by Josie | Oct 2, 2024 | Apples, Cheese, Citrus, Gluten Free, Herbs, Salad Dressing, Salads, Seeds, Vegan Option, Vegetarian, Vinaigrettes
This is a fall or winter salad that you’ll love, whether you’re a kale fan or not! Simply massaging the dressing into the kale for one or two minutes, tenderizes the leaves and gives them a beautiful glisten. The crisp apples, crunch of pepitas, sweet...
by Josie | Sep 17, 2024 | Bacon, Cheese, Citrus, Cooking, Dairy, Greens, Herbs, Hors d'oeuvres, Recipes, Salad Dressing, Salads, Sides, Vinaigrettes
It’s pear season and our two trees have out-produced themselves again this year. We have a young tree, one we bought five years ago. We thought our 75 year old tree would have fallen over by now, so the new tree was to take the place of the older tree. The old...
by Josie | Aug 27, 2024 | Baking, Berries, Freezer Friendly, Fruit, Recipes, Vegetarian
Just a reminder. I do not bake. BUT when you have gallons of blueberries and a box of peaches on your counter, you must act quickly. Plus my son was asking if I “was able to make something like that.” The challenge was on. This recipe is easy and from all...
by Josie | Aug 22, 2024 | Chicken, Citrus, Freezer Friendly, Herbs, Meatballs, Noodles, Pesto, Recipes, Soup, Zucchini
This is a good meal to catalog into the start of the school year. Thunder and lightening darkened our gorgeous summer skies yesterday evening causing concerts to be canceled, emergency warnings of quarter-sized hail in parts of the county, flooding streets and me...
by Josie | Aug 20, 2024 | Cheese, Chilis, Corn, Dairy, Gluten Free, Heirloom Tomatoes, Recipes, Seasonal Produce, Sides, Skillet Cooking, Squash, Vegan Option, Vegetarian, Zucchini
Calabacitas is a favorite recipe and a fantastic dish to make in the late summer months particularly, as we usually have a mother load of squash, tomatoes, corn and peppers. We are lucky to have a large garden that gives us so much food. With the exception of the...
by Josie | Aug 7, 2024 | Citrus, Herbs, Noodles, Pasta, Pesto, Recipes, Vegetarian
This made me happy. We grow a lot of basil every year. Rows and rows of basil that primarily go into pestos and sauces. This year was tough. We lost almost all our basil in early June. The rain just pounded down on the delicate plants and many of them had to be...
by Josie | Aug 5, 2024 | Cheese, Chilis, Citrus, Condiments, Corn, Dairy, Food History, Gluten Free, Herbs, Recipes, Salads, Sides, Spices, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Option
About this time of year we start putting esquites on rotation for summer meals. Esquites is a fresh corn salad or condiment that has all the fabulous flavor and ingredients of Mexican street corn (elote’) which is served grilled on the cob with queso fresco and...
by Josie | Jul 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Homemade ranch is always better than store-bought. This particular recipe takes it up a notch or two by adding fresh lemon, dill, chives, garlic, yogurt and sour cream for a creamy, herby, zesty recipe that you’ll love to drizzle on a salad or offer on a crudite...
by Josie | Jul 29, 2024 | Gluten Free, Heirloom Tomatoes, Herbs, Recipes, Salad Dressing, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
I love making dressings from fresh ingredients. This tomato thyme dressing is a favorite and serves as a beautiful enhancement to not only salad ingredients, but as a drizzle of flavor for eggs on toast, grilled meats, on a charcuterie board, on burgers ~ and more....
by Josie | Jul 29, 2024 | Beef, Citrus, Eggs, Freezer Friendly, Gluten Free, Herbs, Meatballs, Recipes, Roasting and grilling, Skewers, Spices
Kafta is a Middle Eastern grilled ground beef (or lamb or chicken) skewer made with lemon, garlic, onion, mint, parsley, spices and good olive oil. As a result of the spice blend used, which typically has sumac, cinnamon, coriander and cumin, Kafta has a unique flavor...
