I really wanted to do something for dinner that incorporated strawberries into a main dish salad the other day. I swear I have seen a grilled chicken recipe topped with avocado and strawberries somewhere very recently, but of course I now can’t find it anywhere. Since I couldn’t find the […]
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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 made a quick ganache to dunk some berries, but I wanted my favorite food group to be represented. […]
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 “what can I have to eat?” They already know what the answer will be. The fresh fruit seasons […]
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 enough in the day to get our picking done before the rain started falling and eventually close the […]
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 to do, or restaurants we want to visit, but sometimes those things just don’t happen. Sometimes before we […]
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 for the right opportunity to be made. Basically, I needed to have a lemon and an abundance of […]
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 of them, I thought I would share it. One of my very favorite things about this year was […]
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 that it was likely because the greens themselves didn’t grow so well here in the north- not unlike […]
Kicking Off Summer With A Vanilla Cupcake
It was a very exciting thing to wake up the morning of June 2nd and realize that all the busy-ness of the end of April and all of May was completely over. Seriously, it was pure chaos for me, at times, as I found myself needing to be in two […]
Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Last week we brought home a bunch of first-crop rhubarb from my mom. It is so sweet and delicious this year- Zander keeps nibbling on it straight up, not even dunking it in sugar. I promptly made our old favorite Rhubarb Custard Bars as a way to celebrate the first […]
Balsamic Browned Butter Asparagus
We were gifted some of the first asparagus of the season the other night. We seldom eat it unless it is freshly harvested, because there is just no comparison between the two. Store-bought asparagus is okay, but freshly picked asparagus really tastes like fresh asparagus! I spent a good […]
BBQ Pork Enchiladas
Halfway thru the busy, busy month of May! This week we wrapped up the school year with very little fanfare. We were just ready to be done. Abigail has been working so hard this last month- doing extra work every day so that she could get the year done earlier. […]