garlic rosemary flatbread

What a gorgeous day in the Mississippi river valley. Hot, but breezy, which makes all the difference. We enjoyed a lovely lunch of homemade garden veggie and chicken soup with garlic rosemary flatbread. The rosemary in our little garden plot is so happy! I read a book a few years back where the main character…

blueberry crunch chicken salad

“It’s certain that fine women eat a crazy salad with their meat!” ~William Butler Yeats I wasn’t quite sure how to approach this day. It started out overcast, so I didn’t want to hang my laundry on the clothesline just in case it rained. Then the sun came out so I started a load of…

chocolate skillet cake

Grace and I have been busy in the kitchen again…I made a new batch of tomato jam with changes to the recipe this time. Can’t wait to share that spicy little number with you! I think it will be fantastic on homemade fries served alongside a grilled ribeye and a crispy crunchy green salad. While…

lemon & spring onion parchment salmon

Have you ever tried using these handy parchment cooking bags? We love them for their quick cooking time, easy clean up and for the beautiful, healthy, moist meat dishes you can make in them. Wonderful for chicken and fish! (To try one of our favorite chicken recipes using this method go HERE.) for the salmon:…

a six senses post

feeling ~ soft yarn, a cool breeze as I sit in the shade watching Jeff and Grace swim tasting ~ grilled pizza seeing ~ this wonderful pile of books…some are new, some are re-reads, and the rest are books that I started and never finished… my summer reading list! hearing ~ David Garrett smelling ~…