Last summer I learned about beet tops, or beet greens, as an addition to the wonderful things that our garden produced! I am sure that I could have figured out that there would be some sort of “top” or leaves to the growing beet plant, but I suppose I was a bit ignorant of the … Continue reading
With cherries ripening and brightening up orchard trees now is the time to be looking for a good pie recipe to use those fresh cherries in! My family and I picked the red cherries off of the trees last night, so today has been spent pitting the cherries and putting them away in the freezer … Continue reading
My oldest daughter came in yesterday afternoon after playing with the dogs in the backyard and excitedly showed me a perfectly round, ripe, red cherry and exclaimed that the cherries were ready to be picked. I had just been out by the orchard a few days before and hadn’t seen any ripe cherries at all, … Continue reading
We started the planting of our garden a bit later than we normally do this year. Even so, it is amazing to watch everyday as the plants grow a bit bigger and buds and flowers start forming. It gets me excited for when we will be able to start harvesting the big things like tomatoes, … Continue reading
With summer underway, red-ripe strawberries and rhubarb are emerging from gardens and into the produce isles of local grocery stores. I picked some rhubarb last week and was just itching for a time when I could make a strawberry rhubarb pie and post this great recipe. You see, my grandma always made rhubarb pie growing … Continue reading
I recently posted a recipe for Homemade Coconut Milk Ice Cream in which I made a strawberry flavor. Since summer is in full swing, I thought I would do a series of different flavored homemade versions of this fabulously creamy, dairy-free treat. I got to thinking about different flavor combinations and I automatically dreamed of … Continue reading
I tried my hand tonight at canning carrots. I have canned salsa, spaghetti sauce, cucumbers and okra in the past…but never carrots! I suppose I have canned all of the others because you can get by canning those items with a water bath. When canning carrots though, a pressure canner is needed. Fortunately for me, … Continue reading
With summer sneaking up on us, there are bound to be many corn on the cob eating sessions to ensue. I love eating corn on the cob. I love the taste and the crispness of fresh sweet corn. There’s nothing quite like it. You see, I grew up in central Illinois. I don’t know if … Continue reading
Tonight we are going to the Super Bowl. I was trying to think of something to bring and I thought of the “green sauce” {which is what the co-workers from my old job so affectionately call it.} Pretty much, it is just a very tasty jalapeno dip. You can put it on tacos, put it … Continue reading
Yesterday we made a decision to “get rid” of a few of the roosters around here, six to be exact. Our freezer now has a few more meals and I had some amazing chicken stock in the fridge that I made from one of the poor fellows last night. I was originally going to … Continue reading
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