So I was having a wonderful morning sitting on my little back laundry deck enjoying a cup of tea reading a couple of magazines leisurely pondering what to do today. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to blog about; I always have a couple of recipes that I’ve made recently and feel they are worthy of sharing with you all; just sometimes I am not … Continue reading Lemon Bundt Cake
If there were an Olympic event for harvesting the most cucumbers from just a few plants or growing the largest cabbage in a raised bed or even who can find and pick the best shaped squash; I think we could be in the running. Despite the drought and thanking my personal “water boy” my gardens are looking pretty damn good! look how adorable … Continue reading Zucchini Chips and Zucchini Boats
For those of you who know how a traditional ramen bowl is made the title might scare you away from trying or even reading this post but I hope you can bring yourself to keep going and I promise you that the recipe alone is worth the couple of minutes it will take you to listen to my little spiel and be rewarded with not … Continue reading Easy Homemade Ramen Noodle Bowl
Well it is about time we are going to be getting some much needed rain here today in New England. Thankfully we have a well instead of being on town water so we; well actually my husband who I rename every summer to water boy; has tried very hard to keep our gardens and lawn looking a little less brown than others I see around … Continue reading Summer Garden Salad
My garden is looking pretty good so far, the first thing we harvested besides the strawberries I wrote about recently were some radishes. I shared them with my Dad and he loved them, saying they were the spiciest ones he’s ever had. The ones I ate were cut up super small for my salad and I also sliced some really thin and pickled them so … Continue reading Asian Lettuce Wraps
I can only assume everyone’s summer has been super busy and flying by as well. We have had something going on 9 out of the last 10 weekends. Between showers, weddings and golfing we managed to also be lucky enough to spend 2 weekends in Montreal and a also a couple of weekends up North. Last weekend was to be spent boating on Winnipesaukee but … Continue reading Sirloin Tip Steak, Asparagus & Bearnaise Butter
My husband and I were going to clean and freeze some of the strawberries we; actually he picked from our garden. But once they are frozen, they are really only good for smoothies or so we thought. He asked if I knew how to make strawberry jam. I have canned pickles, beets, tomatoes etc. but never tried making jelly or jam. I found an easy … Continue reading Strawberry Jam
We are a meat and potato kind of family. It is not that we don’t like all kinds of food, sometimes it is just too easy to make a protein and a potato of some sort and add a vegetable; voila dinner is served. The other day I grabbed a fresh cod fillet that looked awesome. It was pretty hot out so I wanted to … Continue reading Baked Cod with Mango Salsa
Who else has a large bowl full of fresh strawberries from their garden that they need to do something with? June is strawberry season around here in NH and our plants have been pretty busy this year. We have hulled washed and eaten many of them but then what? On Father’s day my daughter made up some Jell-o cheesecake pudding and she was going to … Continue reading Strawberry cheesecake love bites
Happy Father’s day!!! This week I started with great intentions; which I like to think we all do; then by Tuesday everything went out the window. As you know by now; well that is if you have read a few of these weekly blogs; I love to cook and bake and I do so very often (except this week) It has been a really nice … Continue reading Weeknight Eggplant Parm
