Last week, at our annual play date with Beth and Amy and the kids, Beth asked for suggestions for school lunches, since she has not ever had to make them before. Before school started last year, I posted a list of 13 lunch ideas. But today, while having brunch with Jen and Bharat today, we [...]
When my friends Christy and Tim gave me Hello, Cupcake! for my birthday, I was surprised. I am not that much into cupcake making, although I have been known to make a cupcake cake or two. Also, while I like to decorate my kid’s birthday cakes, some of these books have a way of being [...]
Figs are starting to appear in the store and farmer’s markets, and this recipe seems a great way to preserve the figs for the cold winter. This pickle uses cinder vinegar, sugar, cloves and cinnamon, which gives a deep, hearty flavor to the fruit. The recipe comes from my Grandmother’s neighbor, Mabel, and was originally [...]
In my “Big Clean” last week, I unearthed several recipes I had clipped and meant to try. One of them was from Sunset Magazine, make your own frozen yogurt. And in the back of my fridge was a container of Fage I bought at CostCo a couple weeks ago – perfect! Frozen Yogurt 1 32-ounce [...]
With all the squash, summer and zucchini, in my garden, I am actively looking for recipes to use it all up. Fortunately, I uncovered this gem in my recipe box – the original is from Bert, a friend of my Mom’s from college. I was reacquainted with her three years ago at my aunt and [...]
My friend Anna, occasional cycling buddy and neighbor around the corner, is off to grad school this fall and her first apartment by herself. An apartment by herself. Can you even imagine? On our ride last week, we talked about moving into the apartment and how she was going to be getting hand-me-downs from her [...]
This week’s box had a bag of ripe, green tomatillos, a tart relative of the tomato. I have purple and green ones growing in my garden, but unfortunately, things are not so bountiful in the back 40, so I was pleased to see these tomatillos from our Two Small Farms CSA. Our box also contained: [...]
Wanted to be a little lower for a different angle, but loads of construction going on. (Taken with instagram)
