On chilly nights, you need the best Instant Pot vegetable beef soup recipe to warm you to your toes! Made with tender chunks of beef, a variety of veggies and potatoes, plus super-sweet cherry tomatoes, this soup is cold weather comfort food at it’s finest. Cooking it in the Instant Pot makes the flavors meld […]
Real Food Recipes
Easy Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread (moist & low in sugar!)
One of the best parts of fall is puttering around the kitchen, trying to cram pumpkin into every recipe I possibly can. This pumpkin cream cheese bread fits the bill nicely! Soft and moist pumpkin spice bread and a decadent cream cheese filling come together to create the ultimate fall breakfast or snack! Even better, […]
Easy, Immune Boosting Elderberry Tea (2 Ways)
Try this comforting, immune-boosting elderberry tea to fight off colds & flu this season. There are 2 simple ways to make it: with dried elderberries or by using leftover elderberries after making homemade elderberry syrup. No more waste! If you know me well, you know that my love for a good cup of tea runs […]
Apple Cinnamon Elderberry Syrup
Whadd’ya do when you get bored of making classic elderberry syrup? Make this apple cinnamon version, of course! This apple cinnamon elderberry syrup uses apple juice, fresh apples, and cinnamon to enhance its flavor profile. Plus, I’ve got instructions for both stovetop and Instant Pot! The creation of apple cinnamon elderberry syrup Apparently, 2019 is […]
Easy Elderberry Gummies Recipe (perfect for kids!)
Kids (and adults) love these SUPER easy elderberry gummies! Made with your stash of homemade elderberry syrup and gelatin, this recipe is so simple to make. Two years ago I made my first batch of elderberry syrup, and last year I talked about how spoonfuls kept dripping all over my floor. This inspired me to […]
Instant Pot Elderberry Syrup (immune boosting + FAST!)
This easy Instant Pot elderberry syrup is much faster to make than the stovetop version, but with all the immune-boosting benefits! This time of year I’m likely to get bit with the elderberry bug… as in, the urge to make ALL THE ELDERBERRY THINGS! I’ve already posted traditional elderberry syrup and thick, no-spill elderberry syrup […]