Late Sunday afternoon I found myself starving, and needing to get some shopping done. I headed off to Costco figuring I could grab the groceries and some free sample snacks to tide me over until dinner. All was well until I made it to the freezer section. While searching for the frozen sausage patties, I […]
Roasted Potato Salad
Several years ago I found this recipe while searching for additional ways to use cilantro. Oh I have my my trusted guacamole, salsa, and city-style tacos, but I was needing something more. I don’t remember now where I stumbled across the recipe, perhaps the internet or a cookbook. The original was printed neatly on my […]
Gingersnaps … With a Little Less ‘Snap’
Growing up we hardly ever had cookies around the house. I don’t know if it was because no one really liked cookies, or because we were too pressed for time to make homemade and too frugal to pay for store bought. As a rare treat Mom might make a batch of chocolate oatmeal drop cookies. […]
Southwest Corn Salad
Yesterday morning as I opened the back door to head out to work I expected to be greeted with the same warm, humid air we’ve grown accustom to this summer. I was instead, pleasantly surprised that the air was crisp, cool and contained the slightest hint that fall is just around the corner. We even […]
Lunch Box Granola Bars
Last week we closed the restaurant and took our first week long vacation, well “stay-cation” really, in two years. We slept late, went out for lunch, and got several projects accomplished around the house. It was relaxing, but you know what? By the end of the week I was READY to go back to work! […]
Easy Summer Squash Caserole
One summer morning a few years ago I took a drive up to Flat Top Mountain Farm to buy a case of Roma tomatoes for roasting and freezing. I arrived at the farm stand to find not only the boxes of tomatoes I was after, but boxes and boxes of yellow squash at a really […]