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How to Age a Wood Dining Table (and Make it Food Safe)

Are you hoping to give a little bit of an aged or vintage charm to a wooden table, or piece of furniture, that you’ve just thrifted? Look no further. Below I will walk you through how to quickly get an aged look for any piece of wooden furniture you’ve got, not just dining tables. I…

How to Paint Over Old Trim Paint (and avoid sanding)

We have spent about a year, so far, painting our way through our new (1948) home and have learned a thing or two, to say the least. Maybe you’ve also just moved into an older home with that really smooth, enamel trim paint and you’re hoping to repaint it. We’ve been there and have experimented…

  • Fluffy Sourdough Discard Waffles

    Fluffy Sourdough Discard Waffles

    Calling all sourdough superheroes! Ditch the boring breakfast routine and elevate your mornings with luscious, homemade sourdough waffles. This recipe harnesses the power of your active starter or discard to create light, fluffy waffles bursting with unique, tangy flavor. Forget the store-bought stuff – sourdough magic awaits! Bid farewell to soggy, flavorless waffles! This post… Read more

  • Easy Workday Sourdough Pizza Crust

    Easy Workday Sourdough Pizza Crust

    We love a good pizza night, but these days we rarely buy any of our carbs/breads from the grocery store. BUT let’s be real, who has time for complicated pizza crusts after a long day? Not this tired soul, that’s for sure. But that doesn’t mean we gotta settle for cardboard masquerading as dough. Enter… Read more

  • Moist and Fudgy Sourdough Discard Brownies

    Moist and Fudgy Sourdough Discard Brownies

    Looking for a way to use up some of that sourdough starter discard sitting in your fridge? Look no further – I’ve landed on a brownie recipe that hits the perfect balance of moist and fudgy and cakey. Check out the detailed steps below with images or feel free to jump to the printable version… Read more

  • Easiest Workday, No-Knead Sourdough Bread

    Easiest Workday, No-Knead Sourdough Bread

    You’ve probably spent hours reading through every blog post trying to figure out the perfect, hands-off, workday-flexible Sourdough bread. I was there too. And news flash, there’s no such thing as a “perfect loaf.” We all have our preferences with Sourdough bread. But, I have built this pretty-close-to-perfect, hands-off Sourdough recipe so you can get… Read more

  • All About Your Starter

    All About Your Starter

    New Starter from Scratch is Runny? Isn’t Growing? Is Smelly? Did you recently begin the process of making your very own starter from scratch? You have likely encountered at some point in your process a seemingly “dead” starter. Don’t worry! You didn’t kill it, it’s not broken or messed up. If your starter has a… Read more

  • How to Make Sourdough Starter From Scratch

    How to Make Sourdough Starter From Scratch

    Welcome to the beginning of your sourdough journey! You’re probably here for one, or multiple, reasons: The list of reasons goes on, but it doesn’t really matter. If this process is completely new to you, PLEASE do not be intimidated! Your starter is stronger than you realize; the most important ingredient in this process is… Read more

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