Me being me, doing what I do. Cooking, growing, canning, travel, books–whatever floats my boat that day!
Happy Fall! What do you do when it’s rainy and gloomy outside, and you have a bunch of delicious butternut squash? Make soup! This is going to be a fall tradition in my house. My garden was a bust this year, but a friend had an excess amount of squash and gifted me a bunch! …
I have been asked several times recently “Can you teach me to can.” I don’t have a lot of time to can right now, much less teach anyone else. I look forward to being able to do that hand’s on at the end of summer when I make my pasta sauce. For now, here is …
What a crazy, chaotic time of year! Holy crapola, I feel like I haven’t had a minute to blog, much less relax. But here I am! Doing both! This blog is a relaxation mechanism for me. I enjoy what I do, and I enjoy sharing it with others. In the spirit of the holidays, I …
Holy onions batman! We were LUCKY enough to get ahold of about 30 pounds of whole, fresh, onions. By get a hold of, I mean the Plate Licker dropped off another haul for us. In addition to the mound of onions he also brought a flat of tomatoes. You guessed it, that means another Saga. …
Here is the final chapter in the Asparagus Saga. And boy is it the best! Wow. Even my husband liked it. And he cannot stand asparagus! I made a creamy asparagus soup with grilled gouda cheese on sour dough. Whoa. Mind blown. It was seriously so freaking delightful. Simple, simple ingredients: 1 bundle of asparagus, …
Welp. Time got away from me again. Sorry for the long breaks between posts. Life has been busy! Some good and some not so good. A very close family member was diagnosed with breast cancer recently. Her prognosis is really good, and we are all so thankful for that. She had surgery last week. So …
Who doesn’t love tomato soup in the fall or winter? Or anytime for that matter!?! I absolutely love it. With grilled cheese, or without. It’s yummy. This summer I had a LOT of tomatoes. Not only did my garden produce many, a friend of mine gifted me with tons from her mother-in-law. In the past …