I’m singing “rain, rain go away” this week. I can’t believe all the rain. I feel like I’m going to float away. The weather has extended my soup making and bread baking, so I guess that’s something. And it’s not snowing, so there’s that too. I haven’t had to water my garden, so there. A…
“Lunch in the Garden” Salad Dressing ~ light, creamy, low-cal and lovely ~ chock full of veggie chunks! Oven-Roasted Garlic & Sesame Dressing ~ bold, creamy, nutty & delicious with buttery, mellow garlic Honey Dijon Dressing ~ simple, yummy and zesty! Kicky Raspberry Vinaigrette ~ fruity, spicy and bright oven-roasted lemon vinaigrette ~ tangy, silky…
You may be asking yourself why anyone would attempt to make bread in a crockpot. When I heard about using pre-made bread dough to make dinner rolls this way, I asked myself the same question. Crockpot bread is not something you leave cooking all day when you go to the office. You have to keep…
Mmmmmmm! I’m enjoying a thick slice of this delicious, fragrant cake and sipping a cup of Earl Blue as I write this post. There is something so wonderful about the combination of bergamot/lavender tea and moist, lemony/herb cake. These refreshments seem like something that Beatrix Potter characters would indulge in before being tucked into bed.…
I finally finished decorating for Christmas. Well, sort of…I still have to go out and get a couple more packs of tinsel, and we have to set up the electric train under the tree…but then I’ll be done. I find that every year the decorating gets more and more organic and simple. I have SO…
Sometimes the most romantic dinners are the ones we make spontaneously. I love using fresh, simple ingredients! Tonight we had this delicious dinner that only took minutes to prepare. You can marinate your chicken for a whole day in advance if you like, but it’s not necessary. I just happened to think of it yesterday…
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…
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…