Monthly Archive

July 2008

Lemonade

With the fair recently in town, I once again succumbed to the allure of freshly squeezed lemonade.  Why, oh why is that stuff so fabulously good- so much so that I’ll pay...

Have You Seen Dory?

I mean the fish.  Have you tried Dory fillets at all?  The last time the kids and I were shopping for fish, I asked them what they would like to try.  They...

A Basic Vinaigrette

I can’t tell you how long I was intimidated by the mere idea of a homemade vinaigrette.  Really and truly, it scared me, and I was so worried that I would mess...

Gone Fishin’

For real!  Tummy Treasure is going to be a bit sporadic over the next week as we’re going to be hiding in the woods trying to commune with nature.  On our agenda...

Waste Not, Want Not

The other day for dinner I had made some Corn Muffins to go with dinner.  They were the perfect addition to the meal, but we had a few too many to eat...

Chocolate? Granola? Oh yeah.

Isn’t that pretty! I’ve been waiting for two years for this clematis to bloom, and now my patience has been rewarded! When I first put him in the ground, he was a...

It’s Wednesday

And that means that I have another article up at Kids Cuisine this week.  This week I talked a little about snacking while we’re camping.  We burn more calories camping than we...

Utilizing a True Treasure

Yesterday I took the kids to the library to pick out some books.  We haven’t been spending very much time in the library this summer, it seems we’re always busy doing something!...

This Is A Slump

Yesterday for Sunday Company Dinner, I simply had to do something with blueberries.  My supply is sadly dwindling, but I so wanted to share the luscious bounty with our closest friends.  My...

Blueberry Heaven

That’s exactly where we are right now.  It could be simply because we’ve never experienced a plethora of blueberries before, but we’re really, really enjoying them.  I have to thank my friends...

20 Pounds of Blueberries

Is a wee bit more than you would think.  Nevertheless, I’ve already determined that next year…I’m ordering more.  I think I’ll be back later with a pie. In the meantime though, there’s...

Stuffin’ Burgers

I imagine that by this time of year, most people are tired of the same old grill fare- burgers, dogs, brats, etc.  Not us.  In fact, we’ve had hot dogs twice, brats...