A fresh baked scone is truly a treat for hosting a tea or just enjoying for breakfast with your favorite hot beverage. Sweet lavender scones are extra special with a hint of a favorite plant from the herb garden.Continue Reading
Stove Top or Oven Hawaiian Baked Beans
With the unofficial start of summer this upcoming weekend, you’ll love these Hawaiian baked beans for outdoor cookouts. Chunks of pineapple and bits of bell pepper with a little brown sugar and molasses, they have lots of flavor.Continue Reading
Herb Chive Blossom Vinegar
Each year as springtime unfolds and things begin to green up in the yard, I can count on certain plants to come back. In my little herb garden, one such plant is chives. Each May, along with their dark green leaves, they send up lots of pretty blossoms. And not only are chives attractive, I use them to make a lovely-hued Chive Blossom Vinegar.Continue Reading
Mom, I Love You!
Four little words. They encompass a world of sentiments all wrapped up in one phrase. Mom, I Love You! It speaks of the gifts, strengths, encouragement and hope we have received from the one we call, Mom.Continue Reading
Orange Cranberry Streusel Muffins
Is breakfast a frantic, hurried pace of packing lunches and getting the kids out the door hopefully fully dressed and teeth brushed? If they have matched shoes it’s a win for the day! Let them grab a muffin or two and save one for yourself to enjoy peaceably with a cup of coffee. You will all love orange cranberry streusel muffins! They freeze beautifully, so bake a batch and pop in the freezer. Then they are ready when you’re not.Continue Reading
Easy Baked Shrimp Scampi
If you love shrimp and you love easy, this is the recipe for you! It really couldn’t get any simpler to make delicious baked shrimp scampi that will make the shrimp-lover in you very happy. Continue Reading
Houseplant Journal
It just happens. While shopping you notice a display of plants. You glance over the varieties and think you’d like to take one home. You make it your own and give it a special location and watch it thrive. Before you can refill the watering can you are a bonafide caregiver to an array of living greenery. Keep track of those gorgeous plants in a houseplant journal.Continue Reading
Happy Houseplants
Streptocarpus
I am a houseplant enthusiast from way back. In the mid-1970’s, just starting out as newlyweds, we had more plants than we did furniture. Houseplants were relatively inexpensive and filled in lots of empty places in our apartment. Four decades later, I am still a ‘happy houseplants’ lady but I am not alone!Continue Reading
Balsamic Vinaigrette Asparagus
Springtime is the season for asparagus and it is a vegetable that just seems to make a meal more special. The asparagus in this balsamic vinaigrette marinade is tender yet crunchy with a bright flavor from lemon zest. It is so easy to make with just a quick blanching. Pour on the salad dressing marinade and refrigerate until serving. A lovely Easter or brunch side dish.
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Homemade Rustic Almost No-Knead Bread
Slice into an amazing loaf of homemade rustic bread that is easy to make with this almost no-knead method. You will love its crusty exterior and deliciously chewy center.Continue Reading