I knew I would eventually have to make good my promise to Zia on yesterday’s snowshoe bribe. She woke up asking for chocolate chip cookies–but there was a small problem. The poor kid was doubled over with a bellyache, most likely from that tall cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and who knows how many […]
The kids have been a little under the weather, so I decided today would be a good day to make a nice hot soup for us all. Or at least, for those of us who love soup–namely, Zia and me. I started by popping a veggie broth cube into some hot water in a little […]
Ladies and gentlemen, the soup of the day! Lettuce. Lettuce? Lettuce. Hmn. But lettuce first get back to where it all started… Our community garden is exploding with life and heavy with ripe veggies. When you walk through it, you feel like you have green-tinted glasses on. Now that we’re back home from NM, I went […]
My lunch today was raw spaghetti. No, it wasn’t crunchy hard sticks out of the spaghetti box. It all began back in the garden with these. A couple of dudes straight out of Veggie Tales. I found them hiding under a giant squash leaf, hoping I wouldn’t spot them. But alas for them, I did. Quicker than […]
Latest news on the kale chips: they took 6 hours to dehydrate, a bit longer than I thought. I like them a lot – they are light, thin, and crispy – even a bit addictive. I think the marinade was a little complex for me though – next time I might try something simpler, like maybe just […]
