cake in a crate

cake in a crate

Who doesn’t love to come home to find a little present on their doorstep? Especially when there’s something delicious inside? Well that’s just what happens when you’re a Bob’s Red Mill Hero of the Mill. And let me tell you, it makes for...
chinese hot-and-sour mushroom soup

chinese hot-and-sour mushroom soup

When I first met my Midwesterner husband, he considered black pepper to be hot, Mexican food was out of the question and spices, if used at all, were applied with a timid hand. Six years later it’s a completely different story. Not only is he making his own hot...
strawberry fruit leather

strawberry fruit leather

Growing up my mom was the kind of mom that rationed the sugar. I studied the ingredient statements on boxes in the cereal aisle at the grocery store with serious determination as I was only allowed ones whose first ingredient was not sugar. This is harder than it...
grilled green beans & peaches with mint

grilled green beans & peaches with mint

This blog was originally posted on July 24, 2013, but I updated it with a couple recipe tweaks as well as some new photography. Enjoy!  It’s been a hot one in Boise this summer. Days upon days of triple digit heat and as much as I love to cook, that love is...
teff porridge

teff porridge

I seem to be addicted to teff these days. It started with these Teff Energy Bars and now this Teff Porridge is easily my new favorite breakfast. And it’s just this simple: I cook a pot on Sunday and divvy it up between four containers. In the morning I grab a...