Amber Hinds

Recipes & Canning

Sometimes I cook (bake) things that are so good it’s worth sharing the recipe.  Here’s a look at all things recipe related, from most-recent to those way back in the past.  To view recipes sorted by type of recipe, visit the recipes page.

  • Vegetarian Polenta Casserole (Freezer Meal Recipe)

    Vegetarian Polenta Casserole (Freezer Meal Recipe)

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    I’m in a local moms group and one of our newest activities is a freezer meal swap.  Last week, we had our first swap and it has been awesome to have ready-made homemade dinners waiting in my freezer.  I loved that I was able to spend an hour cooking one meal, but ended up with four…

  • Rhubarb Cupcakes + Nora is 4 1/2!

    Rhubarb Cupcakes + Nora is 4 1/2!

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    Last Thursday, Nora turned four and a half.  Looking at this picture, I can’t help but think how wise she is — some of the things she says to me are just amazing, and I wonder how can she only be 4 1/2?  But other moments I find myself tearing up at how quickly she…

  • Chocolate Whole-Wheat Waffles

    Chocolate Whole-Wheat Waffles

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    One of the less realized impacts of Chris’ crazy schedule back in Wyoming was that we had moved away from cooking and eating big breakfasts together as a family.  Since we never had dinner together on Nantucket, we had developed a giant family breakfast tradition every morning before we walked him to work.  That tradition…

  • Chris’ Birthday Cake + Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

    Chris’ Birthday Cake + Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

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    Today is Chris’ birthday.  When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said he wanted a salad.  So this is what we made him… Salad cake! Happy birthday to my wonderful, kind, and loving husband who puts up with my attempts at cooking! This is the first time I have ever used…

  • Buttermilk Biscuits + Our Lovely New Kitchen

    Buttermilk Biscuits + Our Lovely New Kitchen

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    I am in love with our new kitchen. It’s light and bright.  It’s big and spacious.  It’s the first kitchen we have ever had that actually fits every one of our appliances, kitchen tools and cooking utensils, with room to spare.  It has double ovens, just waiting for Chris to fill with all sorts of…

  • Red, White, and Blue Double Strawberry Shortcakes

    Red, White, and Blue Double Strawberry Shortcakes

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    We are out having lots of Fourth of July fun, (here’s a sneak peek) but I thought I might actually plan ahead and have a blog post appear anyway.  (Imagine that!)  This delicious little cupcake is what the big people in our family ate to celebrate Miss Zara being halfway to one (almost).  We jumped…

  • Blueberry Lemon Cream Pie

    Blueberry Lemon Cream Pie

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    Today was the first full day Chris had off in months.  We slept in, ate pancakes at 10:30, then met the inspector at our almost new house (all’s well on that front), and spent a bunch of time together as a family.  Chris got lots of lazy, put-up-his-feet time on the couch to make up…

  • Chocolate Velvet 3.14 (Pie)

    Chocolate Velvet 3.14 (Pie)

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    If you’re nerdy like me, there is only one way to celebrate March 14th, a.k.a. ∏ day. And that’s with a delicious homemade pie, of course.  I almost baked a “healthier” fruit pie (the kind that I have been known to also let Nora eat for breakfast), but since my father-in-law is visiting and I…

  • Peppermint Fudge Cookies

    Peppermint Fudge Cookies

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    I am so, so, so close to finishing a couple websites, it is killing me.  So instead of sitting around staring at my email box, I decided to make myself useful and make cookies. The kind of cookies that I’ve been dying to make since I secretly rejoiced at Nora’s rejection of her stocking peppermint…

  • Cranberry Wild Rice Soup

    Cranberry Wild Rice Soup

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    Apparently I’m making up for lost time (and proving just how obsessed with soup I am) because I have not only another recipe to share this week, but another soup recipe.  What can I say…it’s October and Nantucket isn’t letting us forget it.  We’ve we’ve seen clouds more than blue sky since the beginning of the…

  • Cashew Chili (and Baked Sweet Potatoes)

    Cashew Chili (and Baked Sweet Potatoes)

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    Rainy fall weather means I can pull out my stock pot and cook up giant batches of soups and stews without looking like a crazy person who would happily eat a bowl of piping hot whatever all year-round, no matter the temperature.  Creamy and rich Lobster bisque on a sweltering 90 degree day?  Spicy hot…

  • Strawberry Syrup

    Strawberry Syrup

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    One of my favorite things about summer’s abundance is making up for our fruit-starved winters with fruit overload.  Though Nantucket doesn’t have the same local variety that comes with pick-your-own orchards over every hill as in the Hudson Valley, we still make the most of summer fruits eating them every way imaginable.   Fruit syrup…