Right about the middle of May, I start getting antsy to see fresh, local asparagus popping up at newly opened farmer’s markets where I live. You see, we spend about 5 months buried under piles of snow. And where I come from, there is just something about the weather, and just the right soil conditions […]
Coconut Whipped Cream Parfaits
Ingredients: 1 can of coconut cream (higher the fat content the better) ¼ cup of honey (or white sugar) 1 tsp of Mexican GF Vanilla Extract Fruit of your choice, I use blueberries and strawberries or cherries and blueberries Tools: Metal bowl (chilled) or whip n prep bowl hand mixer or stand mixer can opener […]
Easy Baked Avocado with Prawns Recipe
I have always loved avocado cold in salads or sandwiches and I wasn’t sure how I felt about baked avocado – but I loved it. As a diabetic, I have to try and adapt recipes to become low fat so that’s what I have done with this recipe: you may prefer to add back cream […]
How to Pickle Watermelon Rinds
I really hate to see food go to waste, and as I was cutting up a watermelon this year, I thought what a waste it was to put the watermelon rinds in the trash. I don’t have chickens anymore, and I don’t have a compost, so I really do feel like I am wasting them […]
Asparagus Salad Fresh Spring Meal Recipe
You will want to try this fresh spring asparagus salad recipe!
Five Kitchen Must Haves for the Serious Homesteader
Today’s guest post comes from Tracey Jade Boyer. Tracey is an urban homesteader, blogger, writer and graphical artist. Her passions in life are writing, art, crafting, gardening, cooking and animals. Her blog can be found at www.homemade-by-jade.com and her graphics website is http://jadelynxgraphix.weebly.com/ Thanks, Tracey! – Angela Even if you don’t live off the grid, I think it is […]
Grow Your Own Basil
I’m so excited to be sharing about growing basil. It’s one of the things that we’ve managed to not kill for years, and we use it constantly in our cooking! The basil you see in front of my daughter (and behind her, too) all started from a $3 plant from our HEB grocery store. Here’s […]
Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Dip
My husband originally introduced me to the recipe after he found it on the side of a can of chicken. Just typing “can of chicken” disturbs me, so I set out to make fresh and delicious meal. So forget those cans o’ chicken and head out to your local butcher! Okay, no, you don’t have […]
Amazing Bacon Brownies!
The trick to this amazing recipe is to bake the bacon. Cover a standard cookie sheet with foil and lay out your bacon (I use center cut and can fit 8-10 strips). Place the sheet in the oven and then set the oven for 350. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, you want it just to the […]
Roasted Chickpeas
Roasted chickpeas make a delicious, high-protein snack that’s easy to make at home. Many of us crave something salty between meals, but potato chips and pretzels don’t provide much nutrition. Chickpeas, on the other hand, are high in protein, fiber, iron, and folate. A half cup of cooked chickpeas has about 7 grams of protein, […]
How To Grow Italian Parsley
As Chris describes in her article The Benefits of Growing Parsley in Your Kitchen Garden, there are three basic types of parsley: curly, Italian parsley (also known as flat leaf), and Hamburg. Her article will provide you with a good introduction to the three types of parsley and some of the basics. But in this […]
Lemon Love: Grow and Enjoy Lemon Balm in Your Garden
What’s that plant pouring out of a container on your deck, attracting beneficial insects to its profusion of tiny blooms? It’s lemon balm, or if you’d like to sound fancy, Melissa officinalis. This fresh-tasting member of the mint family is easy to grow, and its delicious lemon-flavored leaves are perfect in teas or as […]
