Hatch chile is a staple here. We eat it on and with everything (burgers and pizza included). It is full of vitamins and minerals and makes for the perfect of comfort foods. When ordering it on your food, you’ll always be asked, “Red, Green or Christmas?” “Christmas” means having both red and green sharing your plate. I have always preferred…
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…to drive a woman crazy? Apparently the answer is 150 pounds because that’s what we harvested last Friday evening and, at this point, I’m feeling a bit crazy about the process of processing 150 pounds of delicious (unforgiving) apples. Let’s go back a bit and explain how we acquired so many apples… I have a friend named Madonna (yes, that’s…
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Believe it or not, we are still working on the big garage organization project we started…ummm…I don’t know…months ago! Yes, the shelves have been built, but there is still some clutter and there are still a couple of walls that need to be painted. However, one of the more exciting projects is the shelf Tool Lady has created that has…
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After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb. So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb? Who knew? Well, I am very excited about this recipe! The brine tasted…
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So, what do you do when you come home from vacation to over 30 pounds of produce waiting for you in the garden? You figure out how to preserve it as quickly as possible and you spend the entirety of your last day of vacation putting a dent in the mountain and brainstorming as many zucchini and squash recipes as…
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While there have been several great harvests coming in over the past couple of weeks, we still haven’t hit the point in the season where it is absolutely (ridiculously) overwhelming. We’ve been eating lots of fresh veggies out of the garden and trying to put up as many as possible in the process. I took a long weekend for some…
