About

Where shall we begin? Well, my passion for making home cooked meals started many, many, many, many...(okay I think that's enough many) moons ago. Making homemade meals for my family became one of my main priorities and I quickly fell in love with it. It became a passion of mine, working in the kitchen creating delicious meals for my family. Using whatever ingredients, I had and trying new things to eventually making my own recipes. Recipes that I felt were simple, easy to follow, easy to adapt to and most importantly delicious. 

People kept asking me for my recipes and that was the start to making YouTube recipe videos. My first recipe video was my dinner rolls, which was the main recipe many people kept asking me for. 

 

Now many of my recipe videos were created years ago and I'm still currently creating those YouTube videos, as well as continuing to develop more recipes as time permits. Many of the images in this webpage will be stock and are to act as a guide, many won't be the same as you see on YouTube because of the time difference. Also, they look amazing, so full transparency. 

All things home became the center of me. The heart of the home became the kitchen where I spent most of my time creating delicious recipes for my family. The family breakfast table became a homeschooling table. Filled with books and lessons learned, we also share our journey along homeschooling. Homeschooling has been a huge part of our lives, so I try to share along the way things that has helped, worked for us, reviews and all the things. 

I am so grateful and blessed to be on this adventure. 

I remember the aroma that filled the house when bread was baking, and the more I worked with dough, the more I loved it. Kneading and working with dough quickly became one of my favorite things to work with. It's like Play-Doh but for adults, I mean what's not to love. Stress-relieving, enjoyable, and the end product is a delicious part of your meal.   

That turned into my first original recipe I created, my Sweet Dinner Rolls, which generated over 500k views on YouTube.  ​​

 

The more I started cooking, and trying new recipes, I found a common trend. Many recipes I tried were not as amazing as I thought they would be, they were lacking in areas mostly flavor. Thats when I started making my own versions of things, I added more flavor profiles, fresh herbs, ground spices, richer ingredients such as cream or milk powder, and eventually came up with my own recipes.  As I experimented more in the kitchen, I started learning more about ingredients and the way some things reacted with others which gave me a better understanding on making recipes the way I wanted it; a fluffier or airier cake, thicker pancakes and just all around more flavor.  

 

After working with dough for so many years, I decided to dawdle with sourdough. Of course I had to make my own starter from scratch, even though it was totally possible to purchase already established starters. My thought was I can create this starter with my own hands, using the bacteria in our own home and environment and pass it down to my children if time persists and The Lord wills.  After making my own starter, I then started using it in recipes, cupcakes, muffins, brownies, and especially pancakes! The sourdough discard is an amazing addition to pancakes, and it's such a perfect to use up any sourdough discard you have sitting in your fridge! I started making my own recipes with those ingredients and have thoroughly enjoyed my sourdough journey! 

 

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Gabrielle Grace

Home Cooking 

thegourmetgoodie.com