Monthly Archive

June 2007

Tummy Treasure on Vacation!

I tried really hard to come up with a last minute “wow” recipe to leave you with. I really did try. Unfortunately, when you plan at almost the last minute to go...

A Simple Saute

I had planned on posting about last night’s chicken dinner. It was an herbed lemon chicken cooked in the crock pot. And I should have known better. When I put it all...

Remembering Some Older Recipes

One of the hazards of blogging is that a recipe that you’ve tried and enjoyed often gets shelved and forgotten in favor of something new. Since I’m always looking for something new...

A fantastic use for beets

And no, B will not be for beets. One of the few veggies that I cannot get my kids to taste- regardless how it’s prepared or whether or not we’ve grown it....

Weekend Extra…Butter!

Trust me on this… get the ingredients you need to make this fantastic cilantro-lime butter and smear it on freshly roasted corn on the cob. A big thank you to applecrisp on...

A Perfect Salad

Thank you everyone for the well wishes yesterday. I was a bit nervous to say the least. Yesterday went okay, essentially we did a Q&A session to introduce me to the newspaper...

Letting The Cat Out…

Just a little bit. 🙂 I have to apologize because my posts over the last week or so have been pretty lame. Sorry, I’ve been a bit distracted this week. But there...

In Search of Cudighi

This has been a bit of a quest! A few months back we were given some cudighi. I tucked it in the freezer and didn’t really think about it again until recently....

Do You Have What It Takes?

To Build A Better Burger? I keep thinking I do… with so many variations on a hamburger, how do you decide what makes the best burger? Here is my entry from last...

W is NOT for Watermelon Radish

The other day as we were looking at the garden, Andy pointed to a flowering stalk and asked what it was. Hmm. That looks like one of my watermelon radishes underneath, but...

My Farmer’s Market Finds

We have 1 bunch of small beets, 1 bunch of spring onions, 2 pounds of sugar snap peas, one potted sunflower, 2 yellow tomatoes, a handful of large cherry tomatoes, 1 pound...