We’re on the heels of my favorite season. The mornings now have a bite in the air, fashion scarves and sweaters are becoming imperative, and everything around me is turning into orange-y and amber hues. Though I’m a California girl at heart, I’ve lived in the Midwest for almost 25 years. The one thing about … Continue reading »
I spent a lot of my Labor Day in the kitchen with lots and lots of tomatoes. I bought 10 pound from my local farmers market and though my intended sauce turned out like juice (this is the topic of another post, perhaps), I thought that it would be fun to start a tiny little … Continue reading »
In my household, football is a big deal. My coping mechanism has been to come up with meal ideas that celebrate what I consider to be the best part of football season: food, beer, and the occasional social gathering. I first got the idea of pulled pork in the slow cooker from our friend Mandy … Continue reading »
I’ll tell you what happened. I couldn’t keep up. and then I went on vacation. and then, I thought, those posts just didn’t seem that interesting to me anyway. So I ditched the weekly updates on what arrived in my box of deliciousness and opted to spend the time eating said deliciousness instead. What has … Continue reading »
With being in San Francisco since Tuesday, most of my CSA box is still at home in the fridge. But I managed to make some bang up meals before I left. Ravinia date with myself: An on-the-fly Spinach Artichoke Dip used up all the spinach I had left over, plus cream cheese in anything is … Continue reading »
Don’t mess with a woman’s counter space…. The past couple of weeks I’ve been going through a series of life changes. Sometimes you have to give up a few things in order to grow, and part of my last few weeks has included a serious downsize back to apartment living. While I can say for … Continue reading »
If I were stranded on a deserted island, and I could bring two things, one of them would be my recipe for Trail Mix Scones. Now, I realize that there is not an overabundance of brown sugar and pumpkin seeds on deserted islands… I am simply trying to exemplify the importance of this scone in … Continue reading »
