Each week during my morning run, I watch the green sprouts lush out a little further. How fantastic to watch the cycle of life from start to finish every year. This year they are all new plants! New to me anyway. There are some things that I have been watching sprout and try as I …
Pickled Fiddlehead Ferns
Fiddlehead season is short, try to make the most our of it. Now that you have collected all those fiddleheads you might want to find more ways to eat them. Sautéing in butter is great, but eating that day after day will give you a tummy ache. To preserve you fiddleheads for later use you …
Foraged Fiddleheads
I’ve recently returned from my first fiddlehead outing of the season. It was a success! Up in the sometimes frigid north we’ve been getting antsy for spring for a while now. A few teasers here and again with a couple of days in the 70’s, then we cruelly drop back to 30 degrees. Hiking with …
Kitchen Tip: Natural Face Scrub
Kitchen tip: face scrub Did you ever think about the number of things in your kitchen that can be used for your beauty routine? Think of all the types of skin scrubs that you can make! Salt, sugar, oatmeal, corn meal…. My easy peasy exfoliating scrub for today uses brown sugar and olive oil. Add just …
Stuffed Grape Leaves, Dolmades!
Succulent little morsels of goodness! These stuffed grape leaves are popular all over the Mediterranean. There are different variations, most are stuffed with rice. I remember one batch fondly, we used ground lamb and went heavy on the mint. The recipe that is here is my go-to version. It yields party worthy results …
did i take a picture of that?
I had no idea that blogging was such a can of worms! With just a vague idea of what I was doing, I set up shop. Now I have so many things that I want to try and to learn. I want to present my information in the best way. I want to know if …
Tapas
My first experience traveling abroad was to Spain. I will always have a special love for Spain. It was there that I was introduced to tapas and other small plates. You could mingle, eat one of these, a bite of that, never too much. A fantastic social atmosphere, where conversations and complements are a cultivated …
Refried Skillet Beans
Cooking amazing food is easy with just a little preparation. I cook and garden in a very similar manner, I get a lot done by doing a little bit at a time. Breaking down large tasks into many small ones is so easy for me to do in the kitchen. I might stop every-so-often and …
Slow Down for Lasagna!
Lasagna was not something I ate often at home when I was a kid. We ate curry more than we ate spaghetti. I received a children's cookbook and lasagna was the first recipe I ever made. The only times we really ate it, I made it. I became a lasagna lover of my own accord and sometimes make non standard versions …
Dutch Baby
This morning I woke up very late and lazy. It was fantastic. After lollygagging around and getting hungry I wanted FOOD. I wanted breakfast, but not meaty greasy eggs and bacon and potatoes. More like pancakes with less work. A Dutch Baby is in order. A Dutch Baby is like a puffy pancake that is …
Nancy Warner 