Homemade pizza is one of my favorite meals. It’s pretty hard to beat all your favorite flavors and ingredients harmonizing together to make a symphony of deliciousness in your mouth.
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Italian Vegetable Popover Pizza
July 11, 2012
Easy Greens Pie: Quiche Without the Complications
June 27, 2012
I’m in the middle of a love affair . . . with kale. That’s why I was thrilled to find this recipe for Easy Greens Pie in the Garden-Fresh Cookbook.
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On a cool spring day, I made this Strawberry Mousse recipe from the Garden Fresh Cookbook. Cooking with strawberries always reminds me of summer!
read moreCorn Bread With Pine Nuts and Rosemary
June 21, 2012
My husband and a few of his close buddies have BBQ meat smokers, so our families get together about four times a year for “Smoke Fests” that involve copious amounts of smoked ribs, chicken, pork, and brisket. While the boys are outside smoking, the
read morePotato Hobo Packs on the Grill With Camp Mix
June 20, 2012
When the heat comes in summer, we are grilling as much as possible—even for breakfast! And even when the weather isn't accommodating, we'll bring our umbrella to protect us while we're turning and checking on the food.
read moreFresh-Cut, Roasted Asparagus
May 30, 2012
My parents visited Walla Walla, WA, this weekend and stopped by our house on their way home on Sunday to drop off a treat: fresh asparagus that had been cut that morning!
read moreHomemade Graham Crackers and S'mores
May 24, 2012
When you wake up every morning to sun in your eyes, birds chirping, and the nearby rivers aboil as they rollick their snowmelt-swollen selves towards the ocean, you know that it’s finally time to kick off the camping season. And while there’s nothing like drinking a cold one and frolicking among the trees or soaking in a river or setting up camp after a long upward haul into the mountains, let’s be honest, here: What is camping really all about? S’mores.
read moreApple Artichoke Soup Recipe
May 24, 2012
I’ve never had or made artichoke soup, but the only way to find great new recipes is to step outside your comfort zone and expand your horizons!
read moreFresh Fruit Crisp: My Easy Last-Minute Dessert
May 21, 2012
I never plan ahead with my desserts unless it's a special occasion. So, the old-fashioned fruit crisp has become my go-to last-minute special and a family favorite—chopped up during dinner preparations and put in the oven before we sit down to eat.
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For most of my career, I’ve had the pleasure of working for The Old Farmer’s Almanac and its amazingly devoted and talented staff. I’ve met some great people and made some good friends. Learned a lot. Laughed more. It’s pretty much exactly what you would think that working with The Old Farmer’s Almanac would be like . . . except that no one wears overalls and there aren’t any farm animals.
read moreSouthern Comfort Caramel Corn Recipe
May 9, 2012
My good friend Alex’s 24th birthday occurred just recently. My friends and I are big fans of potlucks, so it seemed obvious that one should be held in his honor.
We decided to go with a universally loved theme: Southern food.
read moreBlue Cheese - Scallion Drop Biscuits Recipe
May 9, 2012
As I mentioned in my SoCo Caramel Corn post, we hosted a Southern potluck for my dear friend Alex’s birthday. There are a number of things that come to mind when you think of Southern food, and biscuits definitely top that list. I’d been dying to try this Blue Cheese–Scallion Drop Biscuit recipe, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so.
read moreWild Ramp (Spring Onion) Pesto Recipe
April 25, 2012
I was at the farmers’ market this past Saturday, cruising through the rows of vegetables, when I saw something exciting enough to stop me in my tracks. It couldn’t be. It was too early. Could it be? It was. Ramps! And where there are ramps, there's a Wild Ramp (Spring Onion) Pesto recipe to be made!
read moreBulgur with Butternut Squash and Chard Recipe
April 25, 2012
If you’ve never tried bulgur, I guarantee you that the following Bulgur With Butternut Squash and Chard recipe will be the perfect introduction. Easy, quick, healthy, and scrumptious, this dish will help you discover how much you can love bulgur outside of tabouli.
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Sunday dinners at my house are usually for trying something new: a delicious-sounding but perhaps slightly complicated recipe; experimentation with my slow cooker; or using a new technique or exotic ingredient. Sometimes, though, when the week before was or the one to come promises to be long and stressful, good old-fashioned comfort food is on the menu.
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