Making Candy Cane Reindeer for the holidays These are fun, quick and simple to make. They are great stocking stuffers. I started with organic candy canes, made with no artificial colors or flavors. I bought them at www.NaturalCandyStore. You need a glue gun, candy canes, mini red pom poms, little […]
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Pumpkin Pie – Made From Scratch
I love growing sugar pumpkins in my garden. I harvest them in the fall, and use them to make pumpkin pie every Thanksgiving. Sugar pumpkins are smaller and more tender than a large carving pumpkin. If you want to learn more about sugar pumpkins, Bon Appétit has a great article. […]
Tuscan White Bean Soup
This recipe for Tuscan white bean soup is hearty. It is a meal by itself, or serve with bread and a salad. Serves 6-8 for a meal Enjoy with a green salad or whole wheat bread.
Sunflowers, Growing and Roasting Seeds
I grew 3 large sunflowers this summer. Once the seeds were mature, the flowers hung down. I cut them and left them to continue to dry. Here they are a week later, dried. My daughter and I brushed off the brown “stuff” that was covering the seeds. […]
Grilled Eggplant with Tomato and Feta
I have lots of eggplant growing right now, so I went searching on Pinterest for eggplant recipes. I was inspired by this one. Of course, I had to change it up! Source: Grilled Eggplant with Tomato and Feta
Harvesting Ojo de Cabra Beans
I’ve been harvesting these beautiful, heirloom beans the past week or so. Ojo de Cabra means Goat’s Eye. They do kind of look like the eye of a goat. Here is the info on ojo de cabre beans. I got the seed packet at a garden fair. They are from […]