Who doesn’t love the sweet and salty taste of a chocolate covered pretzel? Or salted caramel ice cream? Or salt on an apple? Wait, what? I recently Google-landed on a list of “12 Weird Fruits You Should be Salting.” The title was a bit misleading as most of their suggestions…
I’m stuck. Uninspired. I have pages worth of brainstormed blog ideas, but none of them are lighting a fire right now. I just haven’t been feeling it for the past few weeks. But I need to keep at this because I’ve set a goal: create a blog that has enough…
Are you familiar with the children’s picture book The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear, by Don Wood? The field mouse has her eye on a very large and very ripe strawberry. She manages to take it from the plant and haul it home, but…
Summer doesn’t start in our house until someone makes this oh-so-good and oh-so-healthy salsa!
I have a friend who used to make Oreo cereal for breakfast. She would put five or six Oreos in a mug, roughly break them up with a spoon and add milk. She wasn’t a kid when she did this, either. I have been forbidden to divulge this information to…
Asparagus has been looking good this spring. Try this easy to make soup on those days that don’t quite feel like spring yet!
Try this refreshing summer salad loaded with crunchy garden goodness!
This fresh, crisp spring salad is a perfect way to welcome in the growing season. Top it with some grilled shrimp and you’ve got a delicious, light main course.
In August I freeze corn fresh from the farmers market to use in this and other dishes during the long Midwest winter. By quickly blanching the shucked ears in boiling water, cutting off the kernels, and freezing in two cup portions, I can have sweet corn year round. Sometimes I…
My son asked for an English muffin with peanut butter for breakfast. He still prefers Jif. And when it’s a food with straight up PB, like the English muffin or apples and peanut butter, I’ve been letting it slide. But when there’s peanut butter as an ingredient IN something, like…
