Monthly Archive

June 2015

Adding Kale To A Thai Green Curry

For the longest time I stayed away from making green curries at home.  For one, I was worried that green curry meant that it was crazy hot, so the kids wouldn’t eat...

Replay: Fall Off The Bone Baby Back Ribs

Perfect for your summer entertaining, these baby back ribs really DO fall off the bone, and they are incredibly delicious. Even better?  They are way easier to make than you would think....

Pasta Puttanesca with Kale

I have long been a fan of kale- well before it became in vogue to be a fan of kale.  The reason I have been a fan of kale really has little...

Nice And Easy Chocolate Cake

Because it wasn’t enough to have strawberries with shortcake.  I also decided that I needed to have strawberries with chocolate cake, because what could be better with strawberries than chocolate?  We’d already...

Shortcakes From Pioneer Woman

It’s been a lovely couple of days enjoying our strawberry bounty here.  I love the day or two after we go fruit picking, because the kids (Zander, really) never need to ask...

Canning Season Declared Open

So this happened the other day. We totally lucked out and caught the opening day at our local strawberry patch.  We lucked out even further and motivated ourselves to head over early...

Cooking With Israeli Couscous

Waaay back last month, our family spent Memorial Day weekend in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, visiting with family.  Every time we go there we always have a list of things we’d like...

A Spectacular Summery Muffin

I’ve had this muffin recipe floating around for quite a while.  I couldn’t even begin to tell you when I sought it out, but I know I’ve had it sitting here, waiting...

In The Crockpot: Sausage and Peppers

We had our end of year dance recital last weekend.  And guess what?!  I actually took a picture of my babies, and since it’s been a while since I shared a picture...

Have You Ever Had A Collard Green?

Collard greens (among many greens) are not a food that is typically found or served here in the northern part of the country.  I’m not entirely sure why that is.  I assumed...