Monthly Archive

July 2007

Playing with Zucchini

When we got back from our camping vacation a week ago, I found a monster zucchini in the garden. It had been sitting on the conter all week, and I finally decided...

Welcome To The Family!

A big welcome to my new nephew, Isaac Christopher. Happy Birthday sweet boy! And congratulations Mom and Dad-enjoy! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

A Garden Update

I don’t really have much to post about today, so I thought I’d share a garden update. I’ve really been learning a lot about gardening. I have decided that I need to...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

*This book review is a cross-post. I enjoyed it so much, and feel it so worth reading, that I am sharing it on both Tummy Treasure, and The Savvy Bookworm. by Barbara...

Risotto Lessons from a Beet

I am a complete risotto novice. I’ve only ever attempted it once, to rather poor results. I’ve never even eaten it out- risotto is just not common on menus here in NE...

Cucumbers…In Soup?

Andy’s away this week working out of town, so I thought I should take advantage of the opportunity to try some “out there” recipes for me. Most often I am good at...

C is for Cucumber

It had to be so. I’m in the middle of a wonderful explosion. Every day I head out to the garden and pick the cucumbers that are of pickling size and hide...

The Bars That Dreams Are Made of

“Erika, what are you doing?” “I’m baking of course, what does it look like?” “But it’s 96ยบ outside and muggy!” Such is my devotion to this blog and my readers. And that...

Back In The Game!

All week long I’ve been planning tonight’s post. After a whole week away, I wanted the post to be insightful and wonderful. My initial plan had been to post about a bar...