I actually ended up with a decent crop of tomatoes this year even though three of my plants didn’t produce much of anything at all. It may have something to do with me not properly caring for the two in …
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CSA – Locavore Box 7-16-20
Another great box from Acme Farms and Kitchen this week. It feels like Christmas sometimes. I know what meals are being delivered but unpacking all of the fresh produce and other ingredients really makes me happy for some reason. In …
Locavore Box from Acme Farms + Kitchen – Starting up again
I knew it had been quite a while since my last CSA box from Acme but I hadn’t realized it was December 2016! Definitely not since I moved into my new house and started my own garden for sure. With …
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Black Bean and Butternut Squash Enchiladas
These enchiladas were amazingly good! I thought they sounded tasty when I read the recipe but they tasted even better than I had anticipated. I wanted to create more layers of flavor so decided to roast the squash first. I …
Harry Potter – Gryffindor Birthday Cake
My grandson just celebrated his 9th birthday and asked for a Harry Potter cake. He went through Pinterest with his mom and picked out the cake he wanted me to make. I thought it looked pretty easy for the most …
Penne Meatball Casserole
This was an instant hit with my grandson. Anything to do with pasta and meatballs always seems to be a winner in his book. The recipe calls for prepackaged frozen meatballs and jarred marinara so it really does make for …
Spaghetti Squash Enchiladas in a Shell
I used a couple of the spaghetti squash from my garden for this dish and I really enjoyed it. My daughter wasn’t as pleased with it as I was, but then again she isn’t much of a spaghetti squash person. …
Trying to write down a recipe…not a snap
My daughter is hosting Thanksgiving this year and will be making the traditional roast turkey with stuffing. The problem is…I always make the stuffing and there is no written recipe, I just throw things together. I helped her make it …
Cauliflower Rice
First let me apologize for the awful pictures. I always forget to take a pretty after picture, but hey, this is real and not staged so what you see is what you get. I don’t want to slam other food …
Raspberry Peach Jam
Peaches from my brother-in-laws trees and raspberries we picked earlier in the summer. It was definitely helpful that we had crushed the berries and prepared them before freezing. It was simply a matter of thawing and then crushing a few …
Blackberry Pear Jelly
My brother-in-law has a few fruit trees scattered around their property and one of them produces a TON of pears. So we thought we’d try making Pear Butter and Blackberry Pear Jelly with a few of them. I simply used …
Mixed Berry Jam (raspberry, blackberry, blueberry)
So do you remember the berry picking I mentioned a few weeks ago? I finally got around to making one of the many batches of jam we will be making over the next few weeks. I made a mixed berry …
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Rigatoni with Kale and Sausage
So what to do with all of the kale from my garden? I had to look around and find a bunch of different recipes that I thought the family would enjoy. I don’t mind cooking it with onions and bacon …
Where the magic happens…
Well it has to be magical to be able to cook, bake and decorate cakes in this teeny tiny kitchen. Don’t let a tiny kitchen stop you from creating, I try not to. I know, I’ve been off my game …
Cranberry Buttermilk Scones
I love scones but I have a very hard time eating bakery scones. They are too big and dry. These are the perfect size and not the dried out bricks you may get elsewhere. Straight out of the oven they …
A Little of This and a Little of That 