Simply Scratch

These Sloppy Joe Sweet Potato Bowls are incredibly easy and delicious. Roasted seasoned sweet potatoes are served with homemade sloppy joe sauce and topped with dill pickles, pickled red onions and jalapeños. This recipes serves 5 to 6 depending.

This is your sign to add sloppy joe sweet potato bowls to the dinner menu.

Awhile ago, I pinned a sloppy Joe bowl re...

This Apple Pie Granola tastes like fall! Old fashioned rolled oats and dehydrated apples are tossed with butter, coconut oil, brown sugar and maple syrup before being baked until golden. Enjoy as a snack or sprinkle on baked fruit, yogurt or ice cream – I made a list at the bottom of the post for you. Yields approximately 10 cups.

Fall granola.

If you haven’t m...

These Chicken Cheesesteak Sandwiches are phenomenal! Toasted sandwich rolls, slathered with a hot giardiniera mayo, filled with thinly sliced seasoned chicken, tender bell peppers and onions with salty parmesan, melty provolone and American cheese. Yields 6 sandwiches.

I will never turn down a cheesesteak. Never.

As a kid I was a picky eater, so whenever I was ...

This rustic Tomato Tart is a great way to use up some of your garden tomatoes! Homemade pie crust spread with a thin layer of Dijon mustard, chopped kalamata olives, sliced fresh roma tomatoes, basil and chives and layered with mozzarella cheese. This recipe will serve 8.

Today I made you a tomato tart.

This is the tomato tart that ruined my dinner appetite. It...

This Old Fashioned Coffee Cake is delicious and nostalgic. A simple buttermilk coffee cake with a brown sugar crackly topping. I like to serve this still warm with a drizzle of vanilla glaze. Yields about 12 servings.

It’s starting to feel like fall.

Michigan mornings and evenings are starting to dip in the cooler temps which has got me in a baking mood. I’m no...