Category: Garden
Eating Weeds
With no rain and excessive heat, our garden production is nil. We have resorted to eating weeds. Have you harvested any purslane lately?
Getting ready for easy breakfasts and vacation brunches.
Blueberry Lemon Spice Muffins and other breakfast and brunch ideas for a super easy time at a lake house.
Green Salad with Grilled Chicken, Pineapple, and Peppers
Or using up leftovers…Keep reading for an Asian-Inspired Salad Dressing for this grilled chicken salad.
A veggie dinner with local (mostly) ingredients
What to do with all these fresh veggies? Throw them in a skillet with some fantastic chutney.
Rose Geranium Sugar Cookies
The latest Cook the Books Club post based on Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. These magical cookie will make you wistful for “past good times.”
Giant sunflowers, zinnias and a family heirloom photo
I think my love and fascination for zinnias comes from seeing an old family photo as I was growing up. I finally found the forgotten photo of my great-grandmother with her prized zinnias.
Very Veggie Pasta Salad
This recipe is a great side for cookout!
Carrots: Our first crop from the garden
We didn’t have quite as many as last year, but we were able to add a carrot salad to our Fourth of July feast.
Multi-colored Potato Salad for the Fourth!
A potato salad fit for the Fourth! I used our own potatoes, onions, and parsley—garden fresh! (Alas, the green pepper came from the farmers market.) 🙁
Perusing a recipe closely (or here we go again)
Since I screwed up my last attempt at “Pasta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Fresh Basil”, I wanted to give it another shot.