A few scenes from our picnic on Monday. What a perfect day to relax in the park watching boats and barges traveling on the river. We enjoyed turkey sandwiches, chips, iced Arnie Palmers and picnic caprese salads that we packed into little canning jars. Mmmmmmm! serves 4 4 (half pint) canning jars 3 medium tomatoes,…
I’ve been making a summer list and checking it twice, trying to get everything in before the first day of school. We have a little vacation planned, a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see the Rembrandt exhibit, reservations at a restaurant in the “big city” on the same evening, an entire day…
For a quick, delicious lunch treat ~ simply spread a generous amount of homemade basil pesto on two slices of bread. Layer deli turkey, thick sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and fresh basil leaves on one of the slices. Top with the other slice and butter the outsides of the sandwich. Grill as you would…
The farm table in our kitchen was groaning under the weight of so many tomatoes, so I thought another batch of tomato jam may be in order. I had just made a big batch of THIS TOMATO JAM a couple weeks ago and we ate it in three days. This new variety is a riff…
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…
“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…
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…
We’ve been grilling pizza again and I have a whole list of sweet and savory recipes that I’m eager to share with you. First up….savory blueberry pizza! I know, sounds kinda’ weird. But, TRUST me, it’s amazing. Blueberries are just as wonderful in savory dishes as they are in sweet desserts. They’re not actually a…
I have so enjoyed inventing my own salad dressings, and now that I’ve been doing this for awhile, I have quite the stockpile of yummy recipes to choose from when I decide to make a salad. I don’t even go down the salad dressing aisle at the grocery store anymore. Did you know it’s almost…
Clafoutis (sounds like kla-foo-tee) is a flan-like French dessert that I like to make during the height of cherry picking season. Traditionally made with black cherries, almonds and lemon…I make mine with pretty pink and yellow Rainier cherries, also known as “Queen Ann” cherries. I like the flavor more than the traditional black, but do…