Where Passion & Purpose Collide
There is no question about my love affair with squash. I just dig it. Summer. Acorn. Zucchini. I could live without the stringy spaghetti variety, in all honesty, but my all time favorite remains Butternut. It just makes my palate happy. I am, on the other hand, trying very hard to get along with kale. It’s a powerhouse nutritionally, which… Read More
You should know, I’ve never actually made “normal” lasagna. I’ve plopped the stuff into a muffin pan for ‘Cupcake Lasagna’, and now have smooshed butternut squash puree and shrooms between layers of pasta…but the meat & ‘mater based kind, I have yet to try. A little backwards, am I. Since watching Food Inc. and Forks Over Knives, we’ve been trying… Read More
We’ve had squash, tomatoes, herbs and other delectable edibles growing out of our ears over here, and trying to find fun, new ways to cook ‘em, grill ‘em & bake ‘em up has been an adventure! We knew one of the first creative ways we were going to use up some of our zucchini this year was repeating the grilled… Read More
I got an email a couple of weeks ago from the owner of a little bed & breakfast nestled in the foothills of the mountains in upstate South Carolina. It’s aptly called “The Queen’s Cottage”, and Queen Anne’s Lace is their “thing”. She had stumbled upon the ‘love story’ and photos I had posted last May and was hoping to… Read More
This is what happens when you put fuschia, aqua and avocado green in the same square foot. It creates beauty of epic proportion. When we were house hunting 3 years ago, anticipating my disappointment at the arrival of a new Spring without the 100+ tulips that I had grown accustomed to {and waited with baited breath for} that spilled out… Read More
I’ve got gardening on the brain. As I weed through my house {pun absolutely intended}, in my attempt to rid it of all chaos and clutter {and superfluous crap}, I find I’m mulling over and sorting through some heart clutter as well. I got to escape for a few hours this week and get alone with my brain, my journal… Read More
We enjoyed a ridiculously mild winter up here in the Midwest, and despite having the chill return to the air over the past couple of days, we are soaking up a stunningly early Spring. Signs of new life are exploding on every branch, the breeze is infused with the sweet scent of blossoms, and the lush green grass is once… Read More
As if we needed more reasons to love squash…I present you with…CAKE! Butternut Squash Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened {not melted} 1 1/2 cups of white sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon of ground… Read More
You may recall my love affair with squash last Fall. It was an all-consuming, heaven-touches-earth, extravagant bliss in a bowl type experience…and I’m just aching to relive it. If it hadn’t been raining and cold for the past 2 days {and if I wasn’t still wearing slippers…and if I wasn’t feeling lazy}, I’d run out and snap a photo of… Read More
Welcome to October! Here’s a delightfully unusual sunflower from my sister’s garden for you. You’re welcome. For large {1680 x 1050 pixels}, click here For small {1280 x 800 pixels}, click here {just right click and save the image, and then save it as your desktop wallpaper} I just love the sunny disposition of the sunflower! I can’t help but… Read More
Yes, I’m back. With more zucchini talk. But you’re going to love this dish. It’s absobloominlutely delicious! And healthy. And sexy. Besides. I’m breaking out the summer squash this time too, so it’ll rock your palate in green and gold. Penne, Veggies & Sausage in Garlic Cream Sauce Ingredients: 1 box of whole grain penne pasta 5 chicken sausages… Read More
My squash plants are going strong yet again this summer, achieving their unstoppable mission of complete garden domination. And once again, only quadrupled in quantity this time around, are my happy little zucchini plants…surprising us with magic green missiles overnight. I pluck them. And low and behold the next day, they’re back! I love it! And yes, there’s a slight… Read More
