I inherited something recently that is very precious: this little notebook. It’s filled with recipes from the kitchen of my maternal great-grandmother, Clara E. Walters. Here’s a picture of her, at age 20, back in 1906. She was an original – for many reasons. I love how she wrote down recipes on the backs of… Continue reading My Great-Grandmother’s Recipes
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Weekly Meal Plan
This week's meal plan was somewhat mixed up and switched around. I heard lots of ideas from my kids about changing meals and swapping lunches for dinners. I think they were suffering from end of summer, going back to school soon trauma. We were supposed to have leftover shrimp scampi for dinner on Monday but… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Indian Spiced Lentils with Pork
My poor family. They’ve eaten lentils so many times for dinner the the past few months. Earlier this summer, I entered a recipe contest for the National Lentil Festival with this recipe but didn’t win. Even though I didn’t even get honorable mention with this recipe, it’s still really tasty and oh, so good for… Continue reading Indian Spiced Lentils with Pork
Weekly Meal Plan
Do you ever plant a vegetable in your garden and then wonder if it will grow or not? For me, planting artichokes in the garden felt like a real gamble. Really? Artichokes? Actually, we didn't even plant them in our garden. They are very nice looking plants and we put them in our front yard… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
When it’s really hot outside, I have no interest in cooking during the heat of the day. This weekly meal plan was the hottest week of the summer we’ve had here so we either cooked in the morning to eat at dinner time or we cooked outside. Cooking outside meant the wok cooker. It’s actually… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
I’m not sure I would have thought to cook with olives if it weren’t for the kids from the books, “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” My children read the books years ago and when my (now) 15-year-old son read about the puttanesca spaghetti served for dinner, he had to try it. I’m not sure he… Continue reading Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Weekly Meal Plan
I planned to catch Saturday night’s meal and cook it for dinner. That was my plan but fishing didn’t go according to plan and after 9 hours of casting and cursing at those trout, I had nothing to show for it. Wait, I take that back – I had sore muscles that hung around a… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Pasta Salad with Fresh Mozzarella, Basil and Tomatoes
This is a favorite family summer recipe. My kids love this meal and each of them have asked for it as their birthday dinner in the past. The problem with this special birthday request is that both of my kids have winter birthdays, which means this meal is not in season. This meal is really… Continue reading Pasta Salad with Fresh Mozzarella, Basil and Tomatoes
Weekly Meal Plan
I still meal plan in the summer – to keep my food waste down and to know what I should purchase at the grocery store – but I like to keep the meals simple and cook with what I can from the garden. My dinners tend to be cold ones, too, unless the plan is… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Fresh Corn Salad with Balsamic Dressing
This salad is another summer favorite – think bruschetta with corn. All of the ingredients are at their best tasting in summer – especially if they’re coming straight from your garden! Shuck the corn and cut it off – don’t even boil it first – it makes the salad much easier to put together and… Continue reading Fresh Corn Salad with Balsamic Dressing
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