This salad is a fun and delicious way to use up last year’s pickles, or maybe you are just a pickle junkie like me and have lots of varieties around at all times. Either way, this salad will wake up your taste buds! Pickles remind me of spring. Perhaps it is because you can find a lot of spring produce pickled, like beets, ramps, fiddleheads, etc. As someone who enjoys canning and preserving, I ...
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Quesadillas
Eating certain foods can strike up fond memories and I made these quesadillas to bring me back to the sun and surf of Saint Augustine, Florida and the fabulous weekly farmers market there. I made these a few weeks before we made our annual trip back and it was the perfect lunch to get me in the mood to trade in freezing temperatures and snow for blue skies and palm trees! There are a lot of ...
Scottish Style Oat Cakes & An Outlandish Ploughman’s Lunch
Outlander is a big thing these days. If you don’t know what I am talking about, you are seriously missing out and have either 1) been under a rock for the past 6 months or 2) recently traveled between the stones to this time period and haven’t quite figured out the internet or television yet…but then you wouldn’t be reading this! In reality Outlander has been a thing for years, but mostly for ...
Neep (Rutabaga) Fritters
Rutabagas, also known as swedes or turnips in the UK, Scotland and Ireland are a wonderful root vegetable to add to your repertoire. They have an underlying sweetness to them, they caramelize when roasted and are comforting when mashed and mixed with butter and winter herbs, like thyme or winter savory. Rutabagas are different from what we think of as turnips in the US, as they are golden ...
Roasted Butternut & Pomegranate Salad with Mint & Chèvre
I love vibrant dishes that are not only eye-catching but also flavor-popping, those two elements engage all the pleasure centers and make whatever you are eating taste amazing! These kinds of meals are easy to create in the summer and in warmer climates when the earth is able to offer an immense bounty, but don’t forget that winter also offers its own beauty, which is why I have and will continue ...
Vibrant Beet & Chèvre Salad with Cranberry Balsamic Reduction
The power of RED. It is vibrant, beautiful and throughly grounding. This is the color associated with Valentine's day - hearts are red and the heart is the symbol of love. But really red is the color associated with the 1st chakra referred to as the root chakra and not the heart chakra, the color associated with which is actually green! Chakras will be discussed regularly on this blog. They are ...
Warming Curry Chickpea Soup
This filling and wholesome soup has become a staple for us this winter. It is made easy by using a crockpot, letting it do the work for you, and feeds this family of 4 twice, which is a good deal. Plus, this is one of those soups that gets better with age (I have yet to meet a soup that doesn’t!). My best friend, Liz sent me a canister of Teeny Tiny Spice Co. of Vermont Organic British Curry ...
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