As the garden has been trickling in, I’ve found myself craving particular dishes made from that garden produce. In particular this week, I just had a HUGE hankering for a great bowl of Ratatouille. I was missing the eggplant though. This year I didn’t grow any eggplant, and while I’ve […]
Month: August 2011
Zebra Cake
We had a birthday or two in the house this past weekend. My beautiful little girl is not so little it seems, as she celebrated her 11th birthday this past Saturday. Eleven already! She is turning into such a dynamic young lady, and she has also been showing, for some […]
A Love Affair With Pepper Jelly
In the not so distant past, whenever I would hear the words “pepper” and “jelly” in a sentence, my tongue would curl. I would shudder internally as I thought about that crazy combination- it just didn’t work in my mind. And then last winter, a friend came over for a […]
Flavor Explosion!
Last night was the first time in over two weeks that we were actually able to sit down as a family and enjoy dinner. We celebrated the moment by grilling up some lamb blade steaks that I’ve had hiding in the freezer just waiting for a special occasion. Oh, they […]
Nourishment
It’s been a season of salads and sandwiches for us. Mostly because both things are really easy to throw together- but they’ve also become monotonous and dull. We’ve broken things up with a pasta dish here and there, but mostly, it’s been a salad, sandwich, pizza, pasta parade over and […]