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Homemade 101 – Five Kitchen Basics

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If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know a few things about me.

I love good food. I use real ingredients and I make a lot from scratch. I don’t use products with lots of additives, preservatives, chemicals and high fructose corn syrup. I pretty much buy organic whenever [...]

Ten Healthy Foods To Add To Your Life

Kitchen Princess Pasta  - steam broccoli

So how’s that New Year’s resolution to eat a healthier diet working out for you so far? Are you clueless how to do that and which foods are the healthiest to add to your life? Do you know which foods give you the most nutritional bang for your buck?

Your Kitchen Princess is here to [...]

Lasagna with Meatballs, Spinach and Béchamel Sauce

Lasagna with Meatballs, Spinach and Béchamel Sauce

Doesn’t that just warm your heart on these cold winter days?  Hot, cheesy and wonderful, a classic lasagna with homemade meatballs and sauce and with a creamy layer of Béchamel underneath to make it extra wonderful.

Don’t be scared by Béchamel sauce.  It’s a super easy white sauce with a little nutmeg added in.  It [...]

Ten Tips to Organize your Kitchen

Spice Drawer

Welcome to 2011. Like taxes and holiday bills, the new year comes around before we’re quite ready for it.  To help myself jump in and feel a little more organized, here’s what I will be doing this week to organize my kitchen and unclutter.  At least, this is my plan!

Kitchen Princess Organizing Tips Go [...]

Taste of Home, Sweet and Spicy Apple Butter!

Sweet and Spicy Apple Butter

One of the best smells filling up your kitchen is the warm fragrance of apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.  All the homey, feel good spices bring sweet memories of the holidays flooding in with one deep inhale.

Some foods we make connect us to generations of women who have spent hours peeling and slicing [...]

Homemade Italian Meatballs and Spaghetti Sauce

homemade Italian meatballs

My family recipes for wonderful homemade Italian meatballs and sauce. Easy and delicious and authentically Italian! Loaded with cheese and garlic, these meatballs will delight your tastebuds and have your family begging for more! [...]

Fresh Blueberry Muffins

In my family, holiday breakfasts and birthdays always begin with fresh, homemade blueberry muffins.

When Mike and I got married, we went to Cape Cod for our honeymoon and stayed at a lovely Bed and Breakfast that two of our friends owned.  Every morning we would awaken to the most marvelous scent of fresh blueberry [...]

Kitchen Princess Pies

Baked Blackberry Pie

Mastering the  art of pie will qualify you as an authentic Kitchen Princess.  It takes a lot less skill than cakes, what with all that fancy frosting and decoration etc., and it’s practically guaranteed to bring smiles to your family’s faces as they marvel at your culinary chops. You will feel a sense of satisfaction [...]

Fresh Raspberry Jam

Fresh Raspberry Jam

Simple, ruby red and with an intense raspberry flavor, this easy jam will have you swooning! [...]

Jam Making and Life Lessons Learned

Apricot Mango Jam

How is making jam like living life? Eleven ways… [...]