Jun 01
Share the love Hello everyone! This is my first “What I Wednesday” post. Please check out Peas & Crayons site for LOTS of yummy recipes! Some of the best meals I’ve enjoyed have the fewest ingredients and are the easiest to prepare. All you need is a little a planning to turn your family …
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May 23
Share the love Spaghetti squash is admired for it’s spaghetti-like strands it gets when cooked and scraped from its shell. Available year round, spaghetti squash is low in calories (1 cup has 41 calories), is high in fiber and a “friend” to those on low carbohydrate diets. Today’s recipe is one that you …
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May 16
Share the love Hello everyone! Today’s post is brought to you by Andrew Odom – author, designer, community manager, homesteader, and (some would say) dreamer. Let’s face it. Herbs can become a bit stale sometimes. And no, I don’t mean tasteless or unpalatable from age but rather stale…as in old from familiarity. Most gardeners begin …
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May 02
Share the love The May 2011 issue of Sunset magazine (page 120) features a “Fast & Fresh” recipe called Simple Salmon Chirashi. After a day of working in the garden I was wanting a meal that not only quick and simple, but bursting with flavor. Here is my variation of the recipe that I prepared with the ingredients I always …
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Apr 21
Share the love Wouldn’t you agree that gardens are enhanced with the addition of birds? When you set a birdbath, hummingbird feeder, birdhouses or seed you are guaranteed to get a variety of birds all throughout the year. Where I live the winters are LONG. Let’s just say the last of the snow has …
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Mar 23
Share the love Yup, Twitter friends, there’s a ”Fail Whale” cocktail. Of the few versions out there I gave this recipe a try. I don’t think it looks like the color of the fail whale’s tail so I’ll have to experiment with the other recipes I’ve found. Poor me. I ’ve got a big bottle of Blue Curacao so …
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Feb 22
Share the love Go ahead, say it out loud…tangerine margarita. Is your mouth starting to water? Thanks to my peeps, Jenny and David, I was reminded that February 22nd is considered National Margarita Day. So I said to myself, “This is a good excuse to buy some tequila and juice up a bunch of tangerines!” …
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Feb 16
Share the love May I offer you a bloody mary spiced up with jalapenos and cilantro? This recipe needs to be made at least 6 hours in advance and up to 3 days before serving to allow the flavors to develop. Are you entertaining guests for Sunday brunch or having friends over to watch the game? …
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