Hey friends! Wow! Spring has kicked in around here and we’ve done what we usually do, migrate outside at every possible chance and putter in the garden, greenhouse. Somehow I’ve still managed to cook, and even made this French Creamy Mustard Chicken recipe in between but let me show you what’s been up around the…
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Continue ReadingIf you’ve followed my blog for awhile, you know I am mildy obsessed with bruschetta of any type. I seriously could make bruschetta and let it be my entire meal. Toast some crostini, spread something hearty and wonderful on it and call it a day. My obsession began with classic Italian Bruschetta. And then I…
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Continue ReadingAfter 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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Continue ReadingHappy Spring! Do you know what vegetables are in season now? I love too cook with what’s in season, hit the local farmer’s market and try to make something out of it! Also, when produce is in season it tends to go on sale, so it helps your pocketbook as well! Maybe you just want…
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Continue ReadingToday we had an ice storm…a beast of an ice storm in Oklahoma City and around the state. welcome to Oklahoma. It was 80º yesterday. No kidding. The trees are weeping and bending over under the weight of the glistening and almost eerily beautiful ice. Merciless ice. We had one bad casualty. A limb that…
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Continue ReadingThis 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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Continue ReadingI have a risotto addiction. This Spring Pea Risotto formulated in my my mind the other night. There is only one problem. I was home alone with “the boy”. The picky boy. The boy who only ate about three things until he went to school and had to eat in the cafeteria. Then he ate four…
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Continue ReadingIt’s spring around here…and I’ve already told you I’ve got the outdoor bug. Today I planted 4 Early Girl tomato plants due to the promise of a 50 day maturity. I don’t mind telling you that 50 days seems like a LONG time, but really that’s just at the end of April….right?
