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    About Me

    Hello and welcome to Dirt & Dough! This is where you will find homemade recipes, homegrown produce, and how to master sourdough bread. I love cooking with real, fresh ingredients and am convinced everything is better when it's homemade or homegrown.

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    A Little About Me

    I am a wife, mom of two kids, home cook, bread baker and gardener; who is powered by coffee most of the day!

    We live in the Pacific Northwest where we spend all our free time camping, hiking, paddle boarding, fishing and just overall love being outdoors.

    A family of four standing in front of mount Rainier.
    Mount Rainier National Park

    I learned how to cook when I left my job to stay at home with my kids full time. We needed a way to save money, develop healthier habits and improve our overall quality of life.

    I needed to desperately turn my health and fitness around after having my second child, and in the kitchen is where it all began.

    My blog Dirt & Dough is dedicated to my passion for making things at home from scratch. Here you will find recipes from my kitchen, growing produce, homemade sourdough bread and how to be a better cook.

    There is no way we could live the life we do without the right foods. Growing a garden, fishing, but most importantly cooking our meals from home is how we make that happen.

    I am a self taught cook who has the desire to share that passion with others. I hope you leave my site encouraged to start cooking more at home or maybe even start a small garden of your own. I believe everyone has a cook inside of them and I want to help bring that out.

    You don't have to be a gourmet cook to make good tasting, healthy meals for your family. My recipes are easy to follow and tried and tested in my kitchen.

    Why Dirt & Dough?

    A women in the garden pulling weeds.

    The name Dirt & Dough came to me on a day when I was preparing my garden for spring planting and came inside to wash the dirt out of my fingernails just to turn around and mix together a loaf of sourdough.

    That dirt was washed out for scraps of dough and the name stuck.

    I love taking simple things like dirt in the ground or dough made of just flour and water and turning it into a beautiful garden or the most spectacular loaf of sourdough bread.

    Fresh homemade and homegrown food is something I live for and look forward to sharing with you.

    If you need help getting started with cooking more from home, making a sourdough starter or your very first loaf, or have any questions about any of my recipes feel free to leave a comment on any of the posts or send me an email.

    Want to learn more about my love for the outdoors as well as my experience with catching a cooking my own seafood? Check out a podcast I did with Cook Local Eat Local on all things seafood.

    Kristin's Favorite Recipes

    • A loaf of homemade sourdough bread.
      Overnight Sourdough Bread
    • A baking dish with a cheesy crab dip with fresh crab and chives on top.
      Hot Crab Dip
    • A Blackstone cook top with a pile of homemade fried rice.
      Blackstone Fried Rice
    • Two small glasses with a purple smoothie topped with blueberries with a bowl of blueberry in the back and a banana.
      Blueberry Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie

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    Hello and welcome to Dirt & Dough. I believe everything is better when it's homemade and homegrown. I share homemade recipes right from my kitchen, how to bake with sourdough and how to start your own vegetable garden.

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    Soups, Chowders and Chili

    • A bowl of soup filled with ground beef and veggies.
      Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup
    • A white Dutch Oven with a soup sitting on a blue cloth napkin.
      Cabbage and Sausage Soup
    • A bowl full of soup made out of ground beef, beans, corn and topped with cheddar cheese.
      Beef Taco Soup
    • Homemade French Onion Soup
    • A bowl full of a chicken chili topped with white cheddar cheese.
      Creamy White Chicken Chili in a Crock Pot
    • A bowl of soup that is loaded with veggies, potatoes and sausage with a spoon taking a scoop out.
      Sausage Kale and Potato Soup

    Fall Favorites

    • A plate with four tacos filled with rice, sweet potatoes, and black beans.
      Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
    • Circle baking dish with a layer of ground beef mix with a sweet potato mash on top. Spatula scooping out a serving.
      Shepherd's Pie with Sweet Potatoes
    • A plate with rice topped with a creamy cheese sauce, broccoli and leftover turkey.
      Turkey Divan
    • A glass mug with a tea, cinnamon stick and lemon slice.
      Hot Toddy with Tea and Bourbon
    • A plate with a stack of Yukon gold potatoes covered in herbs.
      Dutch Oven Potatoes
    • A baking dish with a cheesy crab dip with fresh crab and chives on top.
      Hot Crab Dip

    Make a Sourdough Starter

    • A flip lock jar with active sourdough starter.
      How to Make A Sourdough Starter
    • A glass bowl with a sourdough starter and danish dough whisk mixing it together.
      How to Feed a Sourdough Starter
    • A tall jar with a sourdough starter pouring over the top.
      When is a Sourdough Starter Ready?
    • A digital scale with a bowl of sourdough starter, dough whisk, flour and a cup of water.
      How to Troubleshoot a Sourdough Starter

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