farro, cherry & walnut salad

farro, cherry & walnut salad

Summer is here and the calendar is already populated with BBQ’s so I’m always looking for an addition to the table that I will know will be unique in the sea of potato and pasta options. It also helps me rest assured when salads are not dairy or mayo based that they...
spicy bacon + brew muffins

spicy bacon + brew muffins

Dear Cooking Light, I clearly owe you an apology. Somewhere in the early 2000′s, I’m guessing it was, “light” food became synonymous with “boring” in my book. I turned my back on you for perceivably more gourmand magazines like Bon Appétit and Gourmet, Cook’s...
diy ginger beer

diy ginger beer

Apparently I’m on a fermentation kick. My last post was on homemade sauerkraut for those homemade bratwursts my hubbie had made and what else is a crucial part of summer? Well, for me, that would be an icy cold Dark & Stormy. Like I also mentioned in my last post,...
cha-cha-cha-chia

cha-cha-cha-chia

Fine Cooking magazine runs a segment on what to do when you have succumbed to the lure of the club store and are now left contemplating a five pound bag of Brussels sprouts or vat of olives. But where are they now that I need them with my monster package of chia...
strawberry rhubarb crisp… only frozen

strawberry rhubarb crisp… only frozen

The enthusiasm of the rhubarb plants in the garden is hard to ignore – almost as hard as the not-so-subtle suggestions from my husband that I make something with it – so when planning a menu for a recent dinner party, strawberry rhubarb crisp was one of the things...