I just harvested the last of my tomatoes for the year, so it’s tomato sauce canning time! Since tomatoes ripen at different times, I freeze my tomatoes as they ripen, so that (hopefully) by the end of the season, I will have enough to make sauce. This year, I ended up with two full gallon… Read More
https://www.merlinsilk.com/neologism/ After attending Schoolhouse Craft‘s Blogger’s Summer Camp back in June, I immediately signed up for their two-day Fall Conference, before I even knew what classes were going to be offered. The price was right and I figured if it was going to be similar to Blogger’s Summer Camp, but longer and with the same kind of people, it… Read More
A lot of the things I cook are interpretations of meals I’ve had in restaurants and have recreated at home. Inspired by a breakfast I had at the Streamliner Diner in Bainbridge Island, WA, my version of their Green Eggs and Cheese Scramble, I just call Pesto Eggs. This time of year is perfect for… Read More
I’ve been cooking up a storm lately, since there is so much good stuff in my garden to be harvested and eaten. I always plant way too much Swiss chard, so I have to get creative with how to use it up. My favorite way to cook most types of greens is to braise them. Homemade… Read More
Okay, so I lied. I said I was going to experiment with other non-dairy milks and I didn’t. I did make more ice cream from Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones: 90 Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream and Frozen Treats from Bi-Rite Creamery for this month’s Cook the Book’s cookbook challenge. I made the balsamic strawberry… Read More
