This summer, just when I had thought I had canned, dehydrated, frozen, and made jam out of a season’s worth of cherries, I found a huge basket of cherries at the Public Market. Cheap. Real cheap. Like the kind of cheap where I expected half the basket to be … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another My Week on Wednesday! We are all about pancakes today! Next Wednesday (February 18, 2015) marks the beginning of Lent, which for many Christians is the reflective, penitentive season before Easter: growing up we used to talk about, “giving things up for Lent.” Ideas like, … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, I created one of my favorite dishes ever: Sweet & Savory Sweet Potato Stew. As it turns out, the combination of sweet potatoes, apples, cranberries balances beautifully with savory sage. This recipe takes that flavor combination and… well… stuffs it in … Continue reading
A couple of years ago the Boy had to do a project for school: Research the Christmas traditions of another country or region. The place he drew out of the hat? France. We learned a lot, but one of the things he found most interesting was the Bûche de Noël, or … Continue reading
The family joke is that my husband used to ask for Brussels sprouts on his birthday… because, while my husband disliked Brussels sprouts, his older brother loathed them, and being the much-younger sibling, his chances to pick on his brother were few and far between. With a certain sense … Continue reading
The other day, when I was working on my Gingerbread Cookie Latte post, two of the most adorable little kids were following me around with these sad puppy eyes. (Yes, they were my kids, and no, they don’t drink coffee.) So I decided to make them a special drink of their … Continue reading
You may have already noticed this… but I really have a thing for those expensive coffee-house drinks. But I can’t do them anymore. Please note that this post may contain affiliate links. When you begin your shopping through an affiliate link, the price stays the same for you, but I may … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another My Week on Wednesday! The holiday season is in full swing… and I want to talk about cookies. Most families have special cookie recipes… the sort of cookie that simply has to be baked before the winter holidays can really happen. And as I have … Continue reading
Normally you will find me taking traditional recipes and making them more real food-friendly. I’m prone to removing white flour and replacing it with sprouted flour, and switching out the sugar for honey, or maple syrup, or sucanat. But I’m not actually going to do that this time. (Okay, maybe … Continue reading
Whenever I make an apple pie, I always think of my grandmother. As I said before, I grew up in the middle of an apple orchard, and apples were a big part of my childhood. They funny thing is, I do not actually remember my grandmother ever teaching me to make … Continue reading
