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Summer Garden Dishes

In the last few weeks our garden has really taken off. Right now we have zucchini, tomatoes, basil, onions, garlic, carrots, green beans, and of course eggs (thanks to Cheeky and Sally). So I am trying to make meals that revolve around what we already have here are a few I have come up with this [...]

Elderberries!!! Come with me to the Harvest!

I am so excited! Thanks to the wonderful people at Wildlands Inc. I have arranged for 10 lucky people to attend an elderberry harvesting field trip on one of their mitigation sites. “Wildlands is a habitat development, land management, and environmental planning company with projects throughout the Western and Southeastern United States. Established in 1991, Wildlands [...]

Last Minute Four of July Crisp

I really did not have anything planned for the 4th of July, except making homemade quinoa mac-n-cheese for the kids. (Which they did not eat, but Mark and I ate). So I decide to go to the farmer’s market and see what I could find. There were soooo many choices it was hard to narrow things [...]

Father’s Day Potluck Bourbon BBQ

We celebrated an early Father’s Day with Mark’s family on Sunday with a great bourbon and cherry inspired potluck BBQ. Fresh organic cherries were only $3.00 per pound at the farmer’s market this week and we also have plenty of bourbon left over from Mark’s birthday dinner at the Grange restaurant in Sacramento, so I thought [...]

Natural Recipes: Quinoa and Chicken with Olive Tapenade

OK, so we did get another family meal night in last week, but I have been so swamped with Passover, Mark’s Birthday, Mark’s sister’s birthday, Mark’s grandfather’s 97 birthday, and going to Idaho for Easter that I have not gotten around to writing about it yet.  I think, I am going to write one blog a [...]

Natural Recipes: Quick, Chili for Everyone!

Last night we met with our “large-small group” for a potluck at our church. As usual I was not sure if we were even going until that morning, so I was not really prepared to bring anything. When I got home from church, I found ground beef and beans. So I opened [...]

A Banana A Day, Keeps the Doctor Away

We all know the old adage, “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away.” Well, now we have a new one…It turns out a banana a day has far more benefits than we imagined. It’s also one of those fruits every one (even Claire) will eat and easily found organic all over the country. According to [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Breakfast for Dinner

So this last Sunday we have a breakfast themed family dinner. I got the idea because our neighbor brought over a huge bag of oranges from their tree and I new we would never eat them all before they went bad. So I thought we should make orange juice. Also, Claire has been struggling with the [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Kate’s Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets

So I am calling the last Family Meal a success. We ended up having it on Monday because my parents were in town over the weekend. I think it looks like Sundays are going to be the best nights in the future. So Ross, Mark, and I all likes the meal and Claire took her 6 [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Take One

So we had our first family meal night on Sunday. Mark and I were sick all weekend and so I wanted something simple and did not want to go to the store. I found a basic recipe for cornmeal pizza dough and thought we would give it a try. Truthfully I do not know [...]