This is an easy salad that I made for Thanksgiving. The dressing melds the flavors beautifully and can be prepared the day before. All you need is a sharp knife, a cutting board, and a bowl. Most of the vegetables came from my fall garden, but you can also find them at your local grocery […]
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I never planted Swiss chard in my garden, or I should say, I didn’t have any success in growing it my first year. I do remember my mom growing Swiss chard, but as a kid, I wasn’t too fond of it. I guess your taste buds do change as you get older—at least for
Roasted Root Vegetables is an easy recipe I developed with input from Copilot, or as I refer to him, ‘Bluebee.’ Before he changed to Copilot, he was the symbol of a blue “B” for ‘Bing.’ To me, Bluebee symbolizes a worker bee, always busy helping me be more productive. I love creating recipes instead of
While making chicken soup, I thought of this great title. I wasn’t planning on posting about chicken soup, but when a good title comes along, I must write about it. What can I say? This soup is made after feasting on a whole rotisserie chicken we bought from Sam’s Club for five dollars. Being a
Hi again. I didn’t forget about posting my favorite bread and butter pickles. I have been making this recipe for 22 years. According to my recipe, I started making them July 31, 2002. What can I say? It is our family favorite pickle, besides of course our dill pickle recipe. This recipe and our dill
I am a little late on this post, but I am sure you will understand why, as I have added another plot (25’x100′) called ‘the back 40′ directly behind the pickle patch (25′ x 100’). Our cucumbers started coming in just before Father’s Day, and I had enough to replenish my sister’s favorite: Grandma’s Bread
On my dad’s birthday, I received a text from my sister thanking me for the remembrance video that I made when he died. It had two of his favorite singers: Frank Sinatra and Elvis. It is up on YouTube as a private video, and she has permission to view it. I came back with: “Do
Jump to Recipe Dried Okra Nancy’s Beef Jerky Yogurt With memories over time some details fade from your mind and when you try to recall it you might not remember the whole story. I just want to remind the family genealogist the importance of recording events. So the jist of this memory is that some
How many of my readers have an abundance of a certain vegetable in their garden? Take okra for example. This is one vegetable that does well in our Pickle Patch and it seems all the gardens in the community garden. Fellow gardeners are trying to give it away as there is too much of it.
On July 16th, I received a message from my sister on our sibling group text: “Happy Heavenly Birthday Mom!!!” with heart emojis all around. Later, my brother texted “89.” At the time, I was finishing up at the pickle patch, but later I thought of this memory and texted “Wow! One cake I remember her
