Ranch Dressing
Five minutes, one bowl, no cooking.
Free 29-page digital cookbook
Wait, I can make that at home?
Ranch, tortillas, pizza dough, biscuits, soft sandwich bread, and a few cozy family dinners. Ten easy from-scratch recipes, plus one master grocery list with everything in one place.
- 29pages to save or print
- 10easy from-scratch recipes
- One master grocery list
- Pantry checklist + make-ahead tips
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From My Kitchen To Yours
The Homemade Week
10 of my tried-and-true homemade recipes + one grocery list to make cooking at home a whole lot easier.
These are the recipes I actually make in my own kitchen. Easy breakfasts, lunches my kids will eat, cozy dinners, homemade bread + biscuits.
I put 10 of them together for you in one little cookbook, along with a grocery list so you can actually make them instead of adding ten more recipes to your saved folder.
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What you’ll get
Not a recipe card.
A real little cookbook.
29 beautifully designed pages you can save on your phone or print for your kitchen, arranged from easy wins to homemade staples to cozy family dinners.
- 10Recipes I actually make for my familyFrom five-minute ranch to a whole roasted chicken.
- 1Master grocery listEverything for all 10 recipes in one place, with each item labeled by recipe so you can shop for just a few.
- 1Pantry checklistSee what you already have before you head to the store.
- 1Flexible homemade week guideIdeas for fitting these into a normal week, with no strict meal plan.
- ✓Beginner-friendly directionsLike exactly how to shape a loaf of bread and how to tell when the chicken is done.
- ✓Make-ahead tipsLike freezing pizza dough and extra pancakes for busy mornings.
Inside the cookbook
The things you usually buy, made in your own kitchen
Flour Tortillas
Five pantry ingredients, and a short rest is the secret to soft tortillas.
Homemade Pizza Dough
Makes four dough balls, so you can bake one tonight and freeze the rest.
Fluffy Buttery Biscuits
Grated cold butter and three simple folds give you flaky layers.
Soft Honey Butter Sandwich Bread
“If you don’t know where to start in the kitchen, start here.”
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Plus Blue Box–Style Mac & Cheese, Sheet Pan Pancakes, Homemade Cozy Chili, Whole Roasted Chicken, and Chicken Pot Pie Over Biscuits.
Hi, I’m Vanessa
A few years ago, I had to text my mother-in-law and ask her how to bake a potato.
Seriously. I didn’t grow up knowing how to cook from scratch, bake bread, or roast a whole chicken. I learned because I wanted to, through a lot of questionable dinners and three little kids asking what’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day.
Now making food from scratch is one of my favorite parts of homemaking. These are the recipes I’d hand you if you were standing in my kitchen. If no one taught you either, you’re in the right place.
– Vanessa
Is it really free?
Yes. There’s no payment and no credit card.
I’m a total beginner. Where do I start?
Make the ranch first. It takes five minutes. Then try the mac & cheese or sheet pan pancakes.
Do I need special equipment?
Mostly everyday basics. A few recipes use a cast iron skillet, Dutch oven, loaf pan, or sheet pan, and each recipe tells you which.
Start with one recipe this week.
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