Another Bunco month and I needed a quick dish to take so I made great northern beans with roasted red pepper and slivered fresh sage leaves. I quizzed a few of the Bunco Babes and they weren’t quite sure what the herb was, surprise fresh sage leaves! Tastes nothing like dried sage out of jar. [Read more...]
As a child I was never crazy about sweet potatoes, they were just too sweet. Remember the marshmallows? Or they were served with brown sugar, cinnamon sugar, praline topping and even more sweet. When my husband and I bought our first house we were invited to the neighbors for a cookout. He was Italian and [Read more...]
Last week Farmer John sent back a ton of produce! I was blown away, he had such a poor summer growing season but his fall crop was great. He sent back cabbage, kale, bok choy, another type of Chinese cabbage, Swiss chard, lettuce, arugula, radishes, summer squash and a cucumber. The greens always taste better [Read more...]
The gardening season is winding down; I’m picking the last of the red tomatoes and pickling the green ones. I’m also making batches of pesto and freezing it for the winter, see pesto recipe and how to freeze at homegardencook. When you thought I couldn’t come up with another pesto recipe, here’s another one. Not [Read more...]
I have been interested in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program and recently bought a trial box from Rock Dove Farms in Central Ohio. It was exciting to see what I would get and I was ready to get cooking. It reminds me of the cooking competitions where you get a box of ingredients and [Read more...]
Are you enjoying all your fresh veggies and basil out of the garden this summer? My husband always wants some kind of skewered meat and I have to admit it’s a lot more work to cube the meat and thread them onto the skewers, but it’s worth it. I have an awesome pesto recipe I [Read more...]
It was a beautiful summer night so, we invited a couple friends over to enjoy the evening in our gazebo. Of course I had to have something to drink and nosh on. My husband and my friend Emily were both on the elimination diet, which is a strict diet and eliminates many foods, so I [Read more...]
Farmer John sent back some beautiful beets with lush beet tops. Two different varieties one bright red and the other a candy cane strip. The first thing I think of is to make my Grandma’s Borsht, a Polish style beet soup. Secondly I think of my niece, it has always been her favorite. When she [Read more...]
Jessica this recipe is for you, “Greek Lemon Chicken with Tzatziki Herb Sauce”. I made this for Mike, Jessica and their family many years ago and she still tells me how much she loved it. Since you haven’t been back to Ohio in awhile, you can now make it yourself and have it on a [Read more...]
By golly I think I did it! I have been experimenting with Vietnamese spring rolls for over a year and I think I finally figured it out. My wrappers used to fall apart and tear, then my sauce was never to my satisfaction. So, when my Uncle and I went to a Vietnamese restaurant recently, [Read more...]