Let me brag for a second. My basil is amazing this year. That means I am sure it will flop over in the night, since I just bragged 😛 I can grow most anything, but basil and me....we don't do well together. I almost always kill it via root rot. Well, this year? My 4… Continue reading Summer Squash & Basil Pasta
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Dark Chocolate Pudding Pie
With the heat wave that seems to never end going on....(July had what 19 or 20 days over 80°?), my brother mentioned he would loooove a pudding pie: If I was to make a cool and creamy pie, it was going to be indulgent. BTW, this can easily be made vegan if you use… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Pudding Pie
Spiced Peach Jam
Someone went crazy and bought a 25 pound box of peaches at the farmers market, since they were $1 a pound. And then as usual, had them all go ripe at once. Yeesh! But, that just encourages me to get canning, eh? Spiced peach jam was up first..... Spiced Peach Jam Ingredients: 5 1/3 cups… Continue reading Spiced Peach Jam
Canned Spiced Pickled Beets
The pickled beets took weeks to get around to actually making. Mostly because I kept eating all the fresh beets. Oops. Finally this past weekend, I picked up a bunch of beets, a mix of golden and red ones, and took them home. And made myself can them 😉 Canned Spiced Pickled Beets Ingredients: 3… Continue reading Canned Spiced Pickled Beets