While my butternut squash plant forges on in it’s mission of complete garden domination, my zucchini slowly, but faithfully, provides green torpedoes from it’s {relatively} small spot in the garden. And we have big plans for it {that do not happen to involve grandma’s staple zucchini bread recipe, good as it may be. I’m a renegade.} First there were Zucchini… Read More
Delicious Homemade Pasta Sauce
Little Cherry started like this… giving us the odd little ‘mater every day or so. Today our cup overfloweth… This was Cherry’s contribution today alone. Needless to say, I love Cherry. A lot. She did the same thing a few days ago…that whole “more than we know what to do with” thing. Add those to what Early Girl produced last… Read More
Zucchini Apple Spice Muffins
Zucchini…the green gift that keeps on giving. As summer forges on and our zucchini plant continues to provide it’s yummy torpedo-shaped bounty, I’m forced to ask myself: “do I make grandma’s zucchini bread…or do I rebel?” I rebel. Introducing the most delectable zucchini infused baked good on earth… Zucchini Apple Spice Muffins 5 cups grated fresh zucchini 1 cup grated… Read More
Texas Caviar
I’ve always referred to this delicious stuff as Corn & Bean Salsa…but recently discovered it has a much, uh… classier name…”Texas Caviar”. Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s fantastically easy to make…in fact your toddler can do most of the measuring… because there really isn’t much. And it makes a smashing salsa for tortilla chips, a scrumptious side ‘salad’ for… Read More
Cake Pops {Voila!}
Remember this farewell to the conventional birthday cake {if, of course, you call sticking a little doll in a dress-shaped cake “conventional”} while also offering a sweet teaser as to what the future of our kid’s birthday cakes might hold {pun totally intended}…? Well, it’s official. I have a new addiction: making cake pops. Now it’s your turn to learn… Read More
Healthy Snackage: Trail Mix Bars
Hello. My name is Joy. And I’m a chocoholic. It would seem chocolate {and most other sugary delights} are like crack to my no-carb-left-behind body {as clearly evidenced by my 40 day adventure here}. In my {utterly futile} efforts to keep my eating under control…I occasionally make stuff like this… {And look at that: it contains chocolate. Shocker.} But, it’s… Read More
Introducing: Easy Egg Dinners with Cricket
Forgot to take that chicken out of the freezer? In desperate need of a grocery shop to fill your empty fridge? {or in our case…find out at 5:57pm that hubby took entire container of leftovers you were banking on for dinner to work with him last night}…? Never fear…our super duper egg-cracker Cricket is here! Just follow along… Crack lots… Read More
A Sweeter Deal: No Bake Cookies {Take 1}
We try not to use much white sugar {or other overly processed, refined “foods”} and are always looking for fun ways of making favorite recipes a little healthier {like using our CSY instead of a wide variety of less healthy liquids for baking}. Today we took on No Bake Cookies {hoping and praying for considerably less revolting results than… Read More
Smooth{ie} Operator
We heart smoothies. Besides the fact that my kids adore them, and they’re super easy to throw together with a toddler…they pack a real nutritional punch! We will often have smoothies for lunch on hot summer days. Why ever not? It’s like having lunch and dessert all blended into one. They’re filling and offer all the protein, vitamins and roughage… Read More
Easy Stir-fry: Asian Extravaganza
It’s about this time of year that I start intentionally making a dent in our venison stash to make way for the fresh meat this Fall. I’m not an enormous fan {in fact, I couldn’t stand it before I married my hunting hubby}, but I’ve learned a trick or two about making venison taste fabulous {see below}. Today I was… Read More
Do the Tzatziki!
With the steady supply of yogurt and cucumber we’ve had at our fingertips lately, I figured it was the perfect time to experiment with a sauce I fell in love with years ago at a party – a cute Greek couple brought it, go figure. Tzatziki is a cool yogurt sauce – perfect for any type of dipping {think: veggies,… Read More
Yummy {Healthy} Snackage
In need of a quick, healthy {good balance of complex carbs & protein} snack for the whole fam? Forage no further. With the refreshing zip of the snipped mint, the sweet juiciness of our favorite strawberries*, and a {hefty} drizzle of our homemade yogurt…this gorgeous spread can be tossed together… Read More
