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Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry with Chick Peas
Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry with Chickpeas is a perfect recipe for a busy week night. It is warm, comforting and packed with nutrients. The recipe will work with just about any vegetables you have on hand. I make this dish all the time and rarely make it with the same ingredients twice for that very […]
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Cooking Tip – Easy Diced Garlic – Tenderized!
This easy diced garlic is a great cooking tip that will help with that task. It can take quite a bit of time, too, when you need to mince a lot of garlic at once. Garlic…ahhhh, who doesn’t love its flavor. If a recipe call for some of it, I usually double it. But the cloves […]
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No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
What is not to like about peanut butter and chocolate? Oh yes…the calories. Well, I can’t do too much about the calories, but I can at least adapt the recipe so that it is suitable for vegans as well as vegetarians and those with normal diets. These peanut butter chocolate oatmeal cookies will not last […]
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Growing Garlic from a Single Clove
Growing garlic is very easy to do. All you will need is a single clove to grown an entire head of garlic. But you can’t just buy garlic from the store and think that it will grow into garlic heads. Most of the garlic sold in the supermarket has been treated so that it will […]
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How to Keep An avocado From Turning Brown
Helpful tips to keep an Avocado from turning brown. I love avocados. I eat them most days for lunch and love them on salads. But because they are high in calories, I do try to limit the amount of one that I use. Invariably they seem to turn brown. I did a bit of […]
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Left Over Lemons – Freezing and Grating is the Trick
What can you do with left over lemons? Often times a recipe will call for just a tablespoon or two of lemon juice. I hate to waste the left over lemons. (I even use the peels and used flesh on my compost heap.) I always grate the skin, but then I am left with the […]
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Iris – Perennial Bulb with a Majestic Appeal
Iris is one my favorite flowers when it comes to growing perennials. I remember that my mother used to have them in all her garden beds, and when I see them now, I get very nostalgic. What I love most about irises is the color they, and other early spring bloomers, bring to my garden. […]
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Crock Pot Vegetable Curry with Apples
This recipe for crock pot vegetable curry is a remake of one that recently tried our on my meat eating husband and he loves it. I love the smell in my house when a curry has been cooking all day long. The aromas are fragrant and so inviting. The recipe is vegan, vegetarian, gluten free […]
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Ginger Soy Sauce Marinade with Chives
This Ginger Soy Sauce Marinade gives all the flavor (and more!) of a bottled sauce and is easy to make and better for your health. Most bottled marinades are full of chemicals which do your body no good at all. The marinade is a cinch to make. Just combine all the ingredients and whisk away. […]
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Slimmed Down Fish and Chips
My husband loves cod. He is English and fish and chips are a favorite take away food in the UK. I also love fried fish too. The texture is so crispy but the fish underneath is moist and delicious. But the calories can break any diet. This recipe for baked cod has all the flavor […]
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Nasturtiums as Companion Plants Help your Veggies
I’ve always loved garden nasturtiums in my flower beds. But there are many other ways that these fairly common plants can be a great addition to your vegetable garden. Companion planting is a method of planting plants together so that they benefit each other in some ways. Some enrich the soil and others attract attract […]
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Cosmos – Easy Care Annual That Does Not Mind Poor Soil
Do you possess a brown thumb instead of a green one? If your soil very poor? Then this is the flower for you! One of the easiest annuals to grow from seed is Cosmos. They are prized for their prolific, silky, daisy like flowers and their easy-care nature in the garden. They will tolerate even […]
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Savory Baked Island Chicken
This recipe for savory baked island chicken is tangy and flavorsome and is so easy to make. Just prepare the marinade the day before (or up to three hours before cooking) and bake in the oven right before dinner. It has a nice combination of lovely Caribbean flavors. Savory Baked Island Chicken Make you Feel […]
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Saving Seeds from Heirloom Beans
