Leslie – from scratch club

{Leftover Magic} Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

The very first time I made my own chicken stock and soup, I was pregnant with my first daughter. I simmered my beautiful, delicious soup all day, and therefore got to smell it’s amazing aromas all day. Sadly, by the time evening rolled around, my morning sickness got the best of me, and I couldn’t…

My Sweet Tooth

Those that know me at all know that I typically eat a pretty healthy diet. I do a lot of baking, and rarely do I actually follow the recipe. I substitute whole wheat flour for white flour; I use honey instead of refined sugar; I throw in fruits and veggies; I use applesauce instead of…

MY Favorite Breakfast: {Apple} Cinnamon Oatmeal

This is my favorite breakfast, and it is cooking on the stove in our home just about every morning in the Fall. It fills the entire house with warm, Fall-inspired smells–who doesn’t love that? It’s Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, and I’m not talking that instant Quaker, dehydrated apple stuff. REAL food. Here’s how to bring this…

{Soup’s On!} Z is for Zucchini

Once the weather gets cool, all I want is to cook and eat soup. A bowl of soup with some homemade bread and butter, maybe a little salad…this is absolutely the perfect lunch. Or dinner. Or snack. 🙂 Soup just may be the perfect meal. This recipe (originally passed on to me from my sister,…

{100th} Post Milestone…Part One

I can’t believe we’ve made it to 100+ posts. In March, I started this blog as an off-shoot of our monthly meetings, purely a way to communicate with each other, in between meetings. My thought was “keep the energy and passion going, sharing recipes, local food events and food musings. No dead air.” We are…

{What’s New in Your Kitchen Wednesday} Milk on My Doorstep!

Okay, so I don’t actually have this yet, but I just signed up with King Brother’s Dairy to get milk DELIVERY! I am, some may say, unreasonably psyched about this. But getting milk is really a hassle for me. We don’t buy our milk at the grocery store, so it requires a special trip to…

Quick Tomato Sauce

We’ve been getting a decent pile of tomatoes in our weekly CSA share, and I still can’t believe it took me this long to make the most basic tomato recipe: homemade sauce. I used to do a sauce that was much more complicated (blanch the tomatoes, peel, simmer forever, yadda yadda), but I threw this…

Homemade Hummus

Tortialla chips and hummus is a favorite family snack in our house, and we go through quite alot. I decided it would be easier and cheaper to try my hand at making my own hummus. Turns out it is so incredibly easy to make hummus, I can’t believe all the money we’ve spent on hummus…

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…

Cucumber Salad

I have to share this one tonight, too. This is my all-time favorite summer salad/snack. Prepare to get lots and lots of cucumbers in the coming weeks–this is a great way to use a bunch. My mouth is actually watering thinking about this salad. 🙂 Cucumbers Vinaigrette: from Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites 2 medium cucumbers…

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…

Caramelized Fennel Pizza

I made this for dinner tonight, and it was soooo good. Turns out I like fennel after all! 🙂 Dinner tonight used all the fennel, almost all of what was left of the scallions, and our whole bunch of kale. Sorry for linking ot my blog, it seems like shameless self-promotion, but it’s easiest for…