Over the weekend, my mom and I went peach picking at a local orchard. There's just something very satisfying about picking your own fruit, and it definitely couldn't be any fresher! I managed to pick 20 pounds of peaches in no time at all, knowing that I wanted to do ...
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Harvest Grains Salad with Chili Lime Dressing
If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably seen me tweeting about my new running routine. It feels good to be getting back into running, but I feel like I am really hungry all of the time! My hubby and I eat a lot of salads for lunch, but ...
Fresh Cherry Tomato Salsa
During the summer, I love to make fresh salsa. We don't have fresh tomatoes from our garden yet, and we've only had a few tomatoes from the CSA. So, I picked up a pint of organic cherry tomatoes at the store to make some salsa. I've never made ...
Smokey Black Bean Soup
I'm on a mission to stop using canned beans. Most canned beans contain BPA, and I'm not too sure about that. While I'm not a scientist, I figure it's better to avoid it as much as possible instead of taking any chances. Cooking dry beans really isn't very difficult. Plus, ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 37
My Friday Favorites are back! I hope you're as excited as I am... I really enjoy reading through everyone's food blogs each week. I am always amazed by the creativity and brilliance of all of the other bloggers out there. And, when I see great food, I get excited and ...
Spicy Black Beans
My husband "doesn't like black beans." At least, that's what he thought. In addition to the goals I mentioned in my first Ten in 10 post, another ongoing goal that I have is to make more vegetarian meals. I typically make one or two vegetarian dinners each week, but I ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 35
I can't believe it's Friday already again. Even scarier is the fact that Christmas is now only three short weeks away! This fall has gone by in a flash... It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already over and the Christmas season is now in full swing! So, if you're ...
Tomato, Pepper, and Jack Soup
In the past week or two, it seems that both our garden and our CSA have started booming with tomatoes. I have already frozen as much tomato sauce as I can possibly pack into my freezer. So, I decided to tackle some tomato soup. It might not sound like a ...
Mexican Cucumber Salad
I don't know about you, but when it's hot and humid in the summer, the last thing I want to do is cook on the stove or use the oven. With the amount of delicious fresh produce I have been getting from our CSA and our garden, I ...
Introducing Tips & Tricks…
Every once in a while, as I am working in my kitchen, I realize that I have what I consider to be a good kitchen tip to share... It's not that I'm brilliant, not by a long shot. It's usually just that I stumble across something by accident, and I ...