My family comes from a long line of vegetable gardeners. I can still remember when my great grandmother had her vegetable garden, I used to wander through it when I was about 6. My grandfather on my mother’s side also had a huge veggie garden. (we used to snitch peas from it, hoping we would […]
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BLT Sandwich with Avocado with Garden Vegetables
The traditional BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich) is taken to a new level in this delightful lunchtime recipe which adds Haas avocados for an extra bit of creaminess. Traditional BLT Taken to a New Level. I love BLTs. Always have, always will. They are hearty and full of fresh goodness (from the garden today!) […]
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Flamingo Flower – Anthurium Plant – A Tropical Delight
I just added a new plant to my indoor plants collection. This anthurium plant is commonly called Flamingo Flower, also known as anthurium. It is a tropical plant that has a stunning flower and is easy to grow. This pretty plant doesn’t mind lower light conditions so it is a great choice for beginners. It also […]
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Growing Brussels Sprouts – A Cool Weather Crop
I live in zone 7b so I am able to start vegetable gardening fairly early. I did not get a crop of brussels sprouts last year but I am hopeful that my plants will be full of sprouts this year. Brussels sprouts are a healthy cold weather vegetable that even has its own National Day. […]
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Orange Cream Martini Recipe – Try This Dreamsicle Dessert Cocktail
If you loved creamsicles as a child, (and still do!), this delicious cocktail recipe is perfect for you. This orange cream martini is an adult version of the flavored frozen treats you enjoyed as a kid. What is a dessert cocktail? When you combine spirits with sweet ingredients that can double up as a […]
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Ahi Tuna Recipe with a Tarragon Wine Butter Sauce
It is perfect for a busy week night. This Ahi Tuna recipe (also known as yellow fin tuna) can be served quite rare, so it only takes a few minutes per side and the sauce is fast to make. Ahi Tuna Recipe with White Wine Butter Sauce – gourmet style personified. This recipe for ahi […]
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Hydrangea Wreath – DIY Fall Door Decoration
This pretty hydrangea wreath uses the beautiful big blooms of a mop head hydrangea bush for a door decoration. My hydrangea bush flowered late this year and gave some lovely color to an otherwise fairly bare garden bed. Did you know that you can make a holiday hydrangea wreath from hydrangea flowers that are done […]
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Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
This recipe for Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie is a traditional favorite of mine and makes a great addition to my growing list of crock pot recipes. When the days start getting a bit cooler, I love to make more comfort food type recipes. It used to be that when the days get colder, my […]
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From the Garden to the Table – Fresh Veggie Stir Fry
This fresh veggie stir fry is make with venison for a gamy taste that is great with the fresh vegetable. I got a late start on my big veggie garden this year. I made it as a lasagna garden but when it became ready to plant it, I just kept enlarging it and planting more […]
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Propagating Tomato Plants with Cuttings
Most of the time when cuttings are mentioned as a means of propagation, it is with house plants. I decided to try it this year with tomato plants from my vegetable garden. Propagation is the art of taking one plant and using parts of it to make another. Sometimes this is done by division, such […]
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Butterfly Bush Makes Great Cut Flowers
I have several butterfly bushes, also knows as buddleia, in my garden beds. I love them because they attract butterflies and bees like no other plant in my garden. My main butterfly bush was put in a large island bed early this spring, when it was about 12″ tall. It is now at least 5 […]
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Fully Loaded Hasselback Potatoes
I first discovered hasselback potatoes 30 years ago in Australia. They were all the rage. For some reason, it took a while for them to start appearing here but they have been a popular way of cooking potatoes for a while now. This recipe for bacon cheddar hasselback potatoes is fully loaded and takes my […]
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Herbed Salmon with Dijon Mustard
Salmon is, hands down, my favorite fish. I love the richness of it. (I’m not normally a white fish person) It is full of omega 3 fatty acids and a staple of a Mediterranean Diet. This recipe for grilled salmon with a Dijon herb mustard paste is to die for. Literally. As in super good. […]