Butternut Squash Soup with White Beans and Broccoli Butternut squash soup never made my list of recipes to try, that is, before this year. My experience with butternut squash was mostly in roasting it, mashing it, then serving it seasoned with cinnamon and applesauce. Prepared like that it has a cinnamony sweet flavor, which is…
Hello, friends. Fall seems to be marching through at an astounding pace this year. Halloween is over and we’re on to Thanksgiving in just three weeks! It’s time to start planning that Thanksgiving menu, and one of the staples of Thanksgiving dinner is . . . cranberry sauce. Yes, you can easily buy cranberry sauce at…
It’s been busy here lately. With the advent of fall is the start of basketball season. This is the time we juggle jobs, practices, games, school, and social times. It’s great fun, but very busy. When we do get an evening together to watch a movie or play a board game, I don’t want to spend…
Maple Walnut Apple Crisp – Each bite is filled with sweet, soft-cooked apples, and crunchy oat and walnut topping, all with subtle maple undertones. It’s apple season, and the tree we have out back is loaded with apples. In all the years we’ve lived here, this is most apples it’s ever produced. Usually it’s a sorry-looking…
Did you know August is Kids Eat Right Month? It’s a good month for that since many families now shift their focus from summer activities to getting kids ready to go back to school; and part of that encompasses planning for meals and snacks. This is an opportune time to incorporate healthy choices in your family’s meals and snacks….
Peaches & Cream Popsicles. . . Sweet, juicy peaches and creamy Greek yogurt swirled together make a fun and healthy summertime treat. Most of my neighbors are in a different season of life than I am right now. They have babies, or they are expecting babies. Some of them have younger school-age children. And me,…