Have you ever tried a recipe just because it pushes you out of your culinary comfort zone? I plan on doing a lot of that this year, and its all thanks to the Food In Jars Mastery Challenge. Each month, I will be participating in a culinary challenge. Something that builds on the food preservation …
My husband is a meat and potatoes kinda guy. He doesn’t like pasta or rice (he refers to it as “fluffy white nothing”), and there is no way he’d ever eat a sweet potato with dinner. Fried. Mashed. Grilled. Baked. Roasted. If it is a potato, he will eat it (well, except for potato salad, …
The experts always say that we should be eating local, in season produce whenever it is available. Its early January in eastern Pennsylvania, and for the most part, our local growing season is over, but this year, we have had some extremely warm temperatures, so I still have Brussels sprouts growing in my garden! You can’t …
My in laws are coming for dinner tonight, and while we are keeping the menu simple – grilled chicken and veggies, pasta salad, and potato salad – I decided that this time I’m making my salads instead of running to the market. I haven’t made potato salad in about 10 years since I used to be …
When Mother Nature blesses your garden, and 12 zucchini all come to harvest at once, you need to get creative. I have reached out to friends and fellow bloggers to share some ideas. My friend Robin shared a Zucchini Cobbler recipe that her family enjoys, and she told me that it tastes just like apple …
