Happy Monday, everyone! First of all, just to let you know that the image of baby spinach, below, has nothing to do with the rest of this post. It’s just a picture I like and I figure every blog post on a food blog needs to have at least one picture. I’m going to start [...]

Wow it’s been a long time since I’ve had a Saturday farmer’s market post.  Let’s just jump right back into it.  Here’s what I picked up at today’s market. I also picked up some goat cheese from a local dairy – Cole’s Lake Diary. (They don’t have a website, unfortunately, but there’s more information about [...]

Welcome to gadget Thursday.  Or equipment Thursday.  Or stuff Thursday.  Or maybe I should just give up the attempt at a theme name and explain.  Once a week I want to talk about something I use a lot in my kitchen and why.  It might be a gadget, it might be a pot or a [...]

Getting back into the swing of things I’m going to continue Wednesdays as my healthy eating post day. I’m kicking off August with some thoughts on meal planning. I have heard a lot of objections to meal planning. I’ve heard everything from “I don’t have time to plan” to “I don’t want to be restricted [...]

I’ll just admit it straight out: I’m addicted to spicy foods. Tabasco sauce, pepper sauce, sriracha … anything that adds spice and flavor and heat. I love it. I put it on and in everything; eggs, casseroles, stir fry, you name it. This past weekend I found ripe, red serranos at the farmers market and [...]