I was so excited to pick the first ripe cherry tomatoes. Now our regular tomatoes are no where near producing fruit, but are covered with blossoms, so we should have a good harvest. Several of our green onions/scallions are harvest ready, too. And we had volunteer cilantro come up in one of the flower pots near the back door. Just enough of each to make … Continue reading Fireworks in a Bowl: Southwestern Potato Salad for our 250th!
My niece, Barb, lives with her family in Maryland so when she visits, we have a lot of catching up to do. And we always talk about what we’re cooking. Barb told me she’s trying to cook healthy with more fiber and protein so I told her next time she comes we’ll cook some heirloom Lebanese recipes, like tabouleh and stuffed zucchini. She’s been experimenting … Continue reading Barb’s Quinoa Salad
As some of you know, each week I chat with Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio. Today it was all about radishes. Did you know they were eaten as a staple of the slaves during Bible days? (And by the way – I had a fun time cooking with friends and colleagues, Giovanna Trimpe and Annie Mitchell at the Cincitalia Festival at … Continue reading VEGGIE CREAM CHEESE SPREAD BETTER THAN STORE BOUGHT
My neighbor, Erin, and I spied them first during our evening walk with her dogs on our old country road. It was literally covered with freshly fallen mulberries and their juices, dark red to purplish black. They fell from ancient, huge, mulberry trees. Well, we just had to pick up some to eat. Sweet and a bit tart, mulberries are truly a seasonal spring time … Continue reading Mulberries!
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