Canning Tomatoes
Some of the tomatoes have been on the vine too long and are starting to go bad, so it’s time to pick and “put them up.” I’m having to throw
08/24/14
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Category: Vegetarian
Cooking Oil and Apple Cake with Coconut Oil
I caught part of a cooking show rerun last week – Bobby Flay was grilling with Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo from Sesame Street. [Kevin grilled an onion wrapped
08/22/14
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Potatoes and High Heat
These roasted potatoes are about the only potato recipe I make any more except for holiday mashed. Leave the skin on because the most nutritious part of a potato is
08/21/14
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Cauliflower Tikka Masala, Chicken opt.
Today was a slow cooker day and I love the blend of spices in Indian tikka masala. It’s not hot spicy, it’s flavorful spicy. If you want hot spicy, you
08/19/14
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Individual Apple Cobblers
Don’t you hate when you make something for dinner and just as you’re clearing the table after the meal you remember that you forgot to serve it? I did that
08/18/14
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Tomato Pie
Today I sliced the first melon that I’ve ever grown. I’ve always had a problem getting them to ripen before the first frost. It helps to live in Maryland, rather
08/14/14
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Cherry Strudel
One weekend this fall, I’ll try a real Hungarian apple strudel but for now I’ll take the easy route and use some phyllo dough for a quick strudel from the
08/09/14
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Sprouted Grain Apple Cake
As promised during the sprouted grain discussion, today I tried another recipe from Janie Quinn‘s Sprouted Grain Baking cookbook. Honestly I didn’t quite have the 2 cups of sprouted grain
08/07/14
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Basil Pesto Pasta
The basil plants are large, healthy, and full of fragrant leaves. Basil likes moist soil and hot sun. A couple of plants will keep you with a steady supply of
08/05/14
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Juice Boost
There’s usually some kind of virus going around – stomach virus, cold virus – especially if you have school-age children, and we’re only a few weeks away from the start
08/03/14
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