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Erika

Fun With Miracle Fruit

About a year and a half ago, I found a TV show called “Future Food” on the Planet Green channel that I quickly got sucked into.  It was a glimpse into the...

Roasted Corn Cheese Dip

  This is one of those recipes that is so much more than it seems.  I found this recipe in my most recent issue of Eating Well magazine.  I’d received the magazine...

No Internet=No Fun

Whew.  We totally enjoyed our week away in the woods, and there will most definitely be a blog post or two on the week we experienced.  Specifically, I have a post planned...

Freezing Blueberries

The single easiest act of food preservation you could ever do is freeze your own blueberries.  You know how you go to a farmstand or a Farmer’s Market and you see those...

Off To The Woods!

I closed comments on old articles so that I don’t have to deal with a truckload of spam when I return from our little vacay. You can always e-mail if you have...

Taco Pie: A Leftover Solution

We have tacos or burritos quite a bit at our house.  It’s just such a great, quick and easy meal.  You can vary it by using different meats, cheese and veggie toppings,...

Getting Organized

It’s slowly getting there around here.  We’re in the home stretch of the first week of our new schedule, and I think it won’t take too long to figure things out.   If...

Brownies With A Twist

We were blessed this past weekend to travel West a few hours and spend some time with extended family.  It’s a weekend we look forward to every year, though this year it...

Making Stir Fry Magic

Do you know what I love about stir-fries?  You can literally make them with anything you have on hand.   Literally.  Any handfuls of vegetables- fresh, canned or frozen can be compiled in...

A Sweet Treat For The Coming Heat!

The hot, hot, hot weather is on it’s way! Tomorrow at this time the mercury is expected to climb back up into the range of “oppressive”.   We’re ready for it.  The air...

Easy Basil Pork Chops

This was one of those meals that I needed on the fly.  I had pork chops… and no inspiration as to what to do with them.  We’d had several meals of stir-fries...

An Amazing Pickled Jalapeno

This is a quick pickle, my friends.  This is a one jar at a time deal that you store in the fridge and pull out as needed.  And it will be needed,...