This cauliflower gnocchi with spicy turkey sausage, tomatoes and pesto recipe was the result of seeing photos on my Instagram feed involving Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi. I had to see if it lived up to the hype.
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Continue ReadingOklahoma food blogger Katie Johnstonbaugh shares how to grow tomatoes vertically using less space in small gardens
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Continue ReadingI have an addiction for salsas. I seek them out at Mexican restaurants and always want to know what “secret” salsas they’re hiding and not bringing out unless asked for. Many places have specialty salsas that you can only get when asked. My salsa fetish has me on a quest during this season of my life to try out…
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This bowl seems to never diminish on my kitchen counter. It’s late November, Thanksgiving is next week, and these doggone heirlooms are still producing like troopers. We’ve cleaned up most of the leaves from the backyard, but we haven’t pulled these plants out yet, sickly as they might look. I’m particularly happy about the picture…
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My first harvest of my heirlooms. Pictured above you will see Black Krim (the largest pinky/green ones). These have been really prone to infections, either by bug or by disease. Note the hole on the bottom side of the top left one. The small red ones in the colander are Besser Cherry Tomatoes. We have…
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Continue ReadingSo I got the September issue of Gourmet this month and got excited. I love to look through my Gourmet each month and see the innovative and rugged photography, and the way the food stylists make the cuisine look so earthy, so hip, so happening now. Then I usually carefully place my Gourmet magazine…
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This is that time. That time when you know all your mothering, your care, your watering and weeding is going to pay off. This is the time when you begin scouring for recipes with tomato in them. Did I mention previously that all the markers I put on these tomatoes blew away in the Oklahoma…
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By katie And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what it’s all about. Gardening. If you’ve gardened before, you need no explanation. You plant seeds. You jump for joy when the little things sprout. Well okay, Kayla didn’t jump for joy, she could care less. But the picture seemed appropriate. You transplant from the starter containers…
