Usually, when it comes to cooking I am the stereotype of a woman and depend on my husband to work the grill while I stick to the kitchen. Although friends had claimed grilling pizza was easy, I was reluctant to try it myself. I had happily devoured grilled pizza prepared for me in the past,…
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{pizza week} CSA Pizza w/ Good Intentions
I love making pizza at home. It’s easy, I can put a lot of vegetables on it, and it always tastes good. A perfect one-dish meal. Today I made pizza using the ingredients from my CSA box and from my garden. Oh my! I have a lot of produce to use up at this time…
{theme week} get your pizza on.
Pizza. Its quick, can be a healthy “one pot” meal and the options are endless. Grill it. Bake it. Pizza for one. Pizza for many. Dessert Pizza. Focaccia. CSA Veg Pizza or Meat Explosion Pizza. With the bounty of the summer comes endless flavor combos and ways to prepare it. Pizza becomes an essential “comfort”…
{Know Your Farmer} Strawberry Fest 2011
The lucky CSA members of Kilpatrick Family Farm were invited to head up to Middle Granville, NY this week for some strawberry picking, farm touring, baby animal petting and picnicking. The weather was perfect, cute little kids were out in full force and I spent every dime I had on strawberries. It was a good…
{use it or lose it} My CSA Share Pizza
I don’t know how everyone else feels about their CSA shares, but I often feel overwhelmed. When it all comes in, I’m so excited but that excitement quickly turns to panic as I try to determine how I am going to use all of the glorious veggies before they go bad!This is especially challenging as…
{Enjoying} Swiss Chard: Veggie Burgers
If your farmer’s market is anything like mine, you’ve been seeing a lot of swiss chard lately. It’s beautiful to look at – a tight bunch of dark, strong, leafy greens with brightly colored stems. It has such a presence and some people just love it. They see it at the market stand and can’t…
{know your historical farmer} The Farmers Museum
{Blacksmith Shop, The Farmers Museum} As I stated in part one, {know your historical farmer} Hancock Shaker Village, living museums are an exciting and educational outdoor adventure for you & your child(ren). Especially when you want to experience life when living off the land/self-sufficiency was the way of life. You can see demonstrations on a…
{recipe} spinach mushroom risotto
I know it’s corny, but making risotto brings back a memory from Italy. About ten years ago a girlfriend and I were traveling there for a few weeks and had grown restless from a few days on the Italian west coast. We headed in to Florence by train and suddenly found ourselves in the city,…
{Welcome Spring} A Run & Burritos
Sunday was a beautiful day. I decided to make the most of it and headed outside with C-man and our trusty dog, Georgia. I was due for a training run, as I’m running the Suntrust National Half Marathon on March 26th, so what better day to try out the jogging stroller along with the dog….
{dark days} Week 15: Lux Grilled Cheese
Editor’s Note: We are taking a break from our St. Patrick’s Day theme week for our Dark Days Challenge entry. This is the 15th week of a 19-week challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. Honestly, these…
{St. Patrick’s Day} Recipe Link Love
Two days until the official holiday is upon us… Erica started us off on the right foot with her maternal grandmother’s Irish Soda Bread I took on a 7-day project of brining my own brisket for corned beef and made Molly Steven’s braised cabbage dish. Oh, and made a mustard that knocked my socks off….
{St. Patrick’s Day} green macaroni
We fall into the “mutt” category in our family…Irish is in there, but not enough to really call myself Irish. So, aside from throwing on a green shirt each year, I’ve never really given much thought to St. Patrick’s Day. Until my smarty-pants three-year-old asked me what we will do for St. Patty’s this year….
{dark days} Week 14: MANwich
Editor’s Note: We are taking a break from our St. Patrick’s Day theme week for our Dark Days Challenge entry. This is the 14th week of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible….
{giveaway} the winner is….
The winner of The Meal Makeover Mom‘s newest cookbook, No Whine With Dinner is….. #3 comment… Sarah Holdaway! The winner entry according to Random.org :“My husband and I do not yet have children but I suffer from a gluten allergy in addition to some other stomach ailments. It has been difficult to find great…
{Dark Days} Week 13: Egg Frittata
Editor’s Note: This is the 13th week of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. Honestly, these challenges are becoming harder & harder to pull off as we all get closer to finishing…
