Gingerbread with Chocolate Icing, from Laurie Colwin

Our meals have been a little boring these past few weeks. Partly because after a long day working outside in the garden, I honestly have not applied myself to cooking anything more than a simple plate of food for the two of us...so it is not surprising that it was time for something delicious! Something filled with flavor, something from Laurie Colwin... 

Green Bean Soup, this soup is summer time in a bowl!

Green Bean Soup, might sound unusual or even plain, but...it is also easy to make, delicious, and light! Perfect for those warm evening for a light supper. This delicious recipe uses green beans from your own garden, or if not, from the local Farmers Market!

Cucumbers, from the garden. exploring growing cycles and recipes.

Cucumbers have never really been my favorite food, until now. I don't remember them being served too often when I was a kid either. More like an after thought. When something more was needed on the table for dinner, so, how about a bowl of sliced cucumbers? As a kid, I actually thought they were, well, boring. But then again...

Jessica's Fruited Chicken Salad with Honey Poppy Seed Dressing.

Jessica's Fruited Chicken Salad with Honey Poppy Seed Dressing, is one of my new favorites! Fresh, delightful, not too sweet. Perfect any time strawberries are ripe and ready to harvest!

Welcome to the Senior Salon Pit Stop #368

Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open! 

We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in the line up. Along with thrifting treasures and great family friendly articles also being shared today. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share!

 

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 07.04.2025

Welcome to another great weekend! 

And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! 

What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.

Seeded Whole Wheat Bread, double batch recipe.

Seeded Whole Wheat Bread is another special variety loaf of whole wheat bread. Seeded, high protein, and perfect for sandwiches, toast or a simple snack of bread and butter. Also goes great with soup or a salad. Like all our bread recipes, it starts the day before...

How to make Custard Bread Pudding in your pressure cooker!

I continue to see comments addressing the fears of using a new Instant Pot, on various social media groups. And honestly, not only do I understand, but I could have made that comment myself! It took a while, but the investment in learning to use my pressure cooker was priceless...want to know the two best secrets? Come on then and take a look...we are making Custard Bread Pudding!