Do you know how easy it is to make cranberry sauce? If you can boil water, I promise you can make cranberry sauce. For years, I bought it in a can and my husband and boys ate every last bit of it. They really love cranberry sauce. We always bought an extra can, just for the leftovers. That cranberry sauce was just for my boys though. I have never liked it in the past. A couple years ago, that changed for me. I tried a sandwich that...
Tender and crisp, warm spinach leaves tossed in hot olive oil and fresh lemon juice. The flavors are absolutely perfect together. I’ve been making this recipe for years and it is my favorite way to eat cooked spinach. I was surprised the other day when I noticed that I hadn’t posted it yet. So, I snapped a quick picture of my plate the other night at dinner. I served this with some leftover chicken and it was a quick and easy dinner on a...
Once again, my CSA Box contained a vegetable I hadn’t seen before. As I seem to be saying every week, I am really enjoying playing with all of this new produce. My kids think it is exciting to try new foods each week and I’m enjoying the challenge, as I find new uses for it all. I have to say that we all really enjoyed the flavor of the daikon radishes raw and as a bonus, they were really pretty too. I wanted to do something a little...
Are these crazy looking beets or what? I wish I’d taken a picture of them raw, when I first cut them. Chiogga beets have bright purple and white stripes throughout them. After roasting them, the purple faded dramatically and this was the final color. These beets were in my CSA basket this past weekend and I had no idea what to do with them. They are described as, “a sweet and earthy flavor, coupled with visual beauty.” Do you like beets?...
Jump to Recipe We’ve had quite an assortment of radishes in our CSA boxes lately and I was ready to try something new with them. Prior to this, I didn’t even realize that cooking radishes was an option. I’ve always simply added them to salads and that’s about it. I had a small bunch of Easter Egg radishes and another bunch of French Breakfast radishes to use. So, I looked around for different cooking methods. To braise something is to...
It’s the first Sunday of the month and time for the Vintage Recipe Swap. When I saw that Christianna had chosen a pizza recipe for this month’s swap, I was immediately consumed with thoughts of trying a new crust using my beloved cauliflower. Let’s just say that the resulting cauliflower crust looked much more appetizing than it was. I have read many great reviews of cauliflower crust pizza, but while edible, this is simply not something...
I stumbled onto this recipe a while back on Jenn‘s site and I knew immediately that my husband would love this kicked up version of coleslaw. He and my oldest son are crazy about Sriracha sauce. I served this with some simple grilled chicken and potato fries for an easy Saturday night dinner. I really wanted to make this good and spicy for them and as a result, I added way more Sriracha than I can tolerate. I didn’t even attempt...
Jump to Recipe Plenty of fresh herbs combined with just a touch of lemon, to make this a terrific light lunch dish. I had so much fun clipping herbs and squash in the garden this morning. I couldn’t resist using some of the harvest in our lunch. Grilled Lemon Lime Chicken would pair perfectly with this for a heartier meal. I rarely make quinoa, because my two older boys aren’t big fans of it. I had forgotten how...
I serve squash this way several times a week between spring and mid summer. As long as the squash in our garden is in abundance, this is a simple and hassle free way to enjoy it. When the vegetables are garden fresh, a drizzle of olive oil and a dash of salt and pepper is all that they need to be delicious. I love oven roasted vegetables. However, if I don’t need to turn on the oven for anything else, there is little chance I’ll want...
This time of year I start craving salads with fruit in them. I wound up with 8 lbs of strawberries in the refrigerator last weekend and realized that I’d better start using them quickly. My oldest son was bouncing with excitement when I set this salad in front of him last night. With my bounty of berries, I made this salad three times last week and all of us still love it. Even my youngest eats every bite of this salad and asks for more!Get...
