Cooking Through Stacy's Stash Archives

Southwestern Frittata

Am I the only one around here who wakes up about to eat her arm off? My eyes open and I immediately think “Must. Have. Food.” Maybe that’s why breakfast is my favorite meal of the day – I love a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge breakfast. All of you sad people out there who don’t eat breakfast – I just can’t understand you. You make no sense to me. Maybe you should seek professional counseling – or make this Frittata. That might fix it.

I spend the majority of my meal planning time trying to decide on breakfast. I spend a majority of my Pinterest time pinning breakfast recipes…and I even have a board totally dedicated to oatmeal. I’m serious about breakfast – it is not a laughing matter. It IS the most important meal of the day…even if there are likely 1.5 million studies about how eating breakfast can kill you slowly. Everyone is a critic.

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Tropical Island Pancakes (GF)

Pancakes are a sure win in this house. I can’t say that about everything I make…because some things have crrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust, Mama! Or black specks. Or burned edges. But pancakes? Everyone likes pancakes. And they’re easy. And I like flipping them.

These days my favorite way to make pancakes is with coconut flour. I love the flavor and texture. If you’re not a huge fan of coconut flour, you probably won’t like these. Sorry – just thought I would clear the air right now. And yes, these do taste like coconut. I’m on a roll! [Read more…]

Spaghetti Squash Deluxe

I got this cookbook when I was a junior in high school. I bought it from my Home-Ec teacher, Mrs. Cole. It’s full of yummy goodness – but most of it is also full of processed ingredients. However, I’ve become quite good at switching out those processed things for homemade things…and now that I’ve said that, my next dish will probably taste like dog food. [Read more…]

Coconut Milk Chicken + Allergen Friendly Cookbook

There are approximately 4.5 billion ways you can cook chicken. And yet, it seems most people get in a chicken rut: chicken Alfredo, baked chicken, grilled chicken, blah blah blah. If you haven’t yet figured it out, one of my goals here is to get you out of your food rut – whether it be a side dish rut or a skillet meal rut.

Recently, I have a love affair with coconut. Not gonna lie, I’m putting it in just about everything: cake, granola, muffins, cake, eggs in coconut oil, cake, coffee, cake, and sometimes coffee cake. I’m also using a lot more coconut milk because I like sniffing it. I just like sniffing coconut in general. I think this might be getting out of hand – my mom is concerned. “It was pretty good – but there’s coconut in it again.”

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Pumpkin Breakfast Cake (GF)

If you search Pinterest or Swagbucks for pumpkin recipes, you will encounter approximately 1 trillion options…maybe more. My pumpkin recipes are but a drop in the bucket. This time of year, a pumpkin recipe starts to look kinda BLAH after you’ve seen a couple hundred of them. I even hesitated to use this cookbook.

But then I smacked myself and got over it. Why do I care if there are one trillion recipes for pumpkin already? There isn’t THIS one. And even if you don’t care, I do. I love this recipe and I’m sure glad I made it for my tummy. And guess what? Like I already told you, this isn’t the last pumpkin recipe you’re going to see. You’ve been warned. 😉 Make that 1 trillion and ONE. [Read more…]

Spaghetti Squash Primavera

Are y’all getting bored with Cooking Through Stacy’s Stash? Cause I gotta tell you – we’re not even half-way there yet. Surprised? Yes, I might have a cookbook hoarding problem…but if you knew how many I had before we moved, you might change your mind. Ahem. There are lots of things that are worse than hoarding cookbooks…hoarding empty ketchup bottles…hoarding broken light bulbs…hoarding used q-tips. See, now I have justified myself.

I love spaghetti squash – no matter how you cook it: in the oven or in the crock, it’s one of my favorite vegetables. I like to buy several at the Farmer’s Market when they’re in season and keep them in my basement where it’s cool. I can keep them for 2-3 months this way. But I’ve had people tell me you can also store them in the fridge for extended amounts of time…but my fridge is usually crammed full with various things in mason jars. [Read more…]

Pumpkin Pie with Gluten Free Flax Crust

In my misspent food youth, I was dumb. I didn’t eat certain things. Stuff like salad, cabbage, and salmon were off my radar. Man, how dumb is that? If I could go back and talk to myself, I would smack Misspent Stacy around a little bit.

Dear Missspent Stacy, you’re being stupid. That salad is delicious. And quit being afraid of cabbage – what did it ever to do you? Just eat it. Put down the Corn Flakes and marshmallows (yes, my fave young combo) and EAT A SALAD YOU DORK! Sincerely, Smarter Future Stacy. [Read more…]

Grain Free Dutch Babies

‘Round these parts, we really like pancakes. You’ve probably noticed that by all my pancake posts. Why do I like them so well? Honestly – they’re easy and everyone will eat them. I can’t say that about everything. Add to that fact that they’re stinkin’ delicious and you’ve got a winner without a chicken dinner.
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Cottage Pancakes

We eat a lot of pancakes around here, so I’m always scouring for new and fun recipes. It’s nice to have a dish that everyone will eat so I don’t turn myself into a short order cook. I never wanted to be a cook in a restaurant – I have been a waitress and that was good enough for me, thank you. Actually, now that I think about it, I am a cook…and a maid. And I enjoy it. So, nevermind about that cook stuff. Forget I said it.

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Chicken Fried Steak

“I love meat – from my head down to my feet; fried up or grilled, with my family or the girls, I love meat.” Sounds like a good commercial, huh? I do love eggs…but meat is my best friend. I can eat just about any man under the table when it comes to meatballs…actually, when I think about it I could most likely eat any man under the table PERIOD. I eat more than Barry and Annie combined. It’s that whole breastfeeding thing – it makes me famished. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

But, I do love girly foods…and sometimes that’s a problem for Barry. Sometimes he’s like, “Woman! I’m tired of all these froo-froo foods like puddings, and muffins – I want some MAN FOOD.” No, not really…he’s never said that – but I’ve said it to myself. Man food rocks. Woman food rocks too – actually, food in general rocks. I’m hungry, I need a snack.

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