friend. This recipe can also be used with chicken.

I wanted yummy chocolate pudding without the sugar and high fat and guilt so I thought I would make it myself

This pizza is made with 2% cheese and there is no oil in the crust. It makes a tasty thin crust pizza that is lower in calories than from the restaurant! I have a few extra tips at the end of the recipe to help save more on fat, which cannot be put into the food calculator, but your own body will KNOW!

This is a great sauce for serving over your favorite pasta, on pizzas, eggplant parm, chicken parm, lasagna, baked ziti or manicotti.

You may simmer this for 24 hours.
This is to reduce the water for a smooth non-runny sauce.

Very similar to the soup at Olive garden. 6 grams of fiber and over 14 grams of protein per serving!!

I have a soft spot for chipotle, but their tacos are SO high in calories. 3 will cost you up to 900 calories and 47 grams of fat.

This recipe provides all the flavor of a chiptole taco, but with less calories and less fat!

Great Mashed Potato Recipe..Simple, Homemade, and Delicious!

Just thought I would try to make my signature french toast recipe using almond milk since on the carton it says that is only 60 calories per serving (less than skim milk) But you can substitute the almond milk for the skim. I also thought the light almond flavor could do nothing except enhance the flavor of the french toast. Came out very tasty and even fooled my husband who is a whole milk kinda guy:)

Low Calorie Recipe

I make these with half whole wheat flour and half bread flour. You can make them all wheat or all white, whatever you prefer. Enjoy!

These turned out really good! Dunk them in a mug of hot chocolate for a really yummy treat.