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• May 1, 2016

  Pickled Hop Shoots – A Delicious Appetizer!

  At the back of my perennial garden is a special garden space that really belongs to Tom. This is where his hops grow — with the bines growing up twine that reaches to the roof of our garage where they can then expand out sideways. Hops grow fast. Really fast. The shoots come out of…

• May 13, 2015

  Making Things: Bagels, Cheese and Other Recipes

  Unintended though it was, this past weekend was a weekend of making things — mostly food. On Friday, after a delicious surf ‘n turf meal (in which I almost burnt the house down when the grill caught fire, but miraculously managed to keep the steaks from getting charred or overcooked), I decided to try the…

• April 7, 2015

  French Bread, Fried Egg and Feta Brunch

  Twas the day before Easter and I just had a hunch, that combining these ingredients would make a great brunch! Some freshly made feta, and freshly baked bread, a fried egg and fresh salad did rouse us from bed!  (Okay, enough of the rhyming.) Seriously, though. I’ve been on a homemade bread kick since a…

• August 20, 2013

  Bruschetta Salad

   Tom has been on a bit of a health kick recently, and he has told me that he wants to start eating more healthfully.  Since I am usually the one cooking dinner, that meant I had to think through my usual menus and try to cut out some of the recipes that call for a…

• March 9, 2011

  Easy Garlic Bread

  I’m not sure if this recipe truly counts as homemade, because I don’t make the bread from scratch.  However, I find that you save a lot of sodium and preservatives by making your own garlic bread at home (not that my version is healthy…).  Plus, it tastes just as good!  This makes a great side…