September is for zucchini recipes... there are a billion of them floating around out there and they basically are all the same... until now... this one - I am telling you - is my all-time favourite... I do not lie... this one is so yummy - I'm not pretending it is healthy - but it... Continue Reading →
greek salad, chicken prosciutto roll-ups and peach seed cobbler
back to school today and harvest is chugging along... although it froze to minus 4 last night and probably ended most of my garden that I've worked so hard on all year... it's 2020 - that's not going to make me cry... (hoping the farmer covered my tomatoes like I reminded him to about 7... Continue Reading →
carrot and ginger salad, fried chicken with lemon and capers, cherry cheesecake sheet pan dessert
garden carrots - is there anything better? in my opinion only tomatoes... this salad is all about the dressing... and it is a strange dressing so I was nervous to send it out but I wanted to try it myself... this dressing is so delicious... not exactly sure what the farmers thought but I could... Continue Reading →
taco quinoa salad, greek fried chicken with parsnip puree and new potatoe wedges and beet cake
oh my word, here we go... harvest 2020... some absolutely gorgeous hot weather (the farmer told me that it felt like the hottest day he has ever combined on... not fun to work in but great for drying out crops) has us able to get combining the peas we truly feel like a 'family farm'... Continue Reading →
tortellini broccoli chicken casserole and lemon zucchini cake
on Saturday I was told no suppers at 10 am... then I proceeded to make up suppers anyways because I had all the ingredients bought and had to use them up... at 3:45 pm I see a train of green combines whir past my place and sure enough they are combining... I smile and think... Continue Reading →
meal to field made simple
for tonight's seeding meal to the field, Costco was a big time saver... they have a new item in the freezer section that will make your black bean/corn salad making days a dream! this Vitality Blend was perfect for making a salad in a flash... I made up a simple dressing for this and the... Continue Reading →
have you ever compared yourself to Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson and I share a birthyear... 1979... that's not where the comparisons end... blonde - check... three kids (2 boys and 1 girl) - check... amazing mothers (her's a strict Buddhist and mine a strict Christian) - check... love for stretchy, yoga style clothing - check... this is where the comparisons start to take... Continue Reading →
what do you want to be when you grow up?
is our only opportunity to be an athlete when we are young and in school/college? or can we continue the quest of athletics as we age? should athletes only be the best of the best or does anyone applying themselves and working at a sport get to call themselves an athlete? I grew up... Continue Reading →
September Overload
when my ten year old daughter comes home from school and asks me if I think she needs "those kneepad things for my ankles", I begin to wonder if she should have signed up to play volleyball after all... ahhhh... school is back in session... and with it every mom is completely overwhelmed... we were... Continue Reading →