• My Garden Diary April 2015

    April 28, 2015DishinandDishes

    I woke this morning and stretched lazily. For some reason I really had a hard time opening my eyes. As my senses came into focus, I realized why.  The soft patter of rain on the skylight in our room kept wanting to lull me back to sleep. Last week we visited my parents and brother in…

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  • Simple Salad Garden in a Container

    May 16, 2014DishinandDishes

    An easy idea for growing a salad container garden in a pot

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  • Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Two Dipping Sauces

    May 1, 2014DishinandDishes

    Trying to eat healthy at our house is always a challenge. Everyone has a different palette. The Wonderful guy has to have meat at all meals and all of us girls are trying to eat healthy. The boy is just plain picky.  But last night we made this Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap recipe and we all…

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  • Lettuce Roll Ups with Peanut Sauce

    February 13, 2014DishinandDishes

    All veggie roll-up lettuce wraps served with a Thai peanut dipping sauce spiked with the flavors of sesame oil and fresh ginger. A perfectly healthy appetizer for your next party!

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  • Cool Weather Gardening

    April 25, 2013DishinandDishes

    After the last two disatrous years in summer gardening, I decided to try my hand at spring and cool weather gardening with things like beets, lettuce, swiss chard and spinach. Here in Oklahoma, 105º days in multiple quantities are not the best for summer gardening. I’m sure the pros know how to make it all…

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  • Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce

    April 1, 2013DishinandDishes

    This recipe is one that will go along with a recipe I’ll be posting on Wednesday for Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps.  This Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce recipe is so good you will want to drink it with a straw, unless you make it with chunky peanut butter and then it will just plug up the…

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