Pumpkin Bread
- With Fall in the air I began hankering for the spicy smells and tastes of Autumn. This pumpkin bread with Nutmeg, Cinnamon and a dash of Vanilla, can be eaten for breakfast, as a dessert, or as a nice accompaniment to afternoon tea! Ingredients 8 TBS (1/2 cup) of unsalted butter - room t [...]
The American Southwest
- Mesa Verde National Park It's a place of history, legends, and possibly more wide open spaces than anywhere in the Western hemisphere. A place made magical and mystical by its first inhabitants, the Native Americans, who respected and worked with the land. A place so incredible, it was chosen [...]
Simple Summer Slaw
- With the heat rising, I am longing for cool, fresh dishes that are light and quick to prepare. This July 4th weekend, I've whipped up a simple summer slaw that takes just a few minutes to throw together. It's light and tasty and pretty healthy too! The perfect side dish for your summer BBQ! I [...]
Summer Smoothie
- I'm usually not a big smoothie fan most of the year, but once summer hits, I long for a quick and cool start to my day. This smoothie is super easy and healthy, with some flax and spirulina. I buy frozen mango and peel and freeze bananas so the ingredients are ready to go in the blender. In just [...]
Pasta a la Caroline
- Pasta a la Caroline Before there was Sex in the City, with Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, there was me and my friends, one of whom was most assuredly the inspiration for the Charlotte Character. As a group, we spent many evenings together at parties and days traipsing around New York [...]
Shepherds Pie
- Shepherds Pie with a Twist! With Spring waxing and waning up here in the mountains, yesterday's cooler weather made me long for some comfort food. Peering into the refridgerator, I remembered I had some ground bison, and eyed some sweet potatoes on the counter, so I decided to make Shepherds Pi [...]
Jolie's Blueberry Muffins
One of the happy moments on a weekend is waking to fresh baked blueberry muffins, especially when they are baked by my daughter, Jolie. The ingredient list was hard to get from her as she told me she "bakes from the heart." Sounds like how her great-grandmother Nanny Leah used to bake; a little o [...]
Lemon Sugar Cookies
- I don't even know how many days we've been in Covid quarantine, but it's well over a month now. My teen daughters have been immersed in their screens for weeks, so I thought that if I baked some sugar cookies and made some icing they would be lured into the kitchen for a fun mother-daughter creati [...]
The Main Ingredient - Thai Noodles with Greens
- Thank you all so much for the positive feedback on the spinach ziti. Here is recipe that is perfect for a spring dinner or lunch. Thai Noodles and Greens When you need to get dinner on the table quickly this is a great go to dish. It is vegan, but you could surely adapt it to your carn [...]
Sweet & Spicy Corn Cobbler
- Here's a little something I whipped up last week. I wanted to make a corn based recipe but I didn't want a chowder or typical corn bread. I already have a corn salad on my blog, so I decided it was time to experiment with my cobbler batter. Cobblers are sooooooo easy and always a c [...]
Chocolate in a Crisis
- I don't think I can adequately express how important Chocolate is in our house. I have to hide it in a secret cabinet so that no one eats my stash. If I make a Chocolate dessert, I am crowned Goddess for the night. A few weeks ago, I was digging around to see what kind of dessert I could th [...]
Split Pea Soup with Herbs
- As spring works it's way into the mountain valley where I live, I can see the first signs of my garden coming to life. Small little shoots that will turn into garlic scapes, onions and allium, poke thru the weary winter soil. The purple crocus's with their yellow faces are starting to op [...]
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