So in the EARLY spring of 2023, my husband cut down a sweet gum tree and bucked it into six logs that were about 4′ long or so. He drilled a bunch of holes in each log and we innoculated them with shitake spores–they are pegs that you pound into the hole, and the coverContinue reading “Fall Garden Update–Shitake Edition”
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Pears and Roses inspire a table
I found the most gorgeous bunch of roses at Costco the last time I went–they were all sunset colors. When I got them home, I realized that they matched the pears I had ripening on the counter. I started the table with an unbleached linen tablecloth; three white pitchers filled with the roses; faux eucalyptusContinue reading “Pears and Roses inspire a table”
Trip to NYC and Boston
Early this year, we talked about where we wanted to go for our major trip for the year. The first thought we had was to fly to Newark and spend a couple days in NYC, and then take the train to Boston and spend some time there and finally head up the coast to Maine.Continue reading “Trip to NYC and Boston”
Original Plum Torte by Marian Burros
Plums have such a short season, but I do love them–especially the gorgeous colors. I bought some organic purple plums at Costco last week. I made this cake over the weekend–a double batch–one for us and one for the freezer. I had about 7 plums left that really needed to be used, so I amContinue reading “Original Plum Torte by Marian Burros”
Pear Cake with Caramel Glaze
This recipe is from the Southern Living 2002 Annual Recipes Cookbook. You can find it here: https://www.food.com/recipe/caramel-glazed-pear-cake-187648 There are a few tips that I want to share: The batter will be extremely thick until you add the pears. Then the moisture from the pears will loosen the batter so that it’s pourable. Your pears mustContinue reading “Pear Cake with Caramel Glaze”
Hot Pepper Butter
All the peppers (including banana peppers) are super plentiful right now, so I bought some at our local Mennonite market last week and I made some more of this yesterday, so I decided to repost this from 2021. This is something that our former neighbor gave us, and we just loved it. It is especiallyContinue reading “Hot Pepper Butter”
The Drink of the Weekend–A Blackberry Bramble
We picked 22 lbs of blackberries earlier this summer and I’ve made a bunch of seedless blackberry jam, but we still have TONS of them in the freezer. We have friends coming in for the weekend and I decided that we should have a blackberry cocktail, so I did a quick Google search and foundContinue reading “The Drink of the Weekend–A Blackberry Bramble”
Banana French Toast
I had some really over ripe bananas and thought I could use them in French toast batter. Here’s what I came up with: Batter: 3 really ripe bananas (should be able to almost squeeze them out of the skin like toothpaste) 5 eggs 3 cups of milk 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp vanilla extract 1Continue reading “Banana French Toast”
Super Cinnamon Rolls
Dough: 1 1/2 cups milk scalded 1 cup cold water 1/3 cup mashed potato flakes 1/2 cup of sugar 8 tbsp butter 1 package yeast 2 teaspoons salt 6 cups of all purpose flour Microwave the milk for 4 or 5 minutes until very hot. In the meantime add the water, potato flakes, sugar, butter,Continue reading “Super Cinnamon Rolls”
Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches
Our local marina makes these and we have had them a couple times and they are so good, so I decided to try making them at home. There are a bunch of recipes online and I used the one that got pretty much all five star ratings. It’s a super simple recipe. Mississippi Pot RoastContinue reading “Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches”
