Best Ever Potato Salad (with or without mayo)
Nothing wows a potluck or picnic better than a big vat of homemade potato salad. And considering right now is the best time for fresh potatoes (I had some absolutely delicious red potatoes in my CSA basket this past week!), I thought we’d pull out the potato peelers and get busy. So next time you’re […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Parsley
Parsley, the world’s most popular herb, is a common accompaniment to many dishes in the kitchen and is often used as a beautiful garnish. A rich source of antioxidants, vitamins C and A all of which are thought to reduce infection rates and keep you healthy. Replete with heart healthy folic acid it is a […]
Homemade Barbecue Sauce
I’ve noticed there’s a lot of chain restaurants filling up grocery store freezer cases with their wares lately. In a recent grocery store musing, I pulled a few boxes out of their frozen entombment and attempted to read the “ingredients” (what’s disodium phosphate and what’s it doing in my food?) and shook my head in […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Blueberries
Blueberries are beautiful, sweet, and pumped with fiber with only 80 calories per cup. With all the health benefits that blueberries offer, it’s no wonder they’re becoming more popular all the time. One of my favorite super foods, blueberries are an excellent source of vitamin C, manganese, dietary fiber and tons of antioxidants. You know […]
The Threat of Tomatoes
It’s starting. The tomatoes are mutating and producing more and more of their progeny on a daily basis! I cannot keep up; I’m gasping for breath due to endless picking. They’re replicating, sprouting new plants—it’s the Volunteer Garden Invasion! If there is one thing I know about tomatoes, it is they are prolific. Right after […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Green Peppers
Bell Peppers are so fun! They’re just like little natural flavorful, attractive, beautiful bell-shaped containers and decorations that you can eat! What more do you want in a veggie – except guess what, it’s not a veggie, it’s a fruit! Surprise! In spite of the word “pepper” in their name, they are not spicy, but […]
It’s Baked Bean Month
It is not surprising to find out that July is Baked Bean Month. After all, baked beans have been a staple of potlucks forever and Independence Day is the quintessential representation of our friend the potluck. There are so many different kinds of baked beans that you can make. I felt it my duty to […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Beets
Now now! Don’t turn your nose up! There’s way more to beets than the purple gushy sliced things you see decorating salad bars all over America. We’re talking fresh beets, the kind that are in season RIGHT now! Beets are amazingly healthy; they tell you that all by themselves by their gorgeous color. Rich in […]
Kohlrabi
What is it you ask? It’s a root veggie, much like a turnip. In fact, kohlrabi means ‘cabbage turnip’ in German apparently. The flavor is much like a broccoli stalk and well, let’s just say they’re delicious and abundant right now! So now that my CSA basket has 4 of them in there, I need […]