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Welcome to the roundup for the 43rd Grow Your Own event. Created by Andrea of Andrea’s Recipes, Grow Your Own is now in its fourth year! It was wonderful to host in July, I received submissions from all over the world and met several bloggers n (read full article)
Cantaloupe Our box from Two Small Farms CSA was full of many summer time favorites, including Sweet Corn, Zucchini and Cantaloupe. We also found Onions, Spinach, Red Beets, Strawberries and Purple Cauliflower. Here is my menu plan for the week o (read full article)
A certain someone (who shall remain nameless) had a birthday recently and requested ribs, macaroni salad and carrot slaw for dinner. I was only too happy to oblige, seeing as how I show love through food. Plus, the Macaroni salad will also serve as m (read full article)
All is right in the world again. We live in the house. The chickens live in their coop. And with the addition of an automatic chicken coop door, they now have access to their run during the day. The project of retrofitting the play house and adding a (read full article)
Last week I was invited to play tennis with the ladies, and unfortunately, managed to smack two of them with my serve during our match. The rule is, if you hit someone with a tennis ball, you have to buy them a drink. So I invited the tennis group ov (read full article)
Bianco di Maggio Onions Our organic vegetable box from Two Small Farms was packed with a large head of Romaine Lettuce, so this week’s menu is going to involve quite a bit of salad. I think I am going to bring back the Taco Salad from a fe (read full article)
Summer is really in full swing, and between camp, swim meets and poolside BBQs, we are not home that much to cook. I am on the constant lookout for fun recipes to take to the pool, salads and sides that are easy to share in our weekly supper club. P (read full article)
Grow Your Own Blogging Event I am pleased to announce that Andrea Meyers of Andrea’s Recipes has invited me to host the July edition of Grow Your Own, a blogging event which celebrates the backyard garden, hunting, foraging and growing your ow (read full article)
The girls (and by girls, I mean chickens) are 5 weeks old this week and a complete barrel of laughs. We have been converting the playhouse to their coop and building a run alongside, and last night, while we were out there attaching galvanized wire t (read full article)
As it turns out, with the kids off at sleepaway camp, and a couple dinners out, I am thinking that I don’t actually need a menu plan this week. Our box from Two Small Farms has a couple things that I will need to eat this week (Little Gem Lett (read full article)
Last weekend, I was honored to host a baby shower for a good friend, Dena. It was over 90F outside, but we managed to have a lovely lunch in the garden. The actual party was not a problem, but I found myself very worried about the games. Fortunately (read full article)
I write a lot about how my Mom taught me to cook, how I spent hours with her in the kitchen learning the fine art of the casserole, how she fostered my life long love of cooking. However, it seems as though my Dad is the one who has influenced my kit (read full article)
Last week’s Orzo with Grilled Shrimp and Summer Vegetables worked really well, just not on Wednesday as I had planned. Wednesday, I had a leftover farro salad from a baby shower (post to follow), and we brought that to the pool along with a ch (read full article)
Our first week of summer vacation and so much to do! Camps and swim team and poolside BBQs. I feel like I am already behind, and summer is supposed to be relaxing. Ack. Our box from Two Small Farms this week had a nice large bag of Bacon Avocados, m (read full article)
A few weeks ago, a group of friends got together for a cooking party at Cuisine Style in Belmont. The evening was billed as an Iron Chef-style competition, although in the spirit of friendship, we did not declare any “winners”. Basically (read full article)
Healthy Salads Our box from Two Small Farms is loaded with lettuce, so I think this week is going to be all about salads. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, as salads are best, IMHO, when it is too hot to cook. And, as it turns out, the folks at (read full article)
After one week with the chicks, all I have to say is, oh, is there a lot of poop. Yes, we have chickens. Not sure I can explain all the reasoning behind it (some might have been peer pressure), but since I found out you could have chickens in your ba (read full article)
Last September we planted loads of food items in our garden and some of them are getting ready for a busy summer. Here is what is currently growing and that I will eat at some point: (read full article)
Yes, I am jumping on the strawberry jam bandwagon, canning my own collection. Sean at Hedonia had an interesting looking recipe for Strawberry Jam with balsamic and black pepper. Carol at Simply Gluten Free has a nice recipe for Strawberry Jam, Gran (read full article)
We join a community pool for the summer, and starting today, they light the BBQs and members bring picnics and grillables and enjoy the longer days and late afternoon swims. I am starting to plan my menu around food that easily portable. I bought a (read full article)
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