Busy mornings need easy breakfast ideas. If you have a morning mug, you can make a morning muffin. This fast-and-easy idea for making muffins doesn’t need a muffin tin or the oven. With a few ingredients, your favorite morning mug, a microwave and a few minutes, you can make something delicious. Make it in the…
See You in September
It’s the start of something new here. Let’s meet in the kitchen. That’s where all the fun happens!
Summer Salad Season
A perfect summer afternoon means heading to the local farmer’s market and strolling through the selections of summer produce. When the farmer and his family have been running the market for years, it means you are in good hands when shopping for the freshest fruits and vegetables. The pots of leafy herbs and plants are…
No Stress Pie Tips from Allrecipes
No need to stress. Make things pleasant for yourself and take a shortcut when and where you can. When it comes time to slice up the pie, there are a few tips to help you slice and remove a picture-perfect slice of pie to serve guests or yourself for a late-nigh snack. Read all about…
Making Muffins with a Tip from Allrecipes
Are you in the mood for a batch of fresh-baked muffins? Maybe you are a fan of blueberry muffins but are always disappointed by the berries that sink to the bottom of each one. You want that burst of berry goodness in every bite from top to bottom. There is one ingredient that can help…
Summer Boxes
August is here and what does the garden look like? Walk through the farmer’s market in your neighborhood and find the boxes of tomatoes where each crimson or golden-colored little jewel is ready to burst in a summer salad. The tomatoes can help make a simple vinaigrette even easier. Let them do the work. It’s…
Beet It
Time to update. Time to catch up. Time to cook.
Back-to-school Dinner Ideas (Plus a Fun Garden Project from NYT for Kids!)
September is here. We’ve made it through many complicated obstacles and tried to solve problems we never thought about before. Zoom calls, frozen screens and mute buttons are part of our kids’ lives as well as ours now. There is no parent guidebook for these times. Are you in need of dinner ideas for back-to-school…
What’s for Dinner?
There is no vacation visiting our favorite gardens for the summer of 2020. Being at home means we are cooking more and some people feel themselves running out of ideas for what to make for dinner. Take advantage of outdoor cooking and dining by getting outside and using the reliable grill. You can make cheeseburgers,…
A Whole New Plant or Vegetable
Root vegetables get their name for the fact that the vegetables are harvested from the ground and sold at markets with the stringy roots attached. The veggies tell you how fresh they are in this part of the stem.