This shrimp and pasta salad is a perfect summertime salads, it can be served as a light dinner with some fresh homemade bread or you can enjoy it for lunch.
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Ten Ways To Use Up Those Blueberries
It’s blueberry season and we have ten bushes! I’m always looking for ways to use blueberries! Here are the top ten ways I use up our blueberries! Blueberry Muffins Blueberry Vinaigrette Blueberry Jam Blueberry and Chicken Salad Blueberry Crunch Blueberry Lemon Sauce Blueberry Torte Blueberry Lemon Bread Blueberry Cobbler Blueberry Crisp
Say NO to Mold!
Summer humidity and the dampness can create an ideal situation for certain types of mold. Mold can attack your home’s structure as well as its contents (not to mention your health), and it can lead to the need for seriously expensive repairs. Mold usually grows in damp basements, though it can appear anywhere if theContinue reading “Say NO to Mold!”
Today’s Rice Pudding
what better way to use that leftover cup of cooked rice than in a delicious, old-fashioned rice pudding? Yesterday’s rice, today’s rice pudding.
Beer Can Chicken, Take Two
Sometimes a recipe is just too good and too much fun not to share a second time. Plus I have a chicken in our freezer that I want to cook so I can sell the freezer! When the weather is nice outside I love to use our grill. Rather than turn the oven on andContinue reading “Beer Can Chicken, Take Two”
How Did I Get Started in Gardening Anyway?
I’ve had people ask me this question before. Gardening has been such a part of my life that it’s hard to even imagine not gardening! Even as a kid I enjoyed playing in the dirt! However I have to say that it was my mom that was the major influence in my life, not onlyContinue reading “How Did I Get Started in Gardening Anyway?”
The Essential Cleaning Toolkit
The essentials for keeping a clean house are really quite simple. We don’t need to purchase expensive overachieving cleaning equipment such as super filtering vacuum cleaners, sanitizing dishwashers, mite-proof mattress covers and ionic air cleaners. Of course if you are an allergy sufferer or have other sensitive allergies you may need these things, but forContinue reading “The Essential Cleaning Toolkit”
Brie Leek Tartlet
I love making appetizers using the frozen miniature phyllo tart shells. These little Brie Leek Tartlet appetizers are always a hit every time I serve them!
Where is the Summer Going?
Remember when you were little and you couldn’t wait for summer to arrive. When school finally got out it seemed like there were endless days to enjoy the beautiful warm weather of summer. Why is it now as an adult that summer just seems to slip through your fingers? Being a gardener summer is fullContinue reading “Where is the Summer Going?”
Cherry Compote
Cherry Compote is delicious served over ice cream or cheesecake. It is best made with sour cherries and it’s so good you might want to double the recipe.
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