Category: Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening
It’s Blueberry Picking Time!
The heat wave in New England has subsided. After day after day of intolerable heat, it was cool yesterday (while it rained) and warm today. Thank goodness. The stifling heat is just too much for this pregnant woman to take. Fortunately, today also happened to be the day that Virtual Frolic and I had planned [...]
Making Strawberry Jam
I started this post several weeks ago before going on vacation. Unfortunately, time constraints forced me to set it aside. And now, after careful thought, I have decided not to give you a recipe to go along with it. At least not yet. But making jam? Not that hard. Canning? Not that hard. And the [...]
Canning and Preserving: My Introduction
Something clicked this spring and I decided that I wanted to try canning jams, veggies, pickles . . . you name it. It’s not something I have ever done before though or even seen done. And frankly, I can be a bit obsessive when trying to do something new. True to form, I bought two [...]
Strawberry Sauce
In the dead of winter, a favorite breakfast around my house are Belgium waffles with strawberry sauce and fresh whipped cream. Once upon a time, my husband would purchase frozen strawberries in syrup in the grocery store’s freezer. But when I started cooking more and started shrugging off premade foods, I started making our strawberry [...]
Leaning Green
Where to start? There are so many elements to trying to lead a greener life. It encompasses everything from where we get our food from to what we clean with. For me, it even means staying away from unnecessary synthetics (in clothing, in the kitchen, etc). I spent a good part of the last few [...]
In My Garden . . .
See these irises? I don’t remember having them last year. I didn’t plant them. Yet suddenly they are all over my property (I am not complaining, just merely surprised). And you know what else? The strange “decorative grass” that my husband keeps trying to cut down beside my porch? Turns out it is another variety [...]
That’s It! We are Moving!
Well, not really. But geez would I like to – back to the city, where it’s safe. (If you just want to read about food, hop down to the Food, yay! header.) Yesterday afternoon/evening was, in a word, stressful. I battled bumper to bumper traffic to get to Will’s daycare by 5:30 (I got there [...]
You’ve GOT to be Kidding Me?!? (or How to Save Money at the Movie Theatre)
Cost of 2 movie tickets for Friday night: $22 Cost of 2 sodas, one popcorn and one nachos at the movies: $21 Total cost of my husband and my first night out alone in nearly a year: $43 Seriously. I mean seriously. WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH TO GO TO THE MOVIES?!? I thought [...]
Planting thoughts
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes. It was wonderful to feel all the support. I really appreciate it.Since the weather has finally improved, Will and I have been spending a ton of time outside. There’s a yard to beautify, a garden to prepare for planting, flower pots to ready … The list goes on [...]
Penance
When I realized I wouldn’t be getting home until late tonight, I decided that takeout was the best route to go. Although I had defrosted meat, I just couldn’t stomach slaving over the stove at 8 p.m. So I conspired with the husband and had him call in a deliciously sinful pizza. Why sinful? Because [...]
