A sweet friend of mine gifted me with a special experience this past month. She was unable to take her place at a handmade gift exchange with ladies from our county. It was such a blessing! I did panic a bit as I thought through what I would…
This Italian Chopped Brussels Sprout Salad is the perfect summertime main dish. Chopped Salads are one of my favorite salads. Of course I have a few requirements for them to fit that bill. They must be crunchy, they must have a lot of variety in ingredients, they must be…
I can’t wait until Tuesday! Due to all of the special meals for Thanksgiving, Christmas and our annual New Year’s Eve Party, I discontinued my farm box for a month or so. Since we serve so many traditional meals, I had to be sure that I was purchasing the items…
Creativity at its best…I really enjoyed this side dish. The radicchio is a bit bitter, the bacon is smokey, and the pear sweet. While radicchio has never made an appearance on our dinner table, it is now welcome side dish! Ingredients: 4 cups packed Radicchio, chopped (already washed and chopped…
Tomorrow is the day! It will be Produce Prep Tuesday and I am looking forward to it! This past week was a busy one. To our normally busy week we added, science lab 1 hour away at 8:00 in the morning, a night in a hotel just for fun, dinner…
One of the best compliments I can receive is that I take after my mom. My daughter has made this statement several times lately and it makes me smile. She says, with a grin on her face, you are becoming “just like Grandma” in this area or that. I say…
My family will tell you that one of my favorite things is to get something special in the mail. I am the first to want to open the letters and packages. When we return home from vacation, I look for the mail that we received while we were gone, and…
I think I have a sickness. I am not sure what it is called, but it is to blame for my out of control produce purchasing! Today, even though I have plenty of prepared veggies in our fridge ready to eat, I went to Lombardi Ranch. It is one of…
In our home, where you have a meal with roast chicken one day, you will also have soup with homemade chicken stock another day. I like to purchase organic chickens and they are definitely more expensive than their non-organic counterparts. Sadly, you won’t see a “99 cents a pound sale”…
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