Category Archives: menu plan

This week’s theme is carrots! These babies came straight from my garden this week. I’m so jazzed, I’ve never gotten carrots this big. Sorry for the late theme announcement, I need new volunteers! I don’t really have a menu plan … Continue reading →

Ah, what a weekend, what yummy food. We had a great pumpkin carving party and have the pumpkin guts on the walls to prove it! I will post pictures soon, and am recovering from binge baking. That’s a real disease, … Continue reading →

I must admit, I do love Fall, but I’m so not a fan of the rain and gloomy weather we’ve been having.  I say the guys have the right idea! Wendy of Celiacs in the House is our lovely hostess … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to be hostessing again with one of my very favorites: apples!  As a NY’er from birth, apples are clearly near and dear to my heart.  It’s been hard to adjust to VA apples, but hey, a gal’s gotta … Continue reading →

See my beautiful tomatoes and peppers? I’m so delighted to have such an abundance of gorgeous veggies, and I can’t believe they’re still doing so well in late September. I’ve also just posted the last DB challenges-Vols-au-Vent, which are fancy … Continue reading →

I enjoy the Fall time, especially since I have such a luscious garden bounty. My tomatoes have been generous, I’m finally getting to enjoy some peppers, the carrots are getting big and pumpkins are on their way! I’m a mini-pumpkin … Continue reading →

M-elle of La Cocina de Michelle (aka Cooking & UNCooking) has picked one of my favorite most foods ever–quinoa! And it’s a perfect week for it, because when DH is out of town, I tend to eat mostly vegan fare. … Continue reading →

It’s been a crazy week of dessert making and canning, and I really must take a break from chocolate birthday cakes. Seriously. Especially ones I can’t eat. Between a chocolate hazelnut cake (AKA E’s cake), a chocolate torte (which I … Continue reading →

Last week was a crazy week of baking. Between vegan birthday brownies for a good friend and a 3-layer chocolate hazelnut birthday cake for DH (more posts on the cake to come!), hazelnut heath meringues and peach crumble, and testing … Continue reading →

This is really the time of year for luscious, juicy peaches (at least in this hemisphere!) so I’m eagerly awaiting all of your yummy peach recipes and suggestions.  We had a peach crumble this afternoon which was delicious and couldn’t … Continue reading →