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…
Zucchini Pickles
In the beginning of the summer I’m always excited at the prospect of eating lots of grilled zucchini, zucchini pasta, stuffed zucchini, etc. But by the time late July, early August rolls around, I’m typically tired of the stuff! So, just my late summer luck, we got about 5 more zucchini in our CSA share…
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…
Are You a WINNER?
I have successfully used Random.Org to choose a winner of Sherri Vinton Brook’s book, Put ‘Em Up….. Ohhh the suspense….. The winner is: #2 comment- CHRIS Chris “And, to answer your question. . .I would love to preserve some salsa this summer! There are so many yummy options for salsa and I think I would…
{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….
{Weekend} Reading
I wish everyone a great weekend! The weather looks amazing for the Albany/Saratoga Region- YEAH! NATIONAL Read Barry Estabrook’s blog Politics of the Plate. This is were the best national food news reporting can be found. He has won a James Beard Award for his work, more specifically for his reporting about the insanely harsh…
What’s New in Your Kitchen Wednesday
This is a {newish} weekly post will be written by all of us ladies on a rotating basis. I say newish because Sarah started the rotation last week with her great post on her adored salad spinner. Our goal with the weekly post is to begin a conversation about exciting gadgets/appliances/cookbooks/food products/blogs/linens/websites that are new…
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…
Our {1st} Giveaway!
We wanted to celebrate our blog launch, so we’re happy to announce our first giveaway! Drumroll please…….. {Put ‘Em Up by Sherri Brooks Vinton} From Scratch club are in LOVE with this book. We truly can’t say enough good things about it. Both Sarah & I have preserved/canned/salsad/jammed/pickled our way through the book and we…
“Real” Food as Fuel!
As is posted in the about us section and possibly in some other posts, both myself and Amanda are currently in training for the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon that is taking place this fall on 10/10/10. I can imagine that you’re wondering what the heck this has to do with food, but it does I…
Weekend Reading {a new weekly post}
We are starting a new weekly Friday post, “Weekend Reading”, where we will link to national and local food-related news or commentary, interesting happenings in the food-blog world and recipes to scan during your weekend leisure time. Um, leisure time? Well, that’s another topic for another day… This post will most likely be my sole…
{Faux Fun} Cheese-like Sauce
This recipe is dedicated to Miles, my son, and every cow/goat milk allergic or intolerant person and the people who live with them. A little background is needed here, my son has a severe ingestion and contact allergy to milk protein (along with other foods) so for safety reasons, we do not have any product…
Stacked Burrito Pie
Back when I only cooked using a recipe, I used to go to the library to search through cooking magazine’s (I like magazine’s best because they always have picture’s- this helps me). I would usually come home with a few good ideas- but not to many things were kid friendly. So then ding, ding, ding…
Zucchini Patties
Thanks to my friend Colleen for the big honkin’ zucchini that inspired this recipe! It sat on my counter for a few days, tempting me to make a massively huge batch of Garden Cake. I decided to fight the sweets-urge, though, and I made these Zucchini Patties instead. (As it turned out, I had more…
