Dark Cherry and Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Fresh sweet cherries, tiny chocolate chips, creamy ice cream. I don’t really need to talk you into dark cherry and chocolate chip ice cream, right? Right. I typically make my ice cream from a custard...
View ArticleReusing Pickle Brine – How To Safely Get Double Duty From Your Pickles
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Dawn. Dawn wrote: I recently received a gift of home canned dilly green beans. After they were eaten I couldn’t get myself to throw out...
View ArticleStream Of Consciousness Frittata
You know what uses up a ton of eggs, is healthy, versatile, and tastes good cold, at room temp, or warm? The fritatta. Get 8 eggs and your big cast iron skillet. Turn your oven on to 350 and heat up...
View ArticleThe Tartine: Your Formula For The Ultimate Easy Summer Sandwich
A tartine is an open faced sandwich. It’s also an excuse to pile whatever happens to be in your harvesting basket right now onto a crunchy toasty piece of good bread and call it lunch or dinner. There...
View ArticleNo Spend November: Week 1 Results
Today is Frugality Friday, so it’s time to review progress for No Spend November. Slightly over a week has elapsed since I committed the family to a this challenge for November. Overall, I’d say...
View ArticleNo Spend November: Week 2 Results
It’s the end of the week so it’s time to review progress for No Spend November. I’d say this month of extra frugality is going quite well. A few purchases, but very much in the “known knowns” category....
View ArticleVietnamese Stir-fried Kohlrabi and Prawns
It is always a treat to go out to the garden, cut some veg, and use them to make a great dinner, but I think the reward is heightened in mid-winter. With winter harvests, you just never know, you know?...
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