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Recipes From The Classroom

Recipes From The Classroom
Posted in : cheap, Coffee, cookies, dessert, drink, drinks, easy, fun, healthy, recipe, snack, snacks, sweets, vegetables, veggies on by : Jeanette Rueb
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Regular readers! Hello! It’s been a hot minute since I had a recipe to share due to a tumultuous summer and many new life developments. One of my newest adventures is pursuing the tutelage of English as a foreign language. I’m taking a series of online seminars to learn pedagogy and, specifically, how to teach
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Lemon Lavender Honey Scones

Lemon Lavender Honey Scones
Posted in : bake, baking, breakfast, dessert, easy, honey, lavender, lemon, recipe, snack, snacks, spring, summer, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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I have been working on this recipe for about a month trying to get it just right. It’s been through half a dozen iterations with little tweaks each time and, finally, I think I’ve got it just right. They’re sweet, tender, sturdy, lemony, and taste like a spring day in the garden! My hockey team
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Arrowroot Cookies

Arrowroot Cookies
Posted in : bake, baking, cookies, dessert, easy, recipe, snack, snacks, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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This recipe is both a tasty treat for snackers of all ages and a tummy soother. As I mentioned last week, I’ve been going through some disordered eating issues, and one of the most common complications I face is nausea. Like. Constant nausea. I’m no stranger to upset stomachs, but over the years, sucking on
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Gingerbread Sugar Scrub

Gingerbread Sugar Scrub
Posted in : Christmas, cookies, easy, ginger, holidays, recipe, Spice, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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Welcome back! Happy New Year! Once again, I’d like to apologize for the hiatus. As ironic as it may seem, I, a food blogger, have been struggling with eating. As a result, my cooking has been somewhat irregular and generally catered to not making my stomach hate me — which, also ironically, this recipe absolutely
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Dutch Oven Berry Cornbread

Dutch Oven Berry Cornbread
Posted in : bake, baking, berry, blueberry, bread, breakfast, cake, cheap, dessert, easy, foraging, raspberry, recipe, snack, snacks, summer, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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Hello, readers! Long time no recipe, and for that, I apologize. This summer came at me like a tsunami, and I’ve been trying to keep afloat. I’ve been learning how to beekeep, living in a house without air conditioning, dealing with family matters, and, most relevantly, learning how to forage from the abundance of plants
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Craveworthy Carrot Cake

Craveworthy Carrot Cake
Posted in : baking, birthday, cake, carrots, dessert, food, intermediate, nut, recipe, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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I like to make birthday cakes for my friends when they’ll let me. Some don’t want the pomp and circumstance, but for those who do, I like to go all out. This year, one of my good friends asked for a carrot cake, and I was determined to deliver. This recipe makes enough for a
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Flavored Sugars

Flavored Sugars
Posted in : dessert, easy, family, food, fresh, fun, natural, recipe, snack, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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There’s a crazy Instagrammer I’ve been following lately called Black Forager (seriously, check her out), and her thing is foraging goods in a largely suburban environment. I’ve always had a love for foraged snacks, but a couple of her posts really intrigued me, so I thought I’d test them out. I’m making this a general
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Butterscotch Banana Bread

Butterscotch Banana Bread
Posted in : banana, bread, breakfast, dessert, food, intermediate, recipe, snack, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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As anyone who regularly follows this blog will likely already be lamenting, I have a lot of banana bread recipes. I like bananas, I like bread, and I like being able to throw things in a batter and feel like I’m some kind of flavor whiz. This time, though, this time, I think I’ve found
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Seven Layer Bars

Seven Layer Bars
Posted in : bake, baking, birthday, butter, casserole, cheap, chocolate, dessert, dish to pass, easy, food, snack, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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Quarantine Birthday Two: Electric Boogaloo demanded a birthday snack that could be transported and shared with relative ease, and as someone who struggles with depression in isolation, I needed something easy to make in the event I wasn’t feeling so hot on the day-of (spoiler: I was well enough to bake!). My solution, as recommended
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Jumbo White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Jumbo White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies
Posted in : bake, baking, birthday, cheap, chocolate, cookies, dessert, easy, food, fresh, fruit, fun, raspberry, recipe, snack, sweets on by : Jeanette Rueb
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First and foremost: Sorry about the hiatus. I’ve been battling some mental health struggles and working myself to the bone trying to finish my backyard landscaping in time to get my onions, beans, peas, etc. in the ground in time. I’m still here! I just miscalculated how much of a backlog of posts I had
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