The Minnesota summer always goes by too fast. I originally made these for Memorial Day, here is the recipe by the 4th of July, and before we know it, Labor Day weekend will be here. I love the things we
Summer Ribs
Garden Bruschetta
It’s not quite tomato season yet, but I made this recipe last year and am just getting around to it now (we have another new baby in the house, so cooking has taken a backseat and writing about cooking has taken
The Summer Lunch
If its not last night’s leftovers, this is often my lunch in the summer. No recipe follows…its fresh and light and can be different every day. Fruits drizzled with honey, vegetables, cheese, some kind of meat-salami, prosciutto, or smoked salmon-bread,
Grilled Steak Tacos with Peppers and Onions
I make tacos different every time… different meats or no meat, different veggies, grilled roasted or raw, different salsas and guacamole, beans or rice, etc, etc, etc. So here is just our latest taco night, at our house its usually
Summer Corn Chowder with Grilled Shrimp
Summer isn’t really soup season but there are a few exceptions–gazpacho for one and sweet corn chowder. I can not help but buy at least a couple ears of corn every time I am at the store lately. It is
Little Free Garden Disaster
As you can see we’ve hit a little snag. The city is doing something or other, electrical work, and just has to take out the sidewalk along with my boulevard tomatoes. Nice guys though, they actually attempted to transplant them-just
July Garden Update
Things are going well in the backyard…and on the boulevard. We’ve been eating a little but the best is yet to come, mainly tomatoes and zucchini on their way. I took these photos a week or so ago and already
Little Free Garden
I’m undertaking a new gardening project. Our backyard garden is underway with tomatoes, squash, a couple experimental corn stalks, some peas and transplanted strawberries, a few pots of herbs, and a little bed of lettuce….I thought I was done. The
Backyard Garden
Our backyard garden is finally planted and starting to grow. This year we’ve stuck mostly to tomatoes (a few different kinds) and squash (zucchini and patty pan squash) because I know they are easy ones to grow and good ones
White Bean Salad with Sundried Tomato and Arugula
My husband commented recently that we should eat more beans. I think he is reading more food related material than I am! He is right, they are exceptionally healthy for us, we already knew that, but I was reminded to