Food

I’m so excited to kick off my “Junk Food Remade” series with strawberry preserves.  What?  That’s not that bad, is it?  I chose this because a PB&J sandwich is one of the most popular, if not THE most popular thing a kid will be served in his childhood.  Some kids actually eat it every day!  ...

We had our first red tomatoes this week!  Thank you, God, for letting the sun out to make them nice and ripe. I always try my first tomato with a few speckles of sea salt.  Next, I could think of no better way to honor the tomato than with my version of a BLAT.  I baked ...

*Warning* This post contains unhealthy like materials that are un-Bon-like and might be harmful to your body.  Birthday parties are the only exceptions to eating these foods.  Ok…maybe not the only. My little buddy had his 4th birthday recently.  He was super into campers at the time so we both decided a camping themed birthday was ...

It’s jam time! My little knucklehead helpers. I’m making it with a friend next week who has never made it so I’m super excited!

Just wanted to give a shout out to everyone who just started coming to my little space here. Welcome and I hope you stay a while! I am super excited about helping people learn to do things they’ve never done before.  I meet so many women (and a few men too)  who are aching to learn ...

I am loving these fruit drinks this summer, especially since fruit in our garden is abundant!  We’ve been super busy lately with end of  school things so, I have particularly enjoyed winding down with a drink like this.  It has just the right amount of rum for a mama of 3, while still not going ...

So, I’ve been having migraines a lot lately and have been so thankful that I had a few things hanging around in my freezer to make things a little easier.  This week I made soup twice and cookies twice from that freezer. These scrumptious gingersnaps for some friends. Rustic peanut butter cookies for houseguests.  They are rustic ...

This dish is a favorite of mine for a quick dinner.  It is a one pot dish which is always lovely if you cook 3 meals a day like me.  I enjoy making food that is simple, but enters your mouth tasting more complex than it is.  This is just part of building flavor and ...

One of my favorites, this salad.  I first had a beet salad several years ago at the Pebble Beach, CA restaurant, Club XIX (amazing place, by the way).  This kind of salad was hardly popular yet and I was hooked right then and there.  This restaurant also is responsible for my husband and myself becoming ...

One of 4 kumquat trees we enjoy. Kumquat Mojito 3 kumquats, halved 1 sprig of mint, leaves only 1 oz lime juice 2 oz rum 2 oz simple syrup (1/1 ratio sugar to water, dissolved) ice, to fill the shaker Muddle kumquats and mint in shaker. Add juice, rum, syrup, and ice. Shake vigorously. Poor everything into a Collins glass (as pictured), add straw, and enjoy! Kid’s ...