Years ago, I purchased a case of lemons from Bountiful Baskets. After squeezing all the lemons, I froze them in ice cube trays. We used those lemon cubes all year to make fresh lemonade. It was amazing! On a whim, I decided to buy a case of Meyer lemons from Azure this month. As I …
Several years ago, a friend of mine brought a delicious dessert to a gathering. After we’d tasted it, she told us the ingredients–and avocado was the star! Not only is this dessert delicious, but it’s great for you, too. Recently, I started buying the Wholly Smashed Avocado single-serve cups from Costco, and I thought–single serve …
I can’t believe it’s taken me almost a full year to post about our pumpkins! Last year, we were pleasantly surprised to find sugar pumpkins growing in our back pasture. We harvested three, and I was able to use two of them, despite having a kidney transplant in October! (The kids used one to make …
One of our favorite summer desserts is strawberry shortcake. Sometimes I just buy the little round pound cakes, but angel food cake is sooooo much better! Unfortunately, it seems that the whole town had the same thought on the 4th, so our one little grocery store was completely out of angel food cake–both baked and …
Years ago, my Great Aunt Sibbie passed along my Great Aunt Ruth’s peanut brittle recipe. The handwritten gem takes concentration to follow, but it’s never failed me. Step 1: In a large saucepan mix 3 c sugar, 1 c light Karo syrup, and 1 c water. Bring to a boil and heat to hard crack …
