Farmer John sent back some Concord Grapes from Kentucky for his Mom, Carol, and I to use so we decided to make some Concord Grape Jam. It was our first time and it’s delicious. We ended up with 20 jelly jars between us, isn’t that great? I remember my Grandmother making grape kuchen when I [Read more...]
Are you enjoying all your fresh veggies and basil out of the garden this summer? My husband always wants some kind of skewered meat and I have to admit it’s a lot more work to cube the meat and thread them onto the skewers, but it’s worth it. I have an awesome pesto recipe I [Read more...]
We were invited to a picnic this past weekend and we needed to bring a side dish. I wanted to bring something from the garden with lots of color and flavor. While I have been battling raccoons all summer for tomatoes, I have been harvesting bunches of Dragon Beans and other varieties of bush beans [Read more...]
It was a beautiful summer night so, we invited a couple friends over to enjoy the evening in our gazebo. Of course I had to have something to drink and nosh on. My husband and my friend Emily were both on the elimination diet, which is a strict diet and eliminates many foods, so I [Read more...]
Farmer John sent back some beautiful beets with lush beet tops. Two different varieties one bright red and the other a candy cane strip. The first thing I think of is to make my Grandma’s Borsht, a Polish style beet soup. Secondly I think of my niece, it has always been her favorite. When she [Read more...]
Jessica this recipe is for you, “Greek Lemon Chicken with Tzatziki Herb Sauce”. I made this for Mike, Jessica and their family many years ago and she still tells me how much she loved it. Since you haven’t been back to Ohio in awhile, you can now make it yourself and have it on a [Read more...]
By golly I think I did it! I have been experimenting with Vietnamese spring rolls for over a year and I think I finally figured it out. My wrappers used to fall apart and tear, then my sauce was never to my satisfaction. So, when my Uncle and I went to a Vietnamese restaurant recently, [Read more...]
I had friends over for a 4th of July cookout and swim; it was a fun filled day with good food and great friends. I wanted to make a quick fresh mozzarella and tomato appetizer, but I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes yet, so I used oven dried tomatoes from the freezer and fresh basil. [Read more...]
I was picking rhubarb in my neighbors, Howard’s, garden and noticed a beautiful batch of purslane. He confirmed that’s what it was and with all the rain it was lush. Well, most of us in the states consider it a weed. I have seen it in my herb cookbooks but have never tried it. My [Read more...]
This Father’s Day I had my Father and my Godfather, my Uncle Wayne was visiting from Texas, over for what I thought was going to be a Father’s Day Perch dinner. The Lake Erie fish is cleaned, put in freezer bags, covered with water and then frozen. The bag wasn’t marked, surprise it was Lake [Read more...]