Remember last year when I grew so many rampicante squash in my garden?  I froze some of it (it's quite similar to zucchini, and you coul...

We have over ten pounds of black walnuts we harvested on our land, so I've been finding ways to use them up.  I made some black walnut c...

I made a turkey goulash recipe recently that turned out pretty well.  Relying on a number of pantry ingredients, it is modified from a Taste...

Cushaw squash makes an excellent pumpkin style bread.  My boys adore it.  And since Cort recently came up with an intolerance to pumpkin, it...

You may remember me blogging about the loss of our apple tree from a storm.  We have lost two now.  It makes me sad, because they were plant...

Disclaimer:  I received an assortment of Mezzetta products to help facilitate this review.  The opinions below are my own. One of the chal...

Previously I mostly just thought of hardtack as being something eaten by Civil War soldiers.  It actually goes back to the time of the Egypt...

I have yet another wineberry recipe for you.  This one is a new one for us, and it is by far our new and most favorite wineberry dessert.  I...

We have oodles of wineberries that grow on our land.  They are like raspberries.  I've made all sorts of things with them, but am always...

This past spring Pierce's class did a unit on Ancient China.  I bought the ingredients to make some Chinese Almond Cookies to send to hi...

I like to use apple cider vinegar a lot in salad dressings, because it has so many health benefits.  Here is a super speedy but flavorful si...

This is one of those recipes that has been in my index card file for about 15 years, and that every once in a while I have to make.  It sort...

I cook a lot of Mexican style foods.  Paul and I lived in Texas for six years, and grew to love Tex-Mex while there.  Enchiladas are a famil...

I know I've been showcasing a lot of desserts for St. Patrick's day over the past couple of weeks, but this is the last one.  And it...

A few years ago I went to a recipe exchange potluck, and one of the recipes brought was an Irish Cream Cake.  I've wanted to make it sin...

With St. Patrick's Day on the horizon, it is time to break out some 'green' recipes.  I have a funny story about this one.  It w...

This is one of my favorite cakes I have ever made.  Possibly my favorite.  It starts from a simple cake mix, but it evolves into a masterpie...

I am always on the lookout for quick and healthy recipes to pull together for dinner.  I tossed this combination together in about 10 minute...

The boys were complaining recently because we didn't have any homemade desserts in the house.  I daresay they might be a bit spoiled in ...

A good friend of mine sent me the first three seasons of Downton Abbey, and as a result I have become obsessed with all things tea.  Includi...