Our last Bunco theme was “Simply Bunco”, come as you are and bring a dish made with 6 ingredients or less. It was a great idea Sandy. I knew I wanted to do something with apples and I had a store bought (yes, can you believe it?), pie crust in the freezer. I don’t like [Read more...]
My neighbor Carol and I have all these green tomatoes we pulled off the vines that are ripening on her enclosed back porch. They don’t have that summer tomato flavor but they do taste better than those from the grocery store! I’m glad we still have garden tomatoes for our sandwiches and I keep making [Read more...]
On a chilly fall day I think of comfort foods and that works well with the fall produce that is in season now. I went to the farmers market and the cabbage was beautiful and instantly I thought of Halushka. My Polish Grandmother made Halushka, known as cabbage with bacon and noodles. My Mother continued [Read more...]
Well, fall is finally settled in and a winter chill is in the air…brrr. I can’t believe it’s November! My neighbor has a couple of apple trees and they were loaded with apples this year. I don’t know what kind of apples they are but they are tasty, free and organic. You know I can’t [Read more...]
I spent the day ripping out the tomato plants and have some good size green tomatoes. I love fried green tomatoes but I feel guilty eating them fried and I am not fond of standing there and frying tomato after tomato. I thought there has to be a better way. I tried grilling them, as [Read more...]
The tomatoes are pretty much done, but the peppers are going crazy. I grow cayenne peppers and then dry them for later use. It is easy and they look pretty in the kitchen. I string them to dry and later add them whole to many of my recipes for some heat, such as soup. For [Read more...]
We love to make grilled pizza in the summer with fresh produce from the garden. I simply had to make our grilled tomato pizza one more time, the last one until next summer. It’s simple to make, use your favorite pizza dough (whether you make it or purchase it); I make dough in the bread [Read more...]
The summer gardens are winding down, I guess they should be it is the first day of fall. This time of year I pick a few tomatoes, a handful of green beans, maybe a zucchini or summer squash, a little of this and a little of that. I created this “end of summer” soup [Read more...]
My cucumbers are done for the season, vines dried up and bug eaten. Thank goodness for “Farmer John”, he sent back me some delicious white cucumbers with his parents. I finally got a chance to make my tomato cucumber and tuna herb salad, this is a cool, refreshing and a satisfying summer salad. The recipe [Read more...]
I hosted Bunco this month and the theme was salads. We had a great feast from egg salad sammies, BLT panzanella salad, taco salad and a beautiful fruit salad just to name a few. They were all delicious; we have wonderful cooks in our Bunco group. I made a quick salad of sliced tomatoes with [Read more...]