Recipes

An easy guide to roasting, drying, and storing your late harvest sweet and hot peppers. Add some heat, or some smokey sweet flavor to chilli, mac n cheese, a post Thanksgiving turkey sandwich, or mid-winter... Read More

Easy recipe for Gluten Free Blueberry Lemon muffins using a pre-mixed flour blend. Read More

Roasted tomato basil soup with a twist, using orange Roma Tomatoes and Purple Thai Basil. Read More

Beets are beautiful and delicious. Roast your beets with your herbs for a spectacular salad. Read More

A vegan soup recipe even meat eaters will like, just in time for your Thanksgiving Table. Read More

Easy as it is delicious. This is a simple recipe for homemade applesauce that will become a favorite sugar free treat whether for yourself, for baking, or for giving. Read More

Minestrone is a slightly sweet, mellow, tomato rich soup that even people who say they hate vegetables will like. Really. Read More

A record setting cold spring needs a little patience, and a little Mushroom Barley Soup. Read More

From Roast to Soup - How to make soup from your left over roasted chicken. Read More

Chocolate candies you can make at home in four steps with only three ingredients. It's the cure for the winter blahs. Read More

Holidays are over and the feasting has turned to fasting.  With a fridge full of leftovers, which I love, the prep work is done for fast and easy meals.  An added benefit of using your... Read More

Double Chocolate Gluten Free Brownies are as rich as they are easy. Read More

It’s flat out winter here. So we’re cooking more and gardening less, a lot less 🙂  Here’s a seasonal recipe that I love, not just because it’s tasty, but because it’s easy too. The hardest... Read More

Here in Oak Lawn, the weather is cool (no snow – yet) and there’s little gardening to do. Gardening, and designing Gardens, are my Zen. When I can no longer put my hands in the... Read More

It’s a beautiful fall day, not a cloud in the sky.  It’s cold, raining, and fireplace weather.  It’s football season.  Well if you need any more reasons  than those to make yourself a pot of... Read More

Hello Everyone I’m delivering on my promise for a recipe with Rosemary that doesn’t include chicken, LEMON ROSEMARY SHORTBREAD.  But before dessert, a few quick notes on Rosemary   Rosemary is an herb that resembles... Read More