Slicing into your first homegrown tomato of the season is like a treat for the senses. The vibrant colors, the smell of fresh dirt mixed with the promise of something delicious and the firmness as your blade makes the first cut are truly some of the…
We literally live right off of a street that’s named for its abundance of fruit farms. We have fresh blueberries, pears, peaches and probably enough apples to supply half the country growing up and down the street. You can also find them if you go right…
How many zucchini’s do you have growing in your garden right now? If you’re growing zucchini, your answer is probably, “Too many.” I love, LOVE growing zucchini but I always end up have too much of a good thing in late summer. This year we only…
Lemonade is the quintessential drink of summer so I felt like I couldn’t let the summer go by without sharing a lemonade recipe. But… I didn’t want to share just a regular lemonade. I love flavored lemonade and seeing what flavor combinations I can make. Last…
When I was a child, we would have a family picnic each summer. It would be a large party at a local forest preserve and include distant and extended family we would only see that one time a year. It was something I looked forward to,…
With summertime in full swing, you probably have a vegetable garden that’s popping with fresh tomatoes, zucchini, basil, pea, green beans and more. While our garden was delayed over here this season, it is finally up and running. I’m thrilled (THRILLED!) to report that we made…
I have a love affair with arugula. I adore how it has its own unique flavor that differs from a lot of other leafy greens and how that taste compliments so many other delicious flavors. We’ve been eating arugula in so many different ways this season…
