Its Labor Day weekend and everyone will be going to a picnic sometime this weekend. My mother has a wonderful pool so we usually gather there on holidays and weekends throughout the summer. One of our favorite things to bring to a picnic is FRUIT KABOBS! They not only are delicious, kid friendly but are…
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{HOLIDAY} Weekend Reading
Due to a 7-day-turned-11-day vacation, Weekend Reading has been absent the last two Fridays. I’m back and so is my food policy and foodie blog reading. Have a wonderful holiday weekend people! LOCAL FOOD AND FIBER EVENTS This weekend, I will be attending Bennington Vermont’s Garlic and Herb Festival– you should too! 10am-5pm both Saturday…
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
The Pastry Cutter. This was a shower gift for our wedding over 12 years ago…well not this one…a couple months ago the handle on my pastry cutter broke. Of course I could still use it and did. I would throw it away once a new one was purchased. Well, looking all around for it one night…
PB and J Oatmeal
Oatmeal is a go to breakfast in my house, as in everyday my children eat oatmeal. I have made it so many different ways, cinnamon and brown sugar with carmalized apples, mashed up banana and maple syrup, fresh berries, frozen berries (mashed). You name I have probably tried it. So in wanting to try something different…
I LOVE Pasta!
As stated in the title I LOVE me some PASTA, I don’t care the topping- I’ll pretty much eat anything. I started to get sick of grilled Zucchini after about the tenth or so bag of zucchini brought to us by my WONDERFUL in-laws. I couldn’t stand to see any go to waste, so night after…
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
My daughter’s birthday was a couple weeks ago, and a dear friend gave us these awesome popsicle molds made by Tovolo. I had been keeping my eye out all summer for some just like these, but with no luck. So, when they arrived in the mail, we were super excited to use them. After test…
{Ratatouille} with bonus recipe
Internet factoid: “The eggplant is a member of the nightshade family to it is akin to the potato, tomato as well as the tomatillo and chayote. Although we use the eggplant as a vegetable it is really a fruit. The eggplant is native to India and Pakistan and was first domesticated over 4000 years ago….
Campfire Potatoes
For as long as I can remember my Mom has been having a love affair with potatoes. She always says that she has never met a potato that she didn’t like. She found a million different ways to make potatoes while we were growing up, and she still does! She loves to eat them and…
Running on Fuel
This post is for my friend Sarah from the From Scratch group. In April we both signed up for the Hudson River Mohawk Half Marathon on 10-10-10. Well, since then we sent in transfer requests and are now doing the Marathon – yup that would be 26.2 miles. I still have my fingers crossed that…
Summer Slaw
I’ve been so excited to share this recipe, then I realized its almost exactly Leslie’s cucumber salad (yummers – by the way – made it this weekend). So pardon the “variation on a theme” recipe. I love cole slaw. Cole slaw says summer to me. I believe its one of the only dishes my mother…
Lainey’s Plate: Garden Cake
YUMMY! I know for a fact that Leslie is a modest blogger, and isn’t linking to her new posts on Lainey’s Plate. Well, I will do it for her (hope its ok Leslie). This recipe is sooo good. I made it the night she posted with one of my CSA beets and boy is it…
Chard Recipe
The recipe calls for swiss chard but any greens will do. I really loved this and plan to make it again. Bright Lights Chard Gratin (From Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers’ Markets by Deborah Madison) 2 lbs chard, including half of the stems 4 T. unsalted butter 1 onion, finely chopped seat…
{Local Biz} Smith Orchard Pies
I don’t know how to make pies. I didn’t grow up making or eating pies, except the grocery store versions on Thanksgiving. I should want to create pies as they focus on the flavors of various seasonal fruits. Other ways to preserve fresh fruits; jams and ice cream are calling my name this summer not…
{Chard} Two Ways
Got swiss chard in our share. Do I know what to do with it? Nope. I have no idea what these creations will taste like. I wanted to post the pics and the culinary ideas before tonight’s monthly meeting. 1) Chard leaves in frittata. I took Leslie’s chard idea of a tofu Quiche and I…
Soba Noodles with Various Veggies and a Poached Egg
I’ve been waiting to post this go-to recipe until Miles was whole-heartedly into this entrée. He continues to love everything about it. So I will post it, even though I’m not sure how traditionally kid friendly this recipe is. In beginning this post, I realized that 99% of my posts have weighed heavily on various…
