Today started off innocently enough. After breakfast the baby went down for his first nap and the two older kiddos and I headed outside to get our wiggles out. We played in the garden – watering, picking ripe vegetables, and looking for bugs. Then we mowed the back lawn, set up the sprinkler and hopped […]
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sweet corn chowder with fingerling potatoes and crispy bacon

fig and almond tart
There are very few food items that I don’t like. Actually, there are only two. Peas and raisins. I know, so random, right? I really can’t explain the peas. I mean, I guess they are just so….pea-like. Yuck. Now the raisins on the other hand, I can certainly explain why I dislike those so much. […]

socca wraps with hummus and avocado
This weekend I lived off of these socca wraps. I had them with fluffy scrambled eggs topped with the very last of the garden tomatoes, and then again for lunch with some thinly shaved carrot and cucumber with tahini sauce and cold tofu, and then once more for dinner baked with mushrooms and squash and goat cheese. […]
eat your veggies – vegan & vegetarian goodness

crispy sugar snap peas with dukkah, mint and sea salt

grilled artichokes with lemon-basil aioli

roasted asparagus with capers and lemon
let’s get started – appetizers and hors d’oeuvres

grilled okra with chipotle dipping sauce

pumpkin gougeres with rosemary and sea salt

miso tofu ranch dip




















