• Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

    There are two kinds of barbecue sauce; the kind you buy for convenience, and the kind you build because it matters. This homemade chipotle barbecue sauce is built with control. It starts with tomato paste instead of ketchup so you decide the sugar, salt, and texture. Sweetness is layered; dark brown sugar for depth, molasses…

  • Home Fries Recipe

    Home fries have always been deceptively simple for me. Three ingredients; one pan; what could go wrong? Apparently… everything. They would either turn out golden and perfect or glue themselves to the skillet in a starchy mutiny. Crisp one day; steamed and stubborn the next. I couldn’t understand why the same potatoes behaved so differently….

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My name is Jennifer and I’m a gardener and home cook who specializes in meal planning to efficiently create delicious from scratch meals without the hassle of taking too much time. Learn more about me here.


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Welcome to the Bluster and the Burrow


Cooking from scratch can seem like a tedious task. My goal is to show you that cooking from scratch doesn’t have to make you want to tear your hair out.

With a little planning and execution, you can have extensive meals created in the same time it would take you to wait for a pizza to be delivered.

Join me on my journey to make from-scratch cooking not only a possibility but one of your favorite hobbies.