Anything with bacon in it is a winner. This is a pretty easy recipe to make; I doubled it for a party (good thing!) and everyone loved it.
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Avocado and Bacon Spread (Dip) Recipe
March 26, 2013
Wheat Germ Energy Cookies: A Great Way to Start the Day
February 28, 2013
These Wheat Germ Energy Cookies will help you to start the morning—or continue the day—feeling good and, yes, true to the name, energized.
read moreChocolate Mud Bars Recipe
February 4, 2013
I dedicate this recipe to my father, the ultimate lover of all things chocolate.
read moreA Hungry Man’s Quiche
December 31, 2012
Quiche! It’s what’s for dinner! Or lunch . . . or breakfast . . . but mostly, brunch.
read moreDried Cranberry–White Chocolate Chip Cookies
December 13, 2012
It was a breeze to make the Dried Cranberry–White Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Old Farmer’s Almanac Everyday Baking cookbook.
read moreBacon–Blue Cheese Scones
December 5, 2012
I love blue cheese. And I love bacon (who doesn’t?). So when I saw this recipe for Bacon–Blue Cheese Scones in The Old Farmer’s Almanac Everyday Baking cookbook, I was sold!
read more Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
November 12, 2012
The Pumpkin Cranberry Bread recipe from Everyday Baking brings a little of everything that we love about pumpkins and manages to strike the perfect balance between savory and sweet.
read moreRugelach
October 17, 2012
Rugelach are delicious Jewish pastries that usually have a cream cheese–based dough and can be filled with anything from raspberry jam to cinnamon and sugar or chocolate and nuts.
read moreSummer Corn Chowder
September 11, 2012
I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows.
–Henry David Thoreau
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Crunch a Bunch o' Munch
August 10, 2012
I’m always looking for easy, portable, delicious snacks. Well, in a perfect world: easy, portable, delicious, healthy snacks. Mission accomplished!
read moreOrange-Brown Rice Salad
August 1, 2012
Recently, I went to a barbecue where I had the most delectable mandarin orange rice. It had a lovely brown rice base that was bursting with colorful, crisp veggies and juicy mandarin orange chunks and was perfectly dressed with a refreshing citrus vinaigrette. When salad is as healthy, hearty, and delicious as this, it’s hard not to love it and even harder to forget it.
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When I saw that fresh peaches were going for $.99 per pound, there was no question of what I was going to do with them.
read moreIn, then out, of a pickle
July 17, 2012
When an Almanac colleague and gardener greeted me one day with,"Good morning! I left a bag of pickling cucumbers in your office!", my eyebrows jumped, my jaw dropped, and "Oh, wow—thanks!" came out of my mouth.
read moreThe Easiest Pickles Ever
July 16, 2012
I’ve never been one to make my own jams, jellies, and preserves, but when a coworker brought in her homemade sweet pickles and the taste evoked nostalgia, I thought it was about time I learned about canning and preserving.
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I have a bad habit of “treating” myself to coffee and a breakfast treat on the days I commute to work. After waking up early and traveling many miles in the process, I try to justify spending money and lots of calories on a delicious bakery muffin. Treats are okay in moderation, but there is really no excuse to do this several times a week. My new goal is to create healthy breakfast items at home that make it easy for me to grab-and-go. I started out this challenge with a blueberry muffin recipe from The Old Farmer’s Almanac All-Seasons Garden Guide.
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