No Ordinary Homestead, Author at No Ordinary Homestead

A delicious recipe for chocolate mousse

Apr 20, 2013 | Desserts, Food

Long-time readers of NOH know how much I adore my Southern Living cookbooks, especially the Southern Living: 30 Years of Our Best Recipes cookbook. Every recipe I have ever tried from the cookbook has turned out fantastic, whether it was sweet & sour pork or...

Quick & easy potato soup

Apr 9, 2013 | Featured, Food

Spring may be on its way (finally) but there is never a wrong time of year for a delicious pot of soup! Recently, I have needed to try out more and more new recipes that I can cook in bulk for Mackenzie’s preschool. Part of the arrangement we have at her Kinderladen...

Simple pizza recipe for the bread machine

Feb 27, 2013 | Featured, Food

Like many households across the world, pizza is a beloved dinner food around here … and a quick breakfast for the morning after, whether it’s being eaten straight out of the fridge or warmed up a bit in the oven. But instead of ordering out all the time, I love to...

Easy Szechuan Beef Recipe (Spicy Chinese Stir-Fry You’ll Make Again and Again)

Feb 18, 2013 | Food, Mains, Quick Dinners

Have you ever made a dish once and instantly knew it was going to be part of your life forever? For us, this Szechuan beef recipe was that dish. We first cooked it back in 2001, standing in our tiny kitchen in Germany — thrilled to finally be cooking real meals again...

The best tomato soup recipe ever

Jan 8, 2013 | Food, Mains, Quick Dinners

There are some foods in life that just equal happiness and comfort. For me, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup has always been one of those. In fact, it was one of the very first things I learned to cook, along with Kraft Mac & Cheese. I can’t remember...