Squash bisque: divine to taste, huge on vitamin content and a winner for a crowd. This recipe is designed after creating several versions through the years, much back research of comparative online recipes, and a combining of the best of several with elimination of easy mistakes,… Read More
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Valentine’s Cookies with my American Girl ~ Made Bright with Beet Extract
She came skipping up, her American Girl Magazine in hand and a bright smile on her face, full of ideas for valentine’s day, and a plea to make particularly bright pink carnation cookies. Agreement was quick, seeing that the recipe would make excellent valentine favors for… Read More
Rhubarb Crisp ~ Anytime, Anywhere
Rhubarb chopped and frozen from last year’s harvest comes out for its regular rave reviews in this delicious anytime, anywhere recipe. Though one might rightly argue that crisp is designed to be a desert, with sugar content really rather low for treat terms and fruit and oats… Read More
AAA Soup ~ Kids’ Quote “(A)wesome, (A)mazing, (A)stronomical”
Improvisation and children’s love of garden to table food come together to create and name this soup. After an improv in the kitchen last winter and an earning of the title “triple A” from my daughter, we made a second version together this week with the same rave reviews.… Read More
Good Morning Good Muffin ~ Rhubarb Wakeup
Morning muffins with tangy barb, so easy, so tasty, and they are a joy to make. Speaking on that sentiment, The Joy of Cooking’s opening quote affirms precisely how I feel while baking and writing: “Joy’s soul lies in the doing.” ~ William Shakespeare When the children and… Read More
Quiche Mañifique with Custom Made Chicken~Gruyere~Garlic Sausage
There is maintenance quiche, and then there is quiche of creative proportions. This recipe accomplishes the latter. I’m sure you’ve had one ~ a piece of freshly baked quiche that melds flavors perfectly, a flakey, buttery crust, melting in your mouth, so that one slice… Read More


