oven roasted veggie rice

We just returned from a beautiful riverside picnic. Can’t wait to tell you more about that tomorrow for my six senses post. Tonight is the blue moon, so we’ll be outside on the deck photographing…sipping blue moon wine, looking at the Sky Walk app for the iPad and gazing up at the sky. I am…

staycation days one and two…and the great minnesota get-together!

Evening after work On Tuesday ~ vino and a candlelight dinner on the front porch…Jeff made grilled teriyaki chicken, grilled pineapple/peppers and onion… and I made oven roasted herbed potatoes… Wednesday ~ tea, vanilla buttermilk pancakes, farmer’s market and co-op shopping for fresh ingredients…a leisurely day at home… Thursday ~ Minnesota State Fair! … So…

vanilla buttermilk pancakes

My friend Ann has been participating in an A to Z recipe challenge and asking her facebook peeps to share their recipes for the respective letter every day too. Yesterday was “V for Vanilla” and I was SO surprised that I hardly have any posts on my blog featuring vanilla. I shared my recipe for…

plum crostini

Loving this time of summer… it’s warm, but not too warm. The mornings are crisp and cool, beckoning autumn, and slowly making me interested in trading in the berries and fruits of summer for the russet, rustic fare of fall. Plums. such a completely romantic fruit. Surprisingly, I haven’t featured them in many recipes. There…