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This is one of our favorite family recipes. It comes from my husband’s Aunt Ruth, although we use a proportion of whole wheat flour I do not believe was in the original recipe. My youngest daughter has made enough money to buy a good bicycle cooking this for devoted fans. Today, my husband made … Read more
Recently I searched my blog to share this recipe and found to my surprise I had not featured it. So this post is to fix that heinous oversight! We love this and make it often; it is especially fun this time of year when you can get Brussels sprouts on the stalk. When I … Read more
Not particularly spicy but very interesting, this fascinating vegetable was grown in a pottery friend’s garden. After you peel off the paper, they look like a tomato. We roasted ours, making delicious salsa verde for some awesome nachos. Give them a try if you ever have the opportunity!
The Swiss chard has done really well in the garden this year. We’ve eaten so much of it! It is beautiful, as you can see here.
We’ve had a lot of tomatoes this season and this easy tomato bisque recipe is one of the yummiest ways to eat them! Heirloom Tomato Bisque 4 lbs heirloom tomatoes 6 cloves garlic 1 onion 2 fennel bulbs 2 large carrots 1/4 cup fresh oregano 1/4 cup fresh thyme handful of fresh basil leaves … Read more
We have some awesome friends. One of them is Ranger Katy. My youngest daughter and I got to know her seven years ago, when we were dropped off to camp for three weeks on a remote island in Lake Superior (which incidentally had the largest black bear population in the lower 48 states.) Katy … Read more
This is a wonderful book of how to make delicious food to dehydrate in your drier to be reconstituted and reheated for camping. This approach will not only be less expensive for our (fast approaching) camping trip out west, but quicker and easier while there, while definitely more delicious than store bought options. Many of … Read more
August 27 is the right day but only 2/5 of us will be around then so we celebrated early. As usual, we made cookies instead of cake, an extra large one frosted by the honoree. My son’s approach to this task is applying as much frosting as he can, as you can see below. We … Read more
The tomatoes are coming in fast. They are so lovely and delicious. Here see them on the vine, picked in piles, in a salad with bermuda onion, cucumber and pesto, and being dried in the drier. Tomorrow we’ll try making “tomato leathers” (like fruit roll-ups) and will again make yummy roasted tomatoes (see here). What … Read more
I went to three delicious restaurants while away. The first was Nantucket Cafe (see their website here) and I must apologize for no photos from there; I simply lit into a wonderful salmon salad. (My sister loves their incredible chocolate cake!) At 411 West near the UNC campus in Chapel Hill (click here for their … Read more
These taste great and are good for you too. They are a perfect option for a weekend breakfast or brunch. The recipe came from Bubby’s Brunch Cookbook (see here), which I checked out of the library. Apparently Bubby’s is a NYC landmark restaurant in Tribeca that I’ll have to visit sometime, since this book is … Read more
We’ve got purple potatoes, purple beans, and purple cabbage. It’s quite fun after all the green we’ve eaten…
Both arugula and green beans are in season in the garden right now, so this delicious salad is a good way to pair them. This could be a side salad or used as a main dish. You could also consider adding roasted pine nuts or tuna to make this a heartier salad, but it … Read more
This is delicious, perfect for a romantic lunch with your sweetheart on a sultry hot day. It’s the first recipe I’ve actually made out of my new cookbook (see here). Best Crab Salad recipe 1/3 cup mayonnaise 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon … Read more
I don’t usually buy cookbooks, unless I find ones I want at library sales. Usually I check out cookbooks from the new books collections of libraries and find a couple recipes worth trying, which I copy into my ever-expanding collection. Similarly, I checked out this book, but before I had looked at one quarter of … Read more
Here are some recent meals of ours: • (above) Tilapia salad with bean & cheese nachos • (in order below) Turkey burger (my husband’s) and veggie burger (mine) with raspberries (the two yellow raspberries are the first from our garden). • Fresh trout with rice and asparagus (at Eagle’s Mere Inn click here) compliments of … Read more
This recipe is from Mollie Katzen’s wonderful book (shown in the last photo) called Eat, Drink and Weigh Less. (By way of a disclaimer, I have to say, though, that I’ve been using this book for years and weigh no less.) This salad dressing recipe, however, has become our favorite, while we also make … Read more