A Recipe for Parsley…

Do you recall all the parsley in my garden in a previous post (it’s actually about half of the parsley in my garden)? Well, if you have lots of fresh parsley, here’s a recipe that perhaps you’d like to try… TABOULI. First, a few facts about parsley. Parsley is a biennial – that means it comes [...]

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A Working Weekend

Matt was home over an extended 4-day weekend (mid-terms) so I spent lots of time rattling the pots and pans in the kitchen preparing his ‘favorites’. Used up the last of my goat’s milk cheese with baked manicotti…YUM! I made meatloaf –  it’s always a family fav – for another supper, and last, stuffed green peppers [...]

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Awww…what was I thinking?

Sunday morning I visited our local Armada Flea Market. Aside from seasonal farm fresh produce, ‘yard tag sale’ stuff (ya know – one man’s junk is another man’s treasure), occasional collectables and antiques, there’s also kittens, puppies, chickens and —– bunnies.
As I was leaving, I noticed this little furry thing, perhaps a chinchilla?? My fatal [...]

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Apple Pie!

You know it’s Fall when…you have a taste for fresh, hand-made apple pies…YUM! Mama always said apples were sweeter after the first frost! Since we had our first ‘heavy’ frost last week, I decided it was time to visit our local orchard – conveniently located 5 minutes from my house – and pick some apples. [...]

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Candied Ginger!

Today my house smells of ginger and sweet annie! Yum!
Yup, I’m in the kitchen making ‘candied ginger’ – a special request from my son (who’s a freshman away at college..the big M!). During cold season ***also good for anything that ails you*** we like to have lots of fresh ginger root on hand to brew a soothing [...]

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