A Day in the Life…

  • Thanksgiving survival guide
    The holidays are almost officially here.  I mean just yesterday I picked fresh herbs from the garden and finished up gathering seeds for next years garden.  I’m always saying time has wings, and this year I have proof, as I am now making my shopping list for Thanksgiving and starting to gather my thoughts for Christmas. Thanksgiving was originally planned as a no one cooks, lets go out to eat …
  • These Long Dogs Days of Summer
    I finally figured out what the saying “dogs days of summer” means. It means the dogs are living like royalty! They have a 24/7 fresh water baby pool, nice mowed lawn to lay on, a splash pad on demand, shade from the trees to keep them cool, butterflies and grasshoppers to chase, an air conditioned house for tv time, and extra food at dinner because of all the activity. So …
  • Southwest Summertime Creamy Corn Dip
    Super simple, quick and easy Southwest Summertime Creamy Corn Dip, is a dish you can easily take for a potluck, picnic or impromptu gathering of friends and family. One of my favorite things to do with this dish, is to make a batch for myself, grab a bowl of scoop chips and dive right in.  The Southwest Summertime Creamy Corn Dip is made up of light bright colors very pleasing to …
  • Days full of Sunshine and Good Food
    The baking extravaganza all started with the announcement that my two daughters were coming over early Sunday morning! They had a to do list to do with the horses, it was going to be one of those wonderfully long days filled with outside chores , good food, laughter and complete exhaustion at the end of the day. Because I always have a to-do list that needs some TLC every now …
  • A Real Plowsters Breakfast
    For Leon, Have I ever told you about the Plowster family? Okay here goes, the Plowsters are a family only stories and legends are made of. They live in a remote home in the mountains somewhere in the middle of somewhere. Papa Plowster drives a plow truck around, and Mama Plowster cooks, I mean this woman can cook and cook and cook breakfast and only breakfast, from sunrise to sunset, …
  • Savory Olive and Onion Quick Bread
    I made this bread the other day, because I just needed a winter pause on all the sweets in my life. My goal was to bake something that was savory and had a ton of different flavors, with no sugar. I think I hit the nail on the head here with this one!  The Olive and Onion quick bread has no sugar, and is loaded with flavor and texture in …
  • Eggplant Wrap with Tahini
    One of my favorite dishes is eggplant wrap with tahini with fresh vegetables and fruits. Eggplant Wrap with Tahini You will need a garden variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for this dish, starting with an eggplant, adding in grape tomatoes, cucumber, kiwi, garlic, red onions, sunflower seeds and tahini for the sauce. Because I am a vegetable snob and don’t like the skin that this lovely produce comes with, …
  • The Absolute Very Best Dog Cookies
    The Absolute Very Best Dog Cookies are made with all natural ingredients for even the pickiest dog. I started making the natural dog cookies, I soon realized that I was spending so much time and money on trying to make my dog “Hoss’ happy by endlessly shopping for the best cookie for him. You see Hoss, is really very picky because he was very sick once and I had to …
  • Delicious Carrot and Cinnamon Quick Bread
    I always luv to bake, and because of this, I am always thinking about baking. On snowy , cloudy grey days, I go thru my recipe collection and see what recipe inspires my creative baking taste buds. Todays mission was to bake a recipe that I hadn’t tried in the last 6 months!  My mind immediately went to Carrot Cake, one reason is, I always considered Carrot Bread healthy, due …
  • Loaded Tomato soup with Meatballs
    Because I just canned a large batch of my Italian soup base base from the bushels of tomatoes and onions I was blessed with this year out of the garden, I immediately start to crave Loaded Tomato soup with Meatballs Talk about hearty! this soup has it all. The Italian soup base  comes with all the ingredients you need to start this soup off on the right foot.  Which is …

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