delicious seasonal eats
It used to be that I couldn’t walk away from a grocery store without a few jars of pickles. Our family goes crazy over anything pickled. We’ve attempted other sorts of pickled vegetables (and fruit), but never cucumbers. I don’t know why. I guess I never saw a reason to when our fridge was always […]
The fresh corn last summer was less than wonderful. The heavy, unending spring rains drowned a lot of the fields nearby. When we did buy some corn from a farm stand, it was, as my husband put it, “pig food.” This year has been a different story. The corn has been fabulous. Juicy and sweet, […]
Can I confess something? I fell off the wagon. Big time fell off. For the past few weeks (okay, maybe all summer), I’ve been indulging in delicious ice creams made with heavy cream and yes, I’ve even cheated a few times and had gluten-filled treats and bread. I’m ready to kick my bad habits to […]
It’s National Zucchini Day! I wanted to share my new favorite way to eat zucchini with you. I made this over the weekend for a quick, healthy summer meal that our family really enjoyed. I’ve been waiting all summer for my garden to produce zucchini. A few weeks ago I saw one rather small zucchini […]
Other kids would be playing outside during summer vacation, and I did that too, but mostly I would spend the afternoons watching cooking shows on PBS. I paid attention and learned about new foods with names I’d never heard of. I would experiment here and there with some basics I had learned, but it wasn’t […]
Buttermilk ice cream. Cherries. You want this, I promise you–you do. The ice cream is creamy and tangy and marries perfectly with the sweet cherries. We have poached cherries before in a combination of wine, water and sugar with a vanilla bean. But this time around I left out the wine and added almond extract. […]
Did you know July is National Ice Cream Month in the U.S.? I didn’t! Becky clued me in and I’m glad she did. She and I share a love of making homemade ice cream as often as possible. So…this week, I am posting a bunch of ice cream recipes that I’ve been wanting to share […]
After eating lunch at Finca in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the pickled strawberries I had on my salad. I decided to try making some quick pickled strawberries at home. Instead of using whole spices, I used fresh rosemary (thank you, Christie) and a vanilla bean. These are addictive, […]
Every so often a dessert comes into your life and you think: This is my favorite. That is how I feel about this ice cream. Years ago I formulated a recipe for Creme Brulee Ice Cream. I remember looking around for the perfect recipe, wanting to put my own twist on it. I ended up […]
Here’s a quick juice recipe that I really enjoyed earlier this week. I don’t love beets yet. Still need to keep eating them until I do. My neighbor gave me some of his famous beets–4 large ones with tons of greens attached. I saved the beets for another use, plus they keep much longer than […]
