In this interim between Christmas and the New Year, it is good to have a meal that is lighter and vegetarian based, after days of heavier meals. With this in mind, I roasted a small butternut squash, and adjusted my recipe for lasagne to make a smaller version for two. This is enough for a …
Category: Cooking
Baking Day and a Sample Sale
It was a rainy day on Friday, and I decided to fill the house with the aroma of baking and cinnamon. Once I got started baking, it turned into a whole day with Christmas movies on the TV. I like to keep home baked treats in the freezer for My Sweet Babboo. He likes a …
Holiday Leftovers
This year with a smaller turkey, we won't have as much in the way of leftovers, but still, it is nice to make a fresh meal with a different flavor than our traditional Thanksgiving feast. I thought today would be a great day to show you some recipes to make the leftovers taste like a …
Cheesy Baked Acorn Squash
Don't you love fall squash? Acorn and butternut squash are perfect side dishes for autumn and winter to me. This recipe could easily be a meatless main course, too. These are such versatile vegetables, and can go sweet or savory. My Sweet Babboo is sweet enough, so he prefers savory versions. He saves the sweet …
Experiments, Some Good and an Epic Fail
OK, so I am trying to learn how to use this new bloody editor on WordPress, and it is giving me no end of headaches. They keep saying it is 'easier'. NOT!!! What used to be a simple copy and paste to put a picture into a post is now a series of clicks, then …
Autumn Jubilee Wrap Up
What a month! We did a lot of sewing and projects, ate some great food, planted bulbs, watched the wildlife, crafted, stamped and had a great time for Autumn Jubilee! Please leave a comment today to thank all our sponsors for this event. Most of the drawings have been held and winners notified. Today is …
Autumn Jubilee Cookish
We are cooking today for #AutumnJubilee2020 with a wonderful Oriental inspired recipe that goes together easily and fast. The whole idea behind Cookish, the new cookbook from Milk Street, is simple ingredients that are just thrown together. From the publisher - "These recipes, most with six or fewer ingredients (other than oil, salt, and pepper), …
Harvest Corn with Recipes
I have a lovely friend that called to say she had just picked a load of corn right out of the fields from a local farmer friend of hers. She was on a road near my home, and wanted to know if I would like a dozen ears. Well, yes I would! As she brought …
Visiting the Apple Orchards
This is a transitional time in the year for me, still too hot to be considered autumn, but September doesn't feel like summer either. This weekend should be the annual Apple Festival, but the downtown street festival is canceled this year. Instead, the apple orchards are doing individual sales of their apples this weekend, allowing …
An Abundance of Tomatoes with Recipe Ideas
This has been the best year I have ever had for tomatoes, thanks to my friend Bonnie H who advised me on what I was doing wrong. Mostly it had to do with sunlight, and getting more of it to the plants. Anyway, this year has seen a bounty of tomatoes, so much so we …
