We had so much fun creating these little whimsical libations over our long 4th of July weekend! If you have a flourishing rose garden and herb garden, then you’re in business. You could purchase the rose petals and herbs if you need to… Just make sure they’re organic and unsprayed, or they could contain pesticides…
I’ve been having so much fun creating jar recipes and decided to start a collection for a tea party “to go.” The beauty of the tea party to go is that all of these delicious treats can be packed into jars with tight fitting lids and kept on ice, in your cooler, until ready to…
Well… we’re still in the process of having the blog upgraded. It’s a long process, but I was told that I can start to share new posts that will have to be transferred to the new site later. So, that’s good news! I was starting to get a little twitchy not being able to correspond…
Who’s ready for another homemade salad dressing? We make big salads almost every single day in our house, so I’m always inventing new combinations of ingredients and yummy dressings to drizzle over them. I’ve received several requests for the BEST Italian dressing. This is it. I’ve been making it this way for years and years.…
I had the best intentions of spending the day in my kitchen and studio today, but the beautiful weather was beckoning and my friend Nancy suggested we get out of town for awhile. We ventured to a nearby lake town and enjoyed a leisurely lunch at a favorite Tearoom, and did a little antiquing. Oh…
The herb garden in flourishing happily and I’ve been dreaming up new recipes where I can use a bunch of them so none go to waste. Besides chopping them up and putting them in salads, using them on our grilled pizzas, making herbal simple syrups for iced tea, baking them into cakes and breads, folding…
Today is the beginning of a much anticipated four day weekend “staycation” for us! We have all sorts of fun things planned, and among them… a picnic, of course! Packing picnic fare into coolers and picnic baskets is one of my favorite things to do. It’s so fun to develop a picnic menu days before…
I adore wrap sandwiches. Part of the reason is that sometimes I have no idea what to make for lunch and a pack of wraps in the pantry always saves the day. That’s what happened a few days ago. No mayo! No mustard! No chicken breasts! What to do? Here’s what I came up with.…
I’ve made so many awesome friends since joining the facebook “foodie” community five years ago (Has it really been that long? I can’t believe it!) I’m constantly amazed and impressed by their creations and find myself wishing there were more hours in the day so I could try all of their beautiful food and still…
My friend Kristina gave me a recipe for “boyfriend chicken” a few weeks back. She told me it’s called that because it’s her “go-to” recipe for impressing new boyfriends. I think that’s adorable. Between this, and all of the recipes entitled “boyfriend bait” floating around on Pinterest these days, I decided to come up with…